ftm irifpf EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 1917 8 NEXT WEEK : "EVEN AS YOU AND I," STANLEY; "'WOLF' LOWRY!ARCADIALOTHER MOVIgj ll'UlNUi 15 ItliqUlKKU HOW THE CAMEO-CUTTER WHERE " 'WOLF' LOWRY" WORKS FOR "V0DE" SKETCH CAME TO BE PARAMOUNT "f-TW""' 9 v l i. 1 WL FQ ' tTf ( J t "WAA1 t I -A 'Modern Allegory Dealing Reel Feature on Movie iv rrugi ,1m v. - LLEOOnY la rather a stale method of rajfXo. putting across a thought. Possibly P If that (g why g so much favored by pro- V 1 ducers of motion pictures. Mince the en suing dlaqulaltlon deals with theaa gentle men, perhaps the reader will leniently oxer look the triteness of the allegorical method t employed So There was once upon a time a goldsmith and Jeweler whose skill had made him . famous In a small way He was not as ex ' pert as fate had Intended him to be, but ha i hacked away at rough sorts of Intngllo and bas-reliefs lie was an artist, though In the making As his craftsmanship grew with the iea.tr he became ambitious, not only for the gold that was paid him for his products, but for the gold with which he dallied artistically Like Herod, he wanted to "think In gold and dream In sliver. Imagine In marble and tn bronze conceit e " He grew violently dls- Contented with the trifling beauties he had created, and his one hope was for some- ' thing tremendous So he gave tip his gold- smithy and began adorning the walls of great bul'dlngs Finally the passion for enormity tn physical sensation got the bet ter of him He constructed a temple to the God Size, Kvery one was surprised when the edifice collapsed one day and crushed out the artificer's life There was one man who wasnt stir ' prised. He was a cutter of cameos who had little use for the great effects of his 1 art. And eventually ho was recognized as the successor of tho megalomaniac Exaggerated as that allegory miy sound, doesn't It somewhat fit the case of i modern American cinematography? Arent ! our best directors, bulwarked by the raplt.il behind them and goaded by nmbltlon In I danger of being smashed b the very largc j ness of their alms? Isn t a return to sn,n ' lty and smaller sizes of features the order of the day? The growth of the situation that has made the flve-reeler the norm of photoplay en tertalnment Is curious almost meaningless Meaningless, becauso It Is preposterous tn Imagine that (000 feet of one story Is n proper norm liut. to get back to our cel luloid muttons Movies In the United States were orig inally a matter of 1000 feet, one reel That means that dramas were comprised In this restricted space "Comedies," In reality , farces of the wildest sort, got S00 feet apiece. The best example of how this worked, perhaps, can bo culled from that . now crumbled hall of photoplay fame, the Blocraph studio, at the time when IX-ivld TVark Griffith was the director of dramas THE FAN'S PRAYER FROM Bushman's amethyst ring and from Theda Bara'a comedy; from the studied nonchalance of the Do Mille Brothers; from Rolfe subtitles nnd from pacifists; from Christy Cabanno's hopeless mustache; from Anita Stewart in a bathino; suit and from Mary Thurman in garb of any other kind; from Petrova's icicle emotions; from Frank Powell problem plays; from J. P. McGowan's interiors; from World plots; from the professional sorrows of Alice Brady; from Marguerite Clark in long skirts; from all fat boys except Roscoe; from "Enlighten Thy Daughter," and from "Tho Black Stork"; from Henry Walthall's drammers and from "The Eternal Sin"; from most two reelers; from tho ruinations of Virginia Pearson; from press agents who bleed tho dictionary to interview a pretty baby; from sissy chats with lovely men; from Crane Wilbur's photographs; from "Patria," and from the acting of Irene Castle; from "The Secret Kingdom," and from "The Great Secret''; from the plays of June Caprice; from advico by actresses; from reminiscences; from Universal society; from all censors; from mush finishes and from saints; from time-fuse repentances; from the gun-in-the-drawer and from proper-moment deaths; from church weddings; from the rewards of virtue and from the wages of sin; from village streets; from Russia in