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Show COMIC CIRCUS FEA TURES GIVE FUN' AND LAUGHTER IN "A RUBE AND A BOOB" An Outcome Eugene Sue, With All His Imaginative Powers, Could Never Have Conceived for His " Mysteries of Paris " Director P. C. Ilartigan. at Santa Monica. ( al., has introduced a number of decided innovations in recent Kalem comedies. In "The Rube and the Boob." most of the scenes were produced pro-duced al a circus. John E. Brcnnan, earn mg water to the elenhants and leading the parade as a Scotch Highlander, High-lander, will bring a riot of laughter at the photoplay theatres. Albert Blinkhorn, whose offices are located on the eighteenth floor of the Tower Building, 110 Fortieth Street. New York City, has secured the agency lor Hcda Films tor the .American mar- BATTLEF.ELO ROMANCE 7Kt.or7z " -J?IJ NORMAND l LEE BEOG. ket. The Heela Company is one of the largest European manufacturers of pictures, pic-tures, with establishments in London and Paris. The product is most favorably favor-ably known through secral pretentious features, such as "Oedipus Rex" and "Adncnnc Lccouvrcur." in which Madam Sarah Bernhardt appeared. In spite of a statement to the contrary, con-trary, there seems to have risen the belief that the additions to the editorial staff at the Lubin studio ha closed thai market. This is quite the reverse of true. Lawrence S. McCloakey, the editor, ed-itor, writes: "There is no foundation for any belief that we are cutting down on outside purchases Any good story submitted will be bought, providing, of course, that it is otherwise available at the time. Our aim is to get the best stories pbtuble, and by best is meant the bet idea rather than ocrfect technical tech-nical development. If the story is perfectly per-fectly stepped out. naturally wc will pay more for it than ..nc that merely contains the idea, but if the imperfectly developed script offers one good idea that can be built up. we'll buy and us it the same as always The idea is to get real stories, not to tU mv stuff, or Hall's or TerwUliger -. but that all of us get together and gel the best stuff Possible, whether it is our own idea or something fr.ni ouuidc" 1 " The determination of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to build up the most powerful organization in the field of cinematography ij nearer realization by the addition of Allan Dwan, the famous director, and a quartet quar-tet of his principal players, who joined the West Coast Company at Universal City a week ago. Director Dwan, who will produce under Universal auspices a scries of pictures dealing with Philippine Phil-ippine life, has had a brilliant experience in the motion picture field, and is best know n for his excellent work v. ith the Lssanay and American Film Company. Mr. Dwan brings with him Misses Jessalyn Van Trump and Pauline Bush, and Messrs. Marshall Neilan and Wallace Wal-lace Reid. who will be seen in the pictures pic-tures under his direction. When Eugene Sue wrote bis "Mysteries "Mys-teries of Pans," a novel that has been translated into the language of even civilized country, he may have believed that its striking dramatic possibilities might be used for the stage. He certainly cer-tainly could not have conceived in his wildest imaginative fancies that It would be the groundwork of such a creat loll as the Eclectic Film Compinv is row supplying for the screens. It i an event in the photoplay dramatic season. Considerable gojjip has followed the engagement by the Famous Player Film Company of J. Scarle Dawley, one of the star directors of the Ed n I ' m-pany m-pany Congratulatory remarks figure ', 7 cmnlentB' directed now toward to-ward Mr Dawley and now toward the I-amous Players. Mr. Dawley lias been engaged to produce some of the big subjects for whtrh the Famous Players are becoming more famous, and ' his past performances eneourag,- thr eon-viction eon-viction that he is peculiarly adapted to Iv-s more important work Lionel Adams. Robert Drouet Robert Fischer Peggy O'Xeil. Mardicl Xerucr. P.cn Hendricks and Ray Gallagher have joined the Lubm forces. A Parisian modiste has supplied -sev-ernl Mimnier gowns for Alice Joyce, and wc shall doubtless sec some superb creations in Kalcm's coming Society cirumjs T '' ,,n Walker, of the Vitagraph Comoanv. is , ,,-ion. r.r.ii ri, ,r,,,. her eyes are blmsh-grcv, her hair golden and her cheeks naturally rosy. She began her career as an ictress with r.us Edwards in "School Boys and Girls " She was engaged in a company in which Maurice Costello was leading man and where Mrs Maurice also appeared, ap-peared, and when they were won over to the motion pictures Miss aikcr went with them. George GeMmd;, formerly, of the I athc players, now ha a company of his own under Univervil auspices. was donated to the convent about threc-mohths threc-mohths ago. but heretofore the sisters have not been able to procure suitable programs. Among the subjects that will be shown immediately to the young lady pupils of the Visitation Convenl will be "The Crimson Cross." "The Rosary." "By the ( urate's Aid" and "1 he Pishop's Candlesticks." together with scientinc and travel pictures The Washington film exchange is the first exchange in America that has made an effort to supply convents and religion, institutions with motion pictures suitable suit-able lur their work. . Director James Kirkwbod had taken his company to Wharton, X. I . to complete com-plete one of the great scenes of his new photoplay. Some of the supernumeraries supernu-meraries that be had engaged failed to !rWjfcina "!J.,mmy" "P against it. While waiting to consider the situation sit-uation he "heard a noise a-comin'." and looking up the track, he beheld a bodv of men sixty strone marching along in stragghng lmes. Inquiry clcitcd information that the men were section men out on a strike Director Kirk wood sent one of his men forward to talk with them, and after negotiations the strikers consented to appear before the camera. The result was one of the most, natural and convincing pictures I Mr Cnrlylc BlackwcTI recently took a brief vacation from the Kalem Glen-dale Glen-dale Studio and attended the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Ball at San Francisco Fran-cisco where he had the honor of leading lead-ing the grand march with Mrs. Rolph, the wife of San Francisco's popular mavor. Earl J Hudson, who has been connected con-nected with the publicity department of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company for the past eight months, and for the last five of which he was m : .j L: .. s"-"5w is. ifc:ii.u ins position mere ana is now general manager of the Centaur Film Company. In answer to numerous inquiries Kalem takes this opportunity to announce an-nounce that another baseball hcadlmer will be released during the season The famous player who will be featured is undoubted!;, the biggest star of the dia-amond. dia-amond. Exhibitors found that the Hal Chase and Rube Marquard pictures, which Kalem released in 1911 and 1912, brought capacity business. From present pres-ent indications the 1913 production will comi ''-ir-lv ecluse its predecessor. |