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Show THE HERALD REPUBLICAN, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST -- TV ews ana Notes I SCREEN PLAY to hi land ti democracy. DOROTHY BERNARD Thero is no limit to a screen stars ambition. Ann Pennington, a new star on the Paramount program, wants to be able to act like Sarah Bernhardt and save money like Harry Iauder. sf: Who has the' copyrlgTU of "Thais?" That Is the question agitating certain celluloid breasts in connection with the double announcements anent its coming Herbert Rrenon intends production. with Mary Garden, and the story doing the World Film company has the same intentions with Kitty Gordon. The thing has come to a crux with injunction proceedings threatening:. Mr. Bren-o- n says Aanatole France's novel Is copyrighted and that through etthe des Auteurs, Dramatists he acquired the moving1 picture rights and paid $15,000. The World company holds that "Thais" Is not as the story is copyrighted and that one can use it. publio property any Mr. Brenon's Thais" cannot be produced until March, when Miss Garden's contract begins. The World plans to get right to work on the Kitty Gordon version. Harriet Sterling', who played the role of the Indian squad in an early chapter of "Gloria's Romance," is now rein New York city for the role hearsing she Is to play in "The Flame" on the speaking stage, in support of Peggy EXCELS STAGES1 Film Is Unity Weaving a Perfect Fragment of fi Dreams. Sir, - The value of motion pictures to those who hive rot the means to travel or wb are prevented by other reasons, is something r.uite incalculable. Is the wnv P.thel B.irrymore put? It In speak-!r- y of motion pictures. Says the "Th ril.iyer Is there yet he is not situation contains somethre. of The To this anomaly th- - magical. thing . of a. fiivcrite s being a visible present--v Mew. to n one. Plain Intangible et vet ever atrof. I attribute the - almost romantic interest of the puhli- In Its motion plrtnr stan. Imagination is the very breath of life to the motion picture. Is never "A motion picture seen for such a h.v.z porlo as a stage moments can be chosen, tr. His bestdirector will not permit and a wl him to euMMt U less happy phases. ! not tire of him. Th spectator There Is always an added fillip of in-n. terest, because tie appearance of to never lasts long enough favortt admirer. satisfy an ardent "Vet the amMonre has never been on such intimate relations with the actor as the spectators are with the screen favorites. Ly reason of the Illusion of proximity. The "close-up- " So has banished the opera glass. plainly are the mot subtle expressions of emotion recorded, the most powerful delineations of love and hate, sorrow and rejoicing, that each motion picture hotis.a spacious, becomes to matter how theatre. veritable little "Why should amusement places be limited to a seating capacity of 03 or 200 when Intimate representation can Y shared with an audience of r.000? On the stage, the fall of a curtain three or four times during the progress of a play acts as a damper upon even the most partisan audience. it ! like a slap in the. face a gratuitous affront offered to a friend. No mat-te- e h"w well the Interest has been worked up. to how- - keen a point it has been developed, there in a flaginsr of attention, interest, an Interruption ofcomes lumwhen that heavy curtain i .i thr bering down Immediately hum of conversation on All subjects Imaginable, total!" irrelevant to th theme of the p!:ii'. and perhaps a blare of music that sets the nilndi of those e to measure, nullifypresent In at least, the mcst earnest part, ing efforts of the actors. The. fact I, a plav is e.an Idea chopped into three or four pie-"A photoplay, on the other hand. Is a parts welded unity. Made up of many still one. It weave" a together, it !s of dreams. The screen perfect fabric In continuity of staue the surpasses - if i he Mnae constable n says ho ! down to th county Jatl. we rlng know he dors no such thins:. We see hi rr. w;!k Into the wings and perhaps enter into an altercation with a m?n s in behind the scenes. Put t!ie- p! ftjre convince ut, because we JoTlow- the action rce n supplies a wealth of de-- n "Tlie at a glance. On the stae. clr- umotaii. e attendant upon the main incidents have tu be told laboriously, nr ciuinot h"lp retarding the action. ", tb film, one glance suffices to ma'e the fmilzant of all the necessary and important adjuncts to He la at once en rapport art episode. with the icene. "MHt motion picture representations on a. are im! tJja. can e no more Can remotely suggested on the fa-mo- ;:.;:r. . v v,: . So-cie- Com-poseur- ' s m : : " " I a'tre: f ' I - i M . . i fi ; '- ; .1' - fi -- u - . .S . t- , v " - "r.'