Fort Lee and from Broadway in Santa Barbara; from "Poor Butterfly" in the orchestra and from smooth dimes at the window; from foreign photog raphy; from these solemn interviews with Mack Sennett; from clabs nnd from college boys; from all men servants, and from all maids except the cuties; from close-ups of Carl Laemmle; from Douglas Fairbanks being will fully funny; from movie ministers; from tho opinions of stars and from most reissues, and from Mr. Arbucklc's brown derby from all these evils, kind Providence, deliver us! From July Photoplay Maga7ine. "THE NEGLECTED WIFE," PATHE'S LATEST SERIAL Fourth Installment of Mabel Herbert Urner's Stories, Featuring Ruth Roland, in Fiction Form CHAPTER IV "Beyond Recall" tho Path serial of the tame name, based on the notelt of Mabel Herbert Vrner.) Covvriahtt 1917, by Mabel Herbert Vrner, By JOSEPH DUNN (Kovelized from THE CHARACTERS The Man Horace Kennedy The Wife Mary Kennedy "The Woman Alone" Margaret Warner "Don't try to tell me now Just rest " Kennedy was holding both her hands with reassuring strength 'No, I want you to know. I shouldn't have phoned you' I fought against It as long as I could " Then suddenly, hiding her face against the cushioned back of the cab, Margaret burst Into tears, a reaction from the pro longed strain. It was a large apartment house before which they Anally drew up. In the mar,bled hall, the elevator swung them to the ninth floor, where Kennedy ushered her Into a luxurious six-room suite He had first taken her to his home, where over a reviving tea tray he had told her of this apartment left tn his charge by an absent client Margaret had hoped for a simple, inexpensive refuge, but now she shrank from this seeming extravagance "Tou make it very difficult, Margaret," rlth- a note of reproach at her shrinking re. NOON A v tr j - 'tccr rZ'uri'tn A-. NOtBHByiHT L-4 1-4-tftaaal 1 With the Place of the Five urns and Mack Sennett, the farce Impresario. Olograph released twice a week, one of the films being a Griffith drama and the other a double play from Bennett's hands Then Griffith decided he couldn't do Jus tice to Tenn son's "Knoch Arden" In the conwntlonal limited space So "Enoch" was released In two parts llut so timorous were the picture people then that part one came out Monday and part two the follow ing Thursday The urge toward expansion grew gradually until In "Judith of Ilethulla ' Griffith found that he could nil five or six reels with Interesting dramatic material From that to the ten reels of 'The Ilirth of a Nation" wasn't such a long step as It might seem "The Birth," like many another blessing has carried with It a curse Grimth. being a man of extraordinary gifts, has escaped that curee Hut It has fallen on other pro ducers Its liveliest and most pertinent ex ample Is In the calm modern acceptanco of the five-reel "program" feature This means, not that scripts ore carefully considered directed, cut and assembled In the form best suited to their merits but that a certain number of GOOO foot features he to be turned out to supplv the theatres that book on a ' program ' basis The upshot Is that a scenario In which a wife's devotion to her erring brother Is mistaken by her hus band for nn Intrigue gets as much footoge as some really noel and thrilling lompttca tlon of events Half the time the footage tall Is made to wag the photoplay dog The plain stale of affairs may be summed up In tho declaration that there simply aren't enough good stories to go around That Is whv the old one-reelers were so sure of their public They lasted twentv minutes Often there was tho swift, sadden stab of surprise llut even when the plots were weak there was a glimpse of some beaut) now nnd then And It must be repeated, they lasted twenty minutes, NOT nn hour and more Iteadjustments are hound to come In this profession or art If you are willing to give It that mme Whv not give comedy a chance' Why not three reels of feature nnd two good comedies' ('omedv Is the best bet toda, onyhow Look nt Fairbanks Look at Chaplin Ken "Little Mary" throws uwav her busltln now and then for genial roughhouse The mdfct hopeful announcement to the trade In years Is