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The Evening Ledger Amusement Section, Saturday, December IX, 2915
ANIMALS CAUSE
ACTRESSES TROUBLE
PATHE AT THE BALL
SLEEPING WHILE
ROME BURNED
Vitagraph Stars Scrap Over
Pets What the Film
Stars Do
In This Case It Was an Actor
Who Forgot They Were to
Set Fire to a Barn
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There Is considerable rivalry between
Julia Snayno Gordon and Rose Tapley,
both prominent Vitagraph plaors, as to
who will have the most extensive me
nagerie. Miss Tapley's collection of ani
mals is the most important at present,
not because of the ferociousness of her
animals, but because her family Is nu
merically stronger than Misi Gordon's.
Cats and tame toads seem to be the pets
favored by both the 111m stars as they
appear prominently in both menageries.
Miss Tapley It the owner of chickens, a
squirrel, a dog, a cat, three canary bird3
and a tame toad, while Miss Gordon
claims two alligators, a tame toad, a cat
from India and two parrots as her
especial pets. The rhalry has become so
keen the tvo players have adopted the
expedient of having their friends make
inquiries as to any additions and when
a new member Is added by one, the other
immediately goes over a reserved list of
possible fojr-footed or feathered animals
that she can safely add and there ap
pears a new member in the Tapley or
Gordon animal family. Their fellow
players are watching with interest and
considerable amusement the outcome of
their- efforts, and some of them say they
wouldn't be surprised to see one or the
contestants walking into the studio yard
leading an elephant or a girafTe on the
end of a chain.
Geraldine Farrar and T.ou Tellegen, who
are now appearing in Paramount Pic
tures, produced by the Lasky Feature
J lay Company, and whose engagement
has been announced and denied in New
iork, wcro friends for a number of years
prior to their meeting at the Lasky
btudios at Los Angeles during the mak-
, Carm" and "The Explorer."
Their friendship is said to have be
come stronger through a little incident
during tho filming of "Carmen," In which
Mls I-arrar is the star. Tellegen. who
was an odd spectator during the various
scenes of the opera "film," in the final
scene where Carmen Is stabbed by Don
Jose, Miss Farrar put more realism into
tho scene than anybody about th studio
had anticipated. Tellegen, a few feet
away, was all absorbed in the final
tragedy, and noting that Miss Farrar
failed to make the cue of "CO" and
arise, concluded that she had been really
injured, as she had always demanded that
tho various weapons usid in the play be
of real keenly sharpened steel.
Somewhat excited Tellegen rushed past
a number of people over to the arena
and gates in front of which Miss Farrar
lay and picked her up. As he started to
carry her away. Miss Farrar was heard
to say: "This is better than walking to
my dressing room."
There are lots of versatile actors who
doublo in many roles, but John Powers,
a newcomer on the screen, has the dis
tinction of not only being a motion-picture
artist of no mean ability, but he is also
valet to the eminent screen artist Francis
X. Bushman. John has been in the em
ploy of Mr. Bushman for some time as
valet, but secretly he has nursed an am
bition to apear with his master. He was
given that oportunlty recently, when he
made his debut with Mr. Bushman and
Beverly Bajne in the nve-part feature.
"Pennington's Choice." on the Metro pro
gram. He Is seen In the role of a Cana
dian woodsman, and he participates In
scleral important scenes.
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Here are the representatives that Pathe sent to the Exhibitors' ball
in Philadelphia this week. The ladies, reading left to right, are
Marie Wayne, Lois Meredith and Bliss Milford. The gentlemen, in
the same order, are George Seity, scenario editor, and George A.
Smith, serial director.
CLOSE-UPS OF SCREEN FAVORITES
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"Props" Grows Lyric
As Edited by Ralph Bingham
The sound of the old projectors-op
Was clicking away In the booth
. As tho people gazed with staring eyes
At the wonderful drama of truth,
When out of a mystical nowhere
Came a oIcc that was ten?e and low,
Sajlng, "I am the sound of tho horses hoofs
In that 'Birth of a Nation show.
"Oh, the cllcltety click .of tho flying steeds
As down the road they go.
Oh. I am the sound of the horses' hoofs
In the 'Birth of a Nation' show,
And I cause much of the wonderment
That over the senses steal.
For I am the oIce that they long for
In plays of the screen and reel.