.( V f " A ' " - 'T , '. :-- . i- - . .; - : . -- n- . 4 -- ' yj ' -- i , t . ... -- i e . . . , - i- - '.'': r. , l v . , -- - : - , ', - -- v. - ', . ' " ' ' ' v ... i.. - r '- .' ,: , J- 'A . . . ' .....vi" ..'-v .. . ' ,i'. .. , ...... . ' " r- , ; ' . ' - -- tv .: ' : ... .fa - - , :, . . ' ... . ' e . .' - . " - i i r - c, i vr I . ',-- ;- : . . , : - "t - "i ',,' . ' .j.. v i f ' . ' ' Miss Bernard, known ss the indefatigable, who appears in the picture dealinjr with the race track. "Sportin? Blood," is busily starring in. another photodrama which has not been nnied. celebrated. The treatnent is fo original that even those who have seen the star In every one of her great successes will find much that Is new I and irresistible In "Hulda. from Holland." Theda Barra has almost mastered "Little Mary" Pickford Is now seen In the French language. 'Anna Held her newest screen characterization, learned it in efght months. "Hulda From Holland." This delight"The Making of Magdalena" Is the ful photoplay embodies all the heart I for which Mary Pickford In latent feature in which Ldna Goodrich is seen. As the humble Italian, whoss are stage. Opportunities for education beauty and grace wins her employment an artists moriei. .Miss ooooricn is freely to a patron of a first-ratas gien picture theatre. An African Juntfle, ofa said tn he superb. Later as the an- mountain pass, the intimate details woman, who has risen to the home of a multimillionaire are guished the part Goodrich Mips screen.! in a manner which is portrays shown with fidelity on the enrich-nianto exceed all aid v broadeninu the experience and screen her triumphs. previous i n t e ov never who rnight lives ' k of Magdalena." Miss In "Th have the chatv to icw these thins;:. " Goodrb-- isMaking that jrarhed o gorgeously femi-! she will be sure to appeal to the nine portion of her audience. The story is filled with action and at times It mounts to heights of dramatic intens- Moving Picture Mofes - I I e l ntr I cul-jtur- e. I :i 1 h : i INTRODUCES POSE SANDWICHES j I ity. Tt "The Stronger lxve," featuring Viv- o inn .Martin, was reicaeu uy ine is company Aunust II. seen In the role of the mountain girl. The pi. tore was filniefl among the pine forests of the Sun Hernardinos. and some beautiful hotograthic displays S 5?S .io-rosc- Vi-ia- r employer. William Fox has now a trio of among his pla ers. Virginia Pearson and Victor Sutherland of the Blue Grass state were already on the roll. The newest addition is Herschel Mayall of Warren county, Kentucky, who portrays the millionaire in "The Beast." Considering the place of his nativity, it is little wonder that Mr. Mayall's earliest remembered ambition was to be a horse trainer. De Wolf Hopper appears in the movies in a scene in which he orders beer. amJ in another scene in which he orders wine. The Ohio movie censors refused to pass the beer order, but they let the wine order go through. Tn filming the eleventh of Sherwood "The Grip of F.vil," Director chaptr MacDonald of Balbio led his company to a place on the Pacific coast called Portugese Rend. At low tide the rocks arc a part of the headland, but at "nigh tide they are submerged. The work was hard and absorbing and nobody noticed th turn of the tide until it Mas shoulder high to a tall man and running like a mountain torrent. Tt looked serious, for the tide was too strong: for one man to breast alone. Time after time Fhilo McCullough started with a girl on his shoulders but coUld not keep his feet. The problem vas solved at the last moment by two men acting as supports for McCollough while he carried the girls to safety on his shoulders. Miss Jackie Saunders, star of "The Grip of Kvll," was one of the girls who got a thorough wetting-Kn-tuckia- k ' S" t . I are promised. : William Farriurr. with his ruggednersonu!itv and strenuous acting, carre? the load of stirring melod ra ma and poignant emotion In ' The Lnd of the Trail." Mr. Farnum plavvt Jules l.e Hen, a role which seems destinc-- to become In the pictures equally notable with tho.-created In the far north, by tMr Gilbert Parker. There is shown a terrific fight scene, which is managed h from a novel angle. Most of the the bat is carried on In the dark, "punch" of It shown by the faces of the outsiders. Pillie Burke, tw star of the George Kleine' motion picture novel. 'Gloria'sRomance." has received more than 20.000 letters fom motion picture fans to date. They come from all over the the Mississippi country and one city inmore than 1500 valley alone numbers Pillie Burke correspondents among its Billle inhabitants. Needless to hasn't time to answer more than a few of them. 