Dnvld W Grimth s that he Is going to do flo and six reelers for Artcraft Grimth can make ten reels of film fascinating If he Is willing to for swear the staggering nnd the spectacular, Its time for his rivals to quit temple con struction nnd cut camoes For others besides this wrllcr are beginning to yawn "A bns length and boredom ' ' U D luctance "If you'd only accept my help for a few weeks without these protests" When finally he left, there was a wistful note In his quiet Voice "I want to see )ou often )ou know that But I don't want )ou to feel that I feel I hae any special right here This Is your home as long as you choose to stay ' The delicacy of this attitude Margaret ncknowlndged by a grateful glance Poig nantly sensitive to her anomalous position, it was a slight soothing to her flayed pride It was late that afternoon when Mary, hating found the lonel less of the house boat unbearable, reached their town house I'nterlng the linen-swathed library, her surprised glance fell on a tea tray Had her husband brought any one here? Again that ague, leaping Jealousy Ah she crossed the room something crunched under her foot A side comb ' A light amber sldecomb, Implying light hair "Some one hero for tea?" she asked the maid, who now entered "Mr Kennedy ma'am " confusedly, gathering up the crumpled napkins The service was plainly for two, but HOUR: UNIVERSAL f ZXSCZCSU K Ycii and I.'' 4t the Stanley nejet Monday, "kindly peirolU Ut "talent" to tuocv ,nS' work lor. llltl rsat. jaHBHMBWlii' 7iii711ffl . 1'KiilDLlKjri 'T' ,. Iy3.. . Jf..S i mm i1!! mtKSKm JWT WWKimKBUHM i it. MR 1 1 IP ' ssBsiiimM!s'ai!ffll5SiSwi!wBW:l Ji-i- FL- li " VwalMNsVHr s.s Jm -twr . lsiiiMBIn w2&r?rfe 'i itiFinwitili ii isjsTsisiWsWMsWBsWIf 1 f ii -.i"? ,l,u- "9fhu ' BKPib JKffiS VlfrV5 .tfl? ! r N e3sJ& . Sl& ' ' This is Inccwiic, pictuicafjuc mpersUidio of the Kny-IJeo Triangle forces, of vacs or woods when he Mary hid not yet stooped to questioning her secant It was Into when Kenned) came homo to dinner Ills surprise ut her lining come back to town was eIdcnt, but his greeting held the punctilious politeness that sho had come to dread The dinner nnd eenlng that she had so longed for wero painfully constrained With a sick despair, Mnr) realized that all their old Intimacy and companionship was gone Pleading fatigue from tho long drive sho went up to her room early How un availing had been her trip how futllo In r efforts to get ne.ir him The next morning nftcr a restless sleep less night she came down to breakfast i find he had nlrcad) left With stabbing heartache, sho realized that ho had pro feircd to breakfast nlonc Going hack upstairs she turned Into his room Her longing to be near hlui found n pitiful expression In hnudllng his rlothis Tho suit ho had worn )esterda ,.i on n chair .Stalling to hang It up her glumt,i fell on a faint, white blur on the cn.it Holding It closer, she caught nn elusive uerfumo The tea service In the Hbrarv I tho sldecomb. nnd now this added proof Sinking to tho floor. Mary dropped her head ogilnBt a chair Tho vv retchednes'. of this Inst discovery left her dared ond hope less Who was she' Where was she" The first stupef)lng shock now leaped tn a pas sionate Jealousy, a fierce determination, to know ' At any other time she would hivo scorned the Impulse to which sho now )lelded Feverishly she searrhed the pockets, finding a plain white card on which was penciled T I) 12 Wnter street 3rd door, 2nd floor I short rings" I'or a moment she stood motionless, star ing at the card That this was tho womin s address sho felt convinced Swept on 1 an Impulse she could not combat, she dressed swiftly In n dirk suit nnd heavv veil Hurrvlng down to the sun bathed fctreet sho signaled a passing taxi and gave tho address, '12 Water street A rapid drlvo across town, and they en tered a squalid waterfront district The cab drew up before an old-fashioned dilapi dated brick houHo with broken shutters and an unkept doorwa) As she went up tho steps, Mary saw with surprise that the front door was ajar Pushing It open, she entered the dim shad owy hallwav Conquering a throbbing sense of feir she started up the dark stairs. Twlco