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Show HHMlin WuUWIIIIIUIMuUIIIIHil BHIHSSMBIsailUlsani louunaauiiintni - NEWS GLEANED IN THE STUDIOS 1 OF THE PHOTOPLAY PRODUCERS t The report sent out by tbe press asso-I asso-I eiations and widelv published last vtk that H A Spatvntb, Alf 1 Layman and Charles Frohman hod succeeded in arriving at an understanding and that the latter theatrical star, including Maude Adams, would soon he seen in morion pictures, appears to have been premature. N?ejrrHatlons were admit tedly under way. bitt the arrangement was not consummated No one doubts, however. that eventuaJl Brother Charle will follow Brother Dan in the motion picture field The 101 Bison Company ha enlisted a new recruit at its plant at LTnltertaJ i Crty k k Comanche, a pony possessing both beauty and intelligence, and evidently evi-dently predertmed to become a favorite I on the screens. Mona Darkfeather, the company's leading woman, has taken j Comanche under her special tutelage and j spends all her spare tana teaching it amusmg trickE a a a The studio of the Solax Company has been transformed into a Zoo, and among j other animals to be foimd there are a lion, a tiger and an elephant. Monkeys and parrots add life and color to the scene They are all very effective actors in the staging of the big special. "Beasts I of the Jungle," now in course of prep-1 aration The first release of Directors Film Corporation, manufacturers of Ramo Films, a drama entitled 'The Better Way" will be made March 5th, followed immediately thereafter by two releases weeklv, about equally divided between strong dramatic subjects and comedy reel? with two or three subjects. Mr Wrav B Phyiioc, director of technical tech-nical composition for Pathc Frercs for more than two vears, and well known through his connection with Eclair, Edi-on Edi-on and other, will he the dramatic director and have general charge of the productions. The comedy direction will be in the hanL- of Mr Epcs mthrop Sargent. "The Bells," the classic with which the name and fame of Henry Irving were so intimately connected, has been pictunred by the Reliance Company and is now on the screens, Mathias is oonraicd by E. P. Sullivan, the daughter by Gertrude Kclnnson and Lc Voix the hypnotist, by James Ashley. The story is made clear and understandable by some clever double exposure work, particularly during dur-ing the thrilling scenes when Mathias' tormented conscience will not permit him to s)erp withouthearing the ringfng of the sleigh bells with their haunting meiiKiries of the murder in the snow No historical record of tlm country that ignored lli Mormons could be considered con-sidered complete The film makers rec-ognire rec-ognire this tact and have produced S '500 feet of film they entitle "One Hundred Years of Mormonism " It is said to have the approval of the Mormon Church "The Man From Ou'ide." by Torn I Gallon, i', in the making as a three-reel t featare by tbe Rehanc- Company. The a release date is announced for March S 5th. The aathor's reputation as a writer i-s firmly established and Oscar Apfel tx- ' pects to turn oirt a feature thai will b in a class by rtelf. if The film companies go ro the ends of 1 tbe earth for their subjects Gaston , Melies and hr company hive recently ii arrived at Tahiti Their route takes I them thence to New Zealand, the land ' of the Maoris, to Australia, with its J bushmen and kangaroos., to Java, to g Siam and to other lands on the further s side of ' !obe. a The Pan-American Motion Picture I Company have released a film in which Miss Eva Ray, a medium, poses for a Jj picture which exposrs fake spiritualism, i Mr. Fred W Curtis who is known ij t the king of mediums, assists her The ,! picture claims to expose all the para- S pherr.olia of the medium, the spooks, a and bells, etc, and how to make spirit pictures. It should be a real mteresting reel. ' SB a a- a Oedipus Rex, which the All Star is putting out through the Film Supply ' Company of America, is an adaptation ijj of the Greek legend Oedipus. M. J Mounet-Sully, the well known French I tragedian on the Comedic Francaise, V plays the part of Oedipus, the king, with f a strikingly vivid impersonation that fj holds the onlooker pel!bound. Joeasta. j the part of the mother, is well taker and most of the sets are very fine. I Each week the Universal turns out ., fourteen complete plays It employs I 220 regularly salaried actors and ' actresses and six directors, and from I 500 to 600 extra people, bringing its ft weekly salary roll up to more than i $,000 Included in the staff of em- ploy res is a band of full-blooded In- f diaiis, under the leadership of Chief Harvey and a number of tbr most noted cowboys in the West The work is car- U ned on under the supervision of Aubrey V M Kenned. general manager of thr L Universal interests m the Wes' m The largest motion picturing produc- 4 ing plant in the world h now situated at Los Angeles It is that of the Uni- i versal Film Manufacturing Company,' where the studios of the various com-panies com-panies merged in the UoiverjaJ hars g been consolidated in a single mammoth jH studio on the old Fl Provldejxia rancho on the edge of tbe San Fernando Valley. The company also has under lease 1,200 acres of land, known as the Universal Ml Ranch, has secured rights to take pic- i ture on 2500 acres adjoining, and in addition ha obtained from the dry g antliori2atku to take pictures in Im Griffith Park In all there is some five t. sqnare miles of territory at its disposal '3 for picture production |