'a French aeroplanes are now equipped with miniature motion picture cameras. "The Country That God Forgot" Is acts by the Selig being producedIs Ina five company. It , western drama, feadituring Tom Mix-- and the erstwhile rector believes that playing n lead is "play" after his former work. The desert scenes of the picture will be filmed on the Mohave fitdesert. i; :': Ix)ne Ftar Pietr,. the famous football coach, who some vears ago captained the Carlyle team when it defeated Haractor, vard, is now a motion picture and will phiy a small part' In support the celebrated of Audrey Munson. model, in an American Film company's i ' f - v ... )....' ' '. . ' ' v .'-.- , . . tt'. . ..'., - -, , .s J. - . . i r. . - . - -- 'r ' i .... ,. - , u- ... .......... jkr ! A .. - ,,, .::' - , :''. . - :: - . . - ' - V- - 'S.- - ... ' . o :. r- - - J 1 . "1ici :,',;: . production, featuring George Berrill and .Louise Lovely. The original story gained admittance into the -- French Academy for its author, and followers of the. screen hope for an artistic picture. Kathlyn Williams lias a decided sense of humor and tells the following story of two women acquaintances, bitter rivals socially, both women of wealth and each possessing a new authe Rift of a fond husband. tomobile, Lac-was anxious that Miss Williams drive with her in the new car, and on her drive with Mrs. A., Mrs. A. pointed out all the clever little innovations and conveniences possessed hy the new ear. "Just see this dandy little place for flowers, and here's where I can keep powder and a powder puff and so on In tinsame strain. Miss Williams sTTviled, then asked seriously. "What of your carburetor?" "Carburetor! What's that? Has Mrs. B.'s one? I'll 'have James get me one at once." :je Like so many other actors, Le Win C. Jennings, who plays the race track king in William Fox's "Sporting Blood," the rhotodramn of the turfs t;ot a great v - Blanche Sivcct, J .v V- v f r 5 ' :, , j , . v - :v ' - v " i I com-wlt- ! ' ' 1 I Who Is to Appear in the 'Storm' e y . ' - I ,f - t - " t .. ' , : . 1 rl V: . ' -- ' - f:i.7 1 , ' ' V , . - r 5 . ' . . t . - . - .... ... . ' " - f iI....' ' . 2 ... . . - ' . .. . : v ' - " . - - , ' " .v .- ' . - c . ?..,,...,,.,,.,-,- ', j r ; " ns Never a&uin! Ludovic Halvey's "L'Abbe Constan-tin- " will be .sent In a film adaptation, "netina Loved a Soldier." a Bluebird l j. Lj' .h V ! Vi S I . r . ? fy.z J SV.;; i -v Tn "The Spell of the Yukon," adapted the poem of the same title by from --5 , " "' - ? HoliTt Service. "The Kipling of the and. ChrisNorth," with IMmund Breese tine Mayo in the leads. s h play which striken at the heart of life in the snow Cast as Jim Carson, Tlelds of Alaskathe foreman of a New York sweatshop, with a past he wants' to forget. Brecso life amid find. the incentive to a the lure of the gold fields. Years nfter, when he has made a foractress, who has given society the latest tune Virginia Pearson, and goes to settle In his 'homo dainty in sandwiches which is made from rose leaves piaced on thin slices of Ity, New York, as a millionaire, th3 tread. pvll of the Yukon beckons him back "I V"-- KWV ' I v -- ..'.. I- J '- i; well-know- n 1 Made Showing Village Under Water. nr Annette Kellermann has gone dowt f into the underwater city off the Ja- l i - v. 'i ..... tw-ent-y w-al-ls a v .t y 1 r if , OA . A.' . ..e. V .' '...v- - ,v " j - v. X . jc ........ o.... .ao :.o 'AW deal of his early training In stock. Jennings did histrionic work of this n sort for eight years and became in many cities during his runs. His chief stock engagements were in Boston. St. Louis, Richmond, Toronto, Chicago, St. Paul, and Denver. Alice Brady is working- aboard the old whaler, "Charles W. Morgan," for scenes in "Miss Petticoats." Fritzi Brunette's desire to play a boy's part will be gratified in "The Child That Found Its Father," which will be produced by the Selig company. She will appear through the greater part of this drama In the garments of the male. The American drama, "The Crisis' will introduce Sam D. Drane, a Lincoln of the screen. His characterization is wonderful. Hedwig Beicher learned F.ngiish in four months, then appeared in "On the well-know- yfi - Stevens, has quite an exacting1 part in the picture. She plays the role of a rich banker's daughter llvinp; in a luxurious Long- Island home. The banker has incurred the enmity of Ali Singh, the leader of the Mongolian tribes, and Miss Gale in the picture is captured by Ali Singh, and held as a hostage. Many of the scenes have their setboats and ting on fast flying motor high powered launches, so that MissGale is called upon