she paused with nn alarming desire to turn lack, but. her heart beating fast, sho forced herself on Tho second floor was gruesomely bluk Tlmld'y Marv approached the third door She was summoning her courage to touch the button when she was startled by gruff voices within "They've put Mike away for two years and If he hasn't talked yet he will' Whats tho name of that law)er who got him to plead guilty'" 'Kennedy." growled another voice "Well, he promised him a Job after hed done his piece. If he'd run straight Oh Mike's squealed, all right We'd better beat it or we'll have the cops hero any minute Mary had heard enough Her absurd mistake was clear Terrified, with held breath, she ran down the tearsomely creak ing stairs and out Into the security of the sun-lit street She had Btumbled on a band of crim inals whom her husband Intended to pros ecute Could she let him know what she had overheard? Could she tell him without confessing her Jealous suspicions' What excuse could she give for being In such a neighborhood' Her mind In a whirl, she hurried on with no thought of direction, soon finding her self in a crowded tenement district with Uttered fire-escapes, push carts and swarm ing children CITY rTtyg Q. V ) Through another street nnd sho took a cross-town car, whleh brought her to n more familiar section Her adventure had taken bnrel) nn hour Ilv tho clock on her dressing table It was Just eleven when she again stood before tho mirror to remove her disguising vill A letter with n special delivery stnmp "IT KNOCKS YOUR EYE OUT!" SVv a 9h dft, Hia xf laHauDaaaaaaaaalaH I ,a$ u ' a A 1 HavlBaHLaLaVaaW fiuch was the comment of nn employe at the William Fox studio, where Valeska Suratt's new photoplay, "The Slave," at tho Palace next week, was "shot." He referred to Vnl's spotty gown. True talk! FOUND: ONE RIVAL FOR "POLLYANNA" It's Mignon Anderson, and She Is Cer tainly the Optimistic Sunshine-Giver Mlgnon Anderson, who recently signed a contract to appear In film plays produced nt Universal City and who Is In Lois Weber's newest production, "Hven as You and I." at the Stanley next week, Is taking great delight In her new home In Southern California Miss Anderaon had been living In the East, where she began her film career and she welcomes tho flowers and the sunshine with great Joy Then, too, she finds she can drive her car over the roads of tho sunny southland on days when she Is not working before the camera She Is one of the best drivers In the countr) co-workers say "I think It Is perfectly wonderful," she said, "to be able to go out In my own garden and pick oranges from the trees orVven grapefruit, not to speak of lemons and then, too, how lovely It Is to find the flowers blooming In the month of January ! I have always read of the wonders of the orange groves, but never thought It would be my good fortune to experience the novelty of climbing Into the tree and eating the delicious fruit while seatefl among the branches It Is almost enchanting and all Age should not prevent one from starting a cheerful life. Douglas Fairbanks, on the California coast. "Bill" Hart, at puts on n film drama there. lay beside tho pln-cushlon Tho long en velope was tpewrlttcn Wonderlnglv sho toro It open It was a newspipcr clipping on the mnrgln of which was penciled tho stabbing nnoii)mous message 'It might bo well to watch jour hus band " (To be continued next Saturday ) this, too so close to I'nlversal City, which, let me tell )ou, is the most delightful place In which I have ever worked" From which one might Infer that Mlgnon Is a double-distilled, d)ed-ln-the-wooI, trlple-hammer optimist Itegards to Poll), anna llebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, please vv rite George Hc k. K- -aHUiaS&SatttT the Arcadia next week, has his pick JOE, THE BLACK CAT, WON'T SAY SO LONG Frisky Feline, Enamored Letty, Just Stays on at the Lyric of othlng Is too good for the black nt that entered the stage door of tho Mrlc two months ago when the scenerv nnd proper ties of So Long I.ctty" arrived, for It Is flrmlv believed b) thp btagehands that Old Ulnik Joe as ho is called, is a real mascot t nnv rate So Long Lcttv" made