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Show CALL TO THE CLERGY IFOR SILENT SERMONS ,TO THE MANY MILLIONS The Lubin Company Offers the Screen as a Medium Through Which Morality May be Taught Without Words to World-Wide Congregations. The Lubin Manufacturing Company has boldly made appeal to (he clergy of America to supply it with scenarios of photo-plays that will bring home to millions if people the lessons they are now endenvoring to teach to scores or hundreds. And, furthermore, the Lnbin Company will pay such clergymen us listen to its appenl for all acceptable scenarios. The appeal begins with reference to a thought that must be ever present to preachers of the Word how few, after all. are those to whom he can deliver by his voice the Master's message of love, of charity, of humbleness, of high of this medium that now prompts the Lubin Manufacturing Company to invite your CO-bperation in developing and extending ex-tending a work which has already, we trust, been the means of strengthening some failing souls, of reviving the courage cour-age of some who were faint-hearted, of bringing hope to some who were despairing de-spairing "We invite the submission of scenarios, or synopses of stories, suitable for motion mo-tion picture production, and for such as are available will pay liberally, on acceptance. ac-ceptance. These stories should not in any sense he sermons, and for commercial commer-cial reasons Biblical nnd historical inci- f - - ' - j honor and steadfast courage; how few. comparatively, are those who can be reached by printed preachment. "What then?" y asked. "It Is His command that His messages be carried to nil the world. How may His command com-mand be obeyed'' Not by word of mouth can all these peoples be made to understand, under-stand, for the peoples are many, and the teachers few moreover, tho curse of Babel is still upon the tongues and ears of mankind. Not by the printed word to countless legions the tvpe-impressed tvpe-impressed page is but a meaningless smear of iuk, and many who can will not read. ' What other medium, then may be employed, since word of mouth aud printed word are alike so Inefficient to make a universal appeul? The answer so obvious that it is strange that the suggestion must come from this source rather than from those to whom it is made is the motion picture. Overleaping Overleap-ing the narrow bounds of speech, disdaining dis-daining the cumbrous and slow process of the printed book, it silently, and yet ly the most vivid and impressive of all methods of conveying thought visualisation visuali-sation makes it appeal directly to the emotions that ore universal in the human hu-man breast. It may be safely estimated that each motion pictnre released by tlx-Lubin tlx-Lubin Manufacturing Company is Been and makes its impression on the hearts, the minds, or the souls of not less than ten millions of people. "It is the realization of the wonderful opportunity presented by the possession dents cannot be used neither can adaptations adap-tations from published stories or poems be considered. What is desired are modern American themes of dramatic value, free from .sensationalism, but embodying, em-bodying, if possible, spectacular incidents inci-dents whenever consistent with the story. Generally speaking, the requirements are simply that the story be of genuine dramatic dra-matic value and that it convey in its development a lesson of spiritual, moral, social or hygienic value, of such a nature that its appeal will be to universal uni-versal understanding to the world-mind through the emotions and sentiments which ar- common to the hearts of all mankind.'' w George Terwilliger, of the Lubin staff, bus now h i-ome'a director, succeeding Barry O'NeiJ, His first important work will be the production of Charles Klein's "Daughters of .Men,' the third of the series of Klein plays. Mr. Terwilliger has heretofore been connected with the Lubin Scenario Department, in addition to the important editorial work entrusted en-trusted to him he was a prolific writer of original scenarios. As a photo-play-wriu'ht his hrilliant work has won bim fame throughout nJrodom, and there is no doubl that his intimate knowledge of the writing, the editing and the production produc-tion of photo-plays will win him equal eminence as a director. Miss Efaie Cay and her trained horst-have horst-have been engaged by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company to :ip-pear :ip-pear exclusively in it plays Mis Fay-has Fay-has been an animal trainer since she was sixteen years of afltSi When she was seventeen she exhibited :i sixty-three sixty-three lnir.se act with the Main Circus. She does not eoutiue her work to training train-ing horses Sione, as she formerly had a big leopard act "Inch she exhibited all over till world. It was this act that she used for a long time with the Belig Polyscope Company, She also had a lion act which she used in the Selig picture of the "Christian Martyrs." It was three years ago that she purchased Arabia from n Canadian banker for 1,500 she has since been offend bj various people , live times that amouut for him. |