Tho noise of the tabres clanking
Hakes fairly good I know;
But not like the sound of the horses hoofs
In the 'Ulrth of a Nation' show.
'Oh, the bepUy bep of the Klu Klux Clan.
As down the road they go.
Oh, I am the wound, of the horses hoofs
In the 'Ulrth of a Nation show.
"When the Clansmen hear the call for help,"
And then take It on the run.
Tou bet Ks the sound of the horses hoofs
- That causes most all of the fun.
The wympbony tune they may get by.
An well as the bugler's blow.
But not like the sound of the horses' hoofs
In the 'XUrth of a Nation show.
The clackety clack of the cavalry steeds
As down the road they go.
Oh. I am the sound of the horses hoofs
In the 'Birth of a Nation show.
'The organ tones and the bugle call
And the rattle of musketry
And the train's choo choo,
Thev are good it Is true:
But they're all aery Jralou of me
Wo can gie the play without any ot them.
But the thing that draws tho dough
J the rvppln sound of the horses hoofs
In the 'Ulrth of a Nation show.
"The cllckety click of the cocoanut shells
As the prop boy strikes each blow.
For the star H the pound of the horses hoofs
In tho 'Birth of a Nation' show.
SEENA OWEN
Seena Owen, nho plays opposite Doug
las Fairbanks in the Majestic feature.
"The Lamb," is one ot D. W. Griffith's
leading ladies.
MIs3 Owen pre
sents to the screen
a mixed charm.
She Is ot French
tnra ITo. nnmA in
correctly S I g n e
Alien, but photo
play fans had so
much difficulty in
remembering i t
that it was chang
ed bv common con-
;"-J I sent to Seena
Miss Owen's
family was promi
nent In a social
and business way
in Spokane, Wash.,
when a change in
conditions called
them to San Fran
cisco. The metro
polis of the Paciflc
coast aroused the artistic possibilities
within the Kir! Sho wanted to accom
plish something, consequently she de
cided to go upon the stage. She made
her debut at the Alcazar Theatre, San
Francisco. In stock. Here she was rec
ognlzcd by the D. W. Griffith" manage
ment as possessing big motion-picture
possibilities.
Miss Owen was educated In a private
school In Spokane and in a fashionable
Institution of Copenhagen, Denmark,
where sho went for a post-graduate
course; she Is a musician and painter of
landscapes.
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Theatrical Jottings
Barle Browne, leading man In Oliver
D. Bailey's production of Lottie M.
Meaney"s modem drama, "Her Price."
with Emma Dunn, which will come to
the Broad, starting Monday night.
December 20. created the part of Richard
Talbot. In "The Scarecrow," at the Gar
rick Theatre, New York, on January 17,
1311. He also created the part of Lazare
Hoendelssohn. in-Owen Johnston's adap
tation of -Maurice Donnay's four-act
drama, "The Return from Jerusalem," at
the Hudson Theatre, January 19. 1912.
Philadelphia now ha3 a. chance to see
what sort of fare It will receive at the
Shubcrts" playhouses by glancing at the
following list of attractions: For the
Lyric, "Maid In America" Is announced
for January 3 and "The Passing Show of
1913," January 34. while later shows will
include "The Blue Paradise." "Experi
ence," "Alone at Last" and "A "World ot
Pleasure. The AdelphI announces "Sin
ners" for January 1? and for future at
tractions "Qulnneys" and "Hobson's
Choice." These offerings at least appear
interesting.
GENEVIEVE HAMPER
Genevieve Hamper, who, with her hus
band Robert 15. Mantel), has deserted tho
Shakespearean stage to play in modern
pictures, who ap
peared on the screen
at the Arcadia
Theatre on Mon
day. Tuesday and
Wednesday of this
week, has bad the
most remarkable
dramatic career- of
any of the present
day favorites o f
the stage. Born in
a little Wisconsin
village. Miss Ham
per moved to De
troit with her pa
rents when a child.