a hit the opening night nnd there is not a sign of waning Interest Whv not then give Old lllack Joe a little credit' At first the value of Old lllack Joe was not thoroughly nppieclited and there was a stogehand (now in disrepute) who would persist In showing Joe tho vvav out Joe, perforce, left the building, but as soon as he saw his chance he was In again ' He dldn t seem to enre whether ho Wis fed or not he alvvajs was able to get a mouse or so Miss Greenwood noticed Joe nnd would bring him somo cream from the hotel, nnd then other members of the cumpanj got Into tho habit of providing tld-bltp such ns tlsh heads catnip and liver Joe 'stuck," and the good luck he hid brought st.i)ed with the compan) liver) body made a pet of him and he would respond hv bringing his mouse trophies for Inspection to any member of the company who stemed to llko mice Hut last Monday night Old Hlack loe had his own troubles Ho caught the nlcist mouse )ou ever saw and there dldn t seem to be any s)mpathetlc person behind the scenes Of course It wns necessai) to have tho mouse Inspected, and so Joe making the shortest cut possible ran out upon the stage Miss (Ireenwood, singing, was un aware of the ints presence The audience (aw Joe and the vvav he trotted to the center of the stage made nn impression, for he seemed to be doing something for which he had been especlilly trained The audience lonred as the cat got behind Miss (Ireen wood's skirts Mio couliln t see blin, but she knew ho was there Then, with a dish, he was off He had dropped the moiiso and the rodent scurryiug away, set the rat In chase Off the stage he hurried The mouse doubled on his tracks and disappeared Joe ran again to the stago and tho amusing part of the proceeding was that ho- arrived just at the moment when Miss (Ireenwood wns "taking a bow" for her song The audience then had tho felicity of seeing Joe apparently respond with Miss (Ireenwood to tho ca 1, for he seemed to bow Just be fore still in pursuit of the mouse, he dashed again Into tho wings Joo hasn't )et been told but he Is going with the company to California this month PHILADELPHIA BOY "LANDS" IN MOVIES Thiladelphlans have made good In pic tures almost ns often as on the. legitimate stage One of the former category Is . "S?1 J "urn"- h I'In Egbert Atwell In The Slave.' featuring Valeska Suratt at tho Victoria next week Mr Hums was born in this city twenty one ears ago His education proceeded in private and public schools He became well known In musical nnd amateur llterarv c re cs Juvenile leads have been his spe cial y In he movies At present he Is working with the (loldw)n forces in sun port of Madge Kennedy In the film version of Margaret Mayo's farce, "naby Mln. ... " 4""i in ine same "Polly of the Circus " author's PEARLS OF. THE CHORUS ON PASTEBOARD "" " ''Wliillltft Jl I III i .,.,!,. , . .?'lWBWalaLaWW Player in the Two-a-Day De scribes Essentials of Dra- ! matic Action By CLAUDE GILLINGWATER At Keith's In "The Frame -Up," net ev The successful sketch must have sustain! 1 Internal silrnrlsAa nn,1 nVin.n n climax IJy a good climax, I mean an tT expected climax It must clear up Its prov' lem nt tho finish and leave a good tsstil ' This applies to tho comedy sketch as win ' as to the serious playlet, and more tr tlcularly to the latter The one big thins In the serious sketch Is to hit the heart Dig under the surface of the man nj woman In the nudlenco nnd )ou will h ,uriii iuicuiiik meir nurrounuings and wrapped up In tho plot and the situation! of our play From thnt on It Is ean silling. If vou sustnin your Interest XM,, permit our Interest to stop, keep ym, nudlenco In suspense nnd then surprise them as well as please them at the finish Manv a good dramatic sketch has provd a falluro simply becauso the author had I let the nuillenre In on tho secret befori the piny was thoroughly started In this rase tho nudlenco Is sitting back, knowlnj what nil tho trouble 1b nbout, and what tho end will be, nnd tho poor actor Is f0. lug through a lot of Unnecessary work telling the nudlenco something it alreadj knows The suspense Is gone and yoo hae lost your nudlenco from the start Vaudeville hns