to wear many up- Fannie's Latest Goivn Little Jane l.ee, the William Fox photoplay actress,popular is only four years old, but is saturated with the je motion picture atmosphere. Friends recently gave the diminutive screen favorite two chairs, one a rocker, the other a straight chair. And Jane calls 1. the first her "movie" chair, the second her "still" chair. k Boston streets were used by Robert Warwick and his company for the scenes in "Nathan Hale." June Caprice,1" tlie star of filmland who has justyouthful made her debut in "Caprice of the Mountains," was working hard at her Caesar translation last spring, when the eastern film director stepped In in search of camera material. He was so impressed with little June that lie sent her to a school of photoplay acting and gave her the distinction of being the first 4 -- rVk-"'- -: X star. movie re i 'ci Miss Caprice, who is striking in her semblance to Mary Pickford, is of the few actresses who has never seen the lights of Broadway; All of little June's childish mannerisms and sweet simplicity are brought to play in her first photoplay, "Caprice of the Mountains." She Is cast as a mountain Sifl. who. misunderstood by iier coarse mountaineer foster mother, finds solace In the wild flowers, the mountain streams and in her love for her doll. In the "Temptation of Adam," a three-par- t Selig drama now in the making, Kathlyn Williams will be seen in the powerful dramatic work that featured her performance in "The Spoilers" and "The j Colin Campbell, the director responsible for "The. Spoilers," "The Rosary,' "The produced "The Crisis." the latter in ten reels. Five camera men are with the United Stntes army in Mexico. '.' "The Daring of Diana." in which Anita Stewart is appearing, is a melodrama In which a young newspaper woman ferrets out a big grafting plot, scores a beat for her paper and wins a husband for herself. Of course. Miss Stewart is the reporter and she plays the part well. She has nerve and brains and is afraid of nothing. As a natural consequence she is drawn into all sorts of thrilling adventures and has some hazardous experiences. But she Is always equal to them and manages to make them seem real and plausible. Ne'er-Do-Well- scenes. s ;: j r :T Ktt tint rjtWrii--- i w ;r- :ti ." ; Neer-Do-Well- ," c !c , , . I :-- I AXMfi WARD Beautiful star who has returned to the California Muriio justitl seven new full trunks of govrus. gowns and costumes. The very latest gowns in afternoon and evening models as well ag sporting apparel have been used so that Miss Gale in this to-da- te picture will disclose to moving picture audiences the very newest models for the fall season. Dainty afternoon frocks and evening gowns, a beautiful pin ksatin sport suit, a wonderfully stylish evening coat trimmed in fur, all from the newest French designs, go to make up this I - ly i i ' ... ' ': -- 1 -- William A. Brady spends fourteen hours a dav at the World studios. There are three American attractions which have achieved remarkable the Fngllsh theatre popularity patrons. "Romance" has been played more than 1540 times and there is no loss in its drawing power. apparent "Peg o' My Heart." of course. Is the champion American play, for this has til "Vj"? ben running for two years and sevr s , eral companies have been offering- it. one was seen time at in three "Peg" London theatres simultaneously. "Pot. A ash and Perlmutter" lias been welcomed as warmly as by the by the British citizens of this country. Stuart Holmes. William Fox's expert villain, has a parrot. A friend of feminine persuasion, who ' v- . , knew not of the parrot's stubborn nait li---ture and general irritability, asked Holmes recently: "What is our parrot's name? Tell me. what do you call it?" Quick as a flash, Holmes replied: "Madam, you probably meant to ask Ann Pennington. You have really ir.e one rjuestion. asked me two." Little Ann Penninaton, t lie celebrated star, who is to make her screen yourself. It's pretFigure asIt out-fty deep, deep things go. debut, is so absolutely tiny that she is known to her associates as "Penny." : of a rabbit in one hand, but Miss Margaret Gale, who is featured Any ordinary mortal could hold that speck do two. with it can in "The Yellow Menace" with Edwin "Penny" just hardly h -- .jf v 't . 4 '.CSiN.