She always had a
leaning toward the
stage and was not
discouraged by her parents. She studied
singing and was fitting herself for the
operatic stage when she learned one day
that Mr. Mantcll. who was appearing In
Detroit at the time, needed a woman to
play small parts. She applied for the
position, at the stage door, was Inter
viewed by Mr. Mantel!, who thought her
appearance and voice would suit If she
could read her lines properly. He gave
her this opportunity and was so pleased
that he Immediately engaged her and can
celed an order he had sent to New York
for a woman to mi the position. In 1310,
a few montlis later. Miss Hamper, made
her debut In "The Merchant or Venice"
at the Lyric Theatre, Chicago, playing
the part ot Jessica. Her rise from then
on was rapid. In referring to the work
of his wife who Is now in her early
twenties. Mr. Mantell said: "Miss
Hamper's dramatic strides havo never
been equalled. In four years from the
time I gave her an opportunity she passed
every critic in every city In tho United
States and was proclaimed the greatest
Juliet of all time." Miss Hamper la a
beautiful young woman, possessed of unu
sual personal charm. Her hair is raven
black and her eyes are dark" as
night- Sho is slender and willowy
and girlish In every way. She la
devoted In tho extreme to her home
and family and -especially to her little
son Bruce, who is now two and a half
ieara old. In speaking of her decision
to forsake the legitimate stage and appear
In the pictures. Miss Hamper saia: lira
pictures are the things now. They have
reached a point where they lead every
thing Everv one In the world is interested
In them and they are established. Things
dramatic have been on the wane lor sev
eral seasons past, and the far-sighted
Dcrsons In the profession realize that tho
thing to do la to join that which la grow
ing beyond the imagination or any one.
There In no hither Ideal for fiai art
than the illusion ot reality Louis Maim.
Frank Bacon, the veteran character ac
tor, now appearing In Metro pictures, had
a narrow escape from being burned to
death when tho Quality-Metro forces
were working on the big- flve-part produc
tion, "Rosemary." near the studio in
Hollywood, CaL One of the big scenes
In "Rosemary" is the burning of an old
English stable, where Dorothy Crutck
shank Is rescued by Sir Jasper Thorn-
dvke. two roles played hy Marguerite
Snow and William Clifford, respectively.
A specially constructed building was
erected for the stable and Its loft fllled
with hay.
Tt.A-A wa.. bapami amnpq nlintocraohed
around the stable before It was flred. Mr.
Bacon did not appear in any ot tnese
-AnAif omi hninrr tiroii from a hard ses
sion of work the night before he sought
a little siesta In the nay ion. .-.o ono
knew he was there, but they did shortly
alter the stable was set on Are. Mr.
Bacon wa3 aroused by tho crackling of
the flames, and It was necessary to effect
a. thrilling rescue In reality before ho
was brought to safety.
In "Rosemary" Mr. Bacon has the role
of Professor Jogram. a part he has
longed to play. When John Drew put
on the notable stage version of "Rose
mary" he selected Mr. Bacon for this
-- T? rhn vntarnn nntnr had a Drevi
ous engagement, and much to his regret
he was unable to accept .Mr. irew s oner.
Harold Lockwood Is a speed "flend,"
and the young American star as yet has
never found a car that can travel too fast
for him. Some months ago Lockwood
was fortunate enough to rldo alongsido
a noted driver of racing autoa during a.
tryout for tho great San Francisco race
While shooting down a long stretch the
driver nudged Lockwood. who sat smil
ingly beside him, and asked him how ho
liked it.
"We're averaging about 106 miles," the
driver shouted loud enough for Lock
wood to hear.
"Really!" replied Lockwood.
The driver is still wondering if Lock
wood was Joshing him.
Vaudeville Scores
One on Movies
The motion pictures have claimed many
distinguished stars from the legitimate
stage and so many of them have been
lured to the screen by fabulous salaries
and the influence of tho craze which has
swept tho world that the list of legiti
mate stars Is rapidly diminishing. Not
all of the dramatic stars, however, rave
listened to the call of the screen world,
many havo entered vaudeville. One ot
the latter is Florence Roberts, who will
be seen at B. F. Keith's Theatre next
week in a comedy drama called "Tho
Woman Intervenes." which was written
by J. Hartley Manners, the author of
"Peg o" My Heart."
Miss Roberta haa received many of
fera to appear In pictures and has been
tendered contracts whlcn would bring
her in greater financial returns than
vaudeville, but thia popular dramatic star
has not lost her love for the glare of the
footlights. She likes the "movies" and
is a frequent visitor to the film, theatres
whenever the opportunity presents Itself.
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Next Week at Keith's
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