renched n itnl point la the presentation of playlets The old storr that liughs nnd tho to-called comedy relief fire necessary hns glen away to the more human, the more nrtistlcall comlnclnr methods Most of the surrounding bl.l u along comedy lines, so why should the drnmatlc actor and author cndeaor t compete with the funny monologlst or the clown dog' YES, WILLIAM FARNUM LEADS A DOUBLE LIFE Actor in "American Methods," at Imperial Next Week, Con ducts Orchestra Another accomplishment has been addM to fho long list of things which Wllllta Fnrnum cm do Tho Wllllnm I'ox star, who will be seen nt the Imperial Hie first two davs of next week In a new photo drama, "American Methods " has proved that he can direct a tvvolve-pleco orchestra and, what is more, that ho can direct It well When his last picture A Tale o Two Cities," was running nt Millers Thet. tre. In Los Angeles, Mr Farnum himself led tho musicians on one night Hie management of the theatre had madt arrangements for n special orchestra to assist in tho showing of 'A Tale of Two Cities ' Mr Farnum was there the open ing night Ilo was dissatisfied with the J music At times when It should have been forte It was pianissimo, and when it was pianissimo it should have been fortissimo All tin) tho stnr worried over the situation. He took off a dav from work at the studio to have a special conference with the leader of the theatre Then he sat and listened' while the picture was run through again. The plavlng was htlll poorer than he wanted Theio w.iB only one recourse and he took that When the flist evening show began Mr Tarnum crept noiselessly behind the screen and into tho orchestra pit There hi assumed the director place nnd baton an' began the overture The regular conducte i stood Just behind him nnd made menul notes of the Fox star s work Then, when tho plcturo was completed, ho once more took his station and directed at the next showing This time Mr Far num saw that the tcoro was conducted In accordance with tho changes he had made.' William Fo, who was present, avowed that tho pla)lng had been Improved 100 pef cent ' Music hath charms ' said the poet "It certainly hath ever) dlreitor at,, tho Wllllnm I'ox Studios will agree Foi, whether you know It or not It ll true thit an orchestra pla)s at each of; tho Fox plants while lrtually all of tho, scenes are being fllmeJ ! Tho music Is there becauso thorough going tests proved the efllclency of cadence.' It was found that the pla)cn worked much more easll) and that the tedium and con stant strain were relieved greatlv b) the presence of a small gioup of musicians After the experiment on tho Introduction of music Into the photopla) studio was over. even before definite results were Known j the members of AVIlllam Fox S large or ganization voted almost without exception for its continuance Those who have not been In the silent drama for any great time declare that the soft tones of the two violins and the bis" bass violin of which these orchestras gen- erally consist he'n them Immensely la avoiding that most grevlous fuult in be ginners , staring nt the camera The music played Is of the utmost ' democracy." chleflv because of the methodl used In screening a picture Scenes laldM in one room are taken consecutive!) b) tho director, regardless of tho order In which they appear In tho finished product This makes It necessary to skip back and forth In the scenario Consequent!) In filming a script dra matic values change more rapidly than tho weather These shifts. In turn are re-;l fleeted In the music which Is alwa)s ap-- proprlate to tho situation belne- enacted A sample program of an orchestra's after- noon at the studio would read like a muslcaU melange It would be not In the least un-j usual for Instance to have In succession, bits from "La Boheme." "Ragging tho I Scale." "The Maiden's Prnver " ' Aloha i Waltx" and "I Vesprl Slclllanl Kver) one realizes what an exceptional! appeal music makes to the emotions becauso' ,. .. .. ... . .... . ..,- i. ' ii urns uerjiiy ii js mis appeal wnicn obtained In producing a plctureplay at tho William Fox studios C,rT
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