-llffVK- ' 4 The following forty books will be added to the public library Mondav, August 21, 1916: Mi eon. Bowers Irish Orators. Brearley History cf the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Brennan Tobacco Leaves. Stars of Destiny. Craig Dow Composition. Francke German Spirit. Husbands Joseph at Work. t her ios Venizelcs. Kerofilas Kief Palmer Marriage Cycle. Pierson Bible and Spiritual Criticism. Poore Pictorial Composition. Quackenbos Body and Spirit. and Childhood. Ramsey How Infancy Two Hundred Children Reeder Live and Learn. Rexford Making: a Home. Richards Abraham Lincoln. Richards Northern Countryside. Sparks Business of Government, Municipal. Thoreau Canoeing in the wilder- ness. Vachell Quinneys. Verrill A, B, C of Automobile Driving. Wise Empire and Armaments. Woman citizen library, 12 vols. Fletlon. Macnaughton, S. Some Klderly People and Their Young Friends. Marsh, R. Great Temptation. Morris. G. We Three. Titus. H. I Conquered. Turnbull. M. Handle With Care. Wodehouse, P. G. Uneasy Money. 'Penny' in Name and Size Mar- c B New Books in Library j . - - . - vr nee-Ha- - ', are-10- most attractive and luxurious collection of costumes. But if one were to choose the most irresistible of all of Miss Gale's lovely outfit, certainly the prize would go to a most charming boudoir negligee of pink crepe de chins with shoulder drape of ecru lace, and a boudoir cap trimmed with pink bows and apple blossoms. Students at the University of Illinois have just completed the production of asfour-ree- l photoplay def'ing with college life. This is the nrst time that college students have written and filmed an original college play with all of its scenes laid on or near the campus. The plyay . is called "Pro Patria." It was not only written and staged by students, but actually was acted by them. It was produced by the Illini FhoLoplayers. an organization of student amateur film stars. The scenario was written by Vivian Key, a student, who already has had several scenarios accepted by the leading motion picture producers. An expensive used and destroyed in laboratory was some the filming of of the strongest new-Abraha- made-to-measu- ox-dra- C 5fC w-It- . maica coast, and the making of the r spectable photoplay, "Th of the Gods," in which sh Daughter is featured, has been completed after a year's labor. This, the most costly ofa all film productions thus far, shows city under water, a mermaid village. But at the edge of Mcntego bay, Jamaica, a wrhole Moorish city, covering acres, has been built. This part of the play deal with a realistic Oriental city, not a fabled one. High guard it from approach by sea. Within the gates there is a detailed reproduction of life in such a city. A slave market is shown not far from the lacquered balcony of the sultan's palace. Houses with latticed windows, where women who are virtually prisoners peep out at their lovers, are shown, as well as market with sheiks stroking: their beardsplaces, as they sit and play checkers, and lepers, covered except for their eyes, holding up wooden bowls for alms. There are many street scenes in this ancient city, some of them showing the fruit venders, others the ladles carried through the crowdgreat in palanquins, others the still others the camel caravans.wagons, Twenty thousand persons have taken part in the production. There principals forming a A comcompany for Miss Kellermann.supporting mittee of artists chose diving and swimming girls from all parts of the coun-tar- y to aid in the submarine spectacles. A whole troupe of Arabs, with their famous horses and their camels, was taken to Jamaica from Soudan and drilled. Then there are 15,000 in the Moorish city the sultan'speople attendants, slave girls, merchants, priests, laborers, beggars, ragged children, blacks, men and women of the aristocracy, dancing girls, prophets and million-dolla- Case." - V-- - tw Million Dollar Film Being, lenizen of the sea, captured off Block island, THIS bioodthirsty Atlantic coast, was used in a thrilling scene which actually shows man-eatishark attacking a man in the ocean. It is reproduced m "The Secret Kingdom." and Pauline Frederick guerite Clark feature. Miss Clark will have as her vehicle "Little Lady Kileen," which will be her first appearance since' "Silks and Satins," while Pauline Frederick's feature will be "The Woman In the v . FOR PHOTOPLAY BIG HSU USED IN MOVIES Famous Players have released a h GO UNDER SEA fa fa -- j. The storv is interesting. feature. - -- s, O'Neal. Ivy Close's second comedy for Kalem is called, with a large amount of euphony, "Peaches and Ponies." In it she has the part of the wife of the young man who, as a matter of business, takes a female buyer out to dinner for his " V. - . ft ! .V ' IAN EATING SHARK IN HLM ! ch . ... : s i. i X' i - " c- ... I- - ' iV te -- ' - e m c .;.' t :A ; r ,'. ;. " shirt-sleeve- ff-at- - - i! rag-tim- d ' - '.?-.--.' n 1 ) ' 1 r.I.-ije-r :ct-"-- snows, the land of true 7-- A tars of IFilmdoiii the Of 20, 1916. ' ia i"fc or : ' fFniH sfc 5?t w |