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Show 1 in 1 - " A MILLION BID " cAND "GOODNESS GRACIOUS" WIN &CEW YORK EiNpCFRSEMENT ' "Broncho Bill'" Again Risks Life to Secure a Startling Scene for an Essanay Film Snakeville Comedies Feature "Sophie' and "Slippery Slim" The Vitagraph Theatre's announcement announce-ment of the lust week of "A Million Bid" and "Goodness Gracious" started a tornado of surprise in the ranks of thc-a thc-a tries 1 managers. It was generally known that a terrific business was still maintained at the Vitngrnph Theater, which wis crowded nightly with ihe throngs of people desirous of seeing those two motion picture classics. The surprise was occasioned b.i the fact that to re move grent successes still doing a gi-gantic gi-gantic business is something unknown in theatricals and without precedent. The Yitngrnpb Company never thought Hint the theater would be packed for more than two months witb any two pictures, so they continued to make other pictures! for product ion at their Broadway playhouse, play-house, which was the reason for their change of pro gram, thus permitting ' Mr. Barnes of New York." with Maurice t'os-teiio t'os-teiio and a great east of V'ifagrapb players, play-ers, and "l.ove. Luck and Gasolene," a three-reel whirlwind comedy, with Run-ny, Run-ny, Lillian Walker and Wfllly Van in the principal characters. ' "THE KLONDIKE BUBBLE" ( Lubin) James Young, the Vitagraph director, is practically through sta'iiik' My Official Wife," in which Clara Kimball Young, Earle Williams and Harry Morcy and Soger Lytton are playing the most important im-portant parts. It will be one of the most expeuslve productions ever made bv the 'itaJ;raph Company. More than L'.OiiO people were employed, and to properly costume them one scene required about SSd.iKN) worth of furs, wh'n h were rented for the occasion. Another scene needed IWMl horses and trained riders for the Russian "ossacks who were Impersonated. Imperso-nated. The production is exceptionally elaborate, as can De judged in considering consider-ing that many of the senes arc in and adjacent to the Czar's palace. Mary Charleson, of the Vitagraph Tlay-ers. Tlay-ers. was the leading lady of the Western company less than a year ago, and as such was comparatively unknown. She was transferred to the Eastern Studio in Brooklyn, to become leading lady for Maurice Costello. And when the Vitagraph Vita-graph Theatre was opened she appeared as the leading lady for John Bunnv. in the little sketch he presented. This is probably the record for rapid rising in the ranks of photoplnyers. In less than a year. Miss Charleson rose from Western West-ern obscurity to leading lady for Maurice Maur-ice Costello and John Bunny, and the strange part of it is that she is still doing leads for both of these world-famous celebrities ce-lebrities at the same time. The Photo Play Productions Company of the Candler Building, New York, which is making a pretentious feature Sroduction of "The Littlest Rebel," v,ith !. K. Lincoln, late star of the Vitagraph Vita-graph Company as leading man. has just acquired for producing purposes a S,-000-a ere farm near SpringOeld, Mass. "We will build a permanent studio on the property." said Prank A. Tichenor, general manager of the company. 'The Littlest Rebel our first production. Is now Bearing completion, it will be in five reels and it is said that the ba'fle scenes in which over one thousand nun, including troops of United States Itcgu-lars, Itcgu-lars, appear, nre the niot realistic and spectacular ever produced." Violet Horner has had some thrilling experiences In moving picture scenes, but declares that her "Heart of Oak" experience capped the climax. She was on board the "Excalibur'1 sloop when the premature explosion occurred, and as she doesn't claim to be an "iee-hird," she declined to make header down beldw and had to he rescued by a government gov-ernment life saver The life saver enjoyed en-joyed the experience rimre than did Miss Horner. His only repret is that the rescue res-cue work does not appear in the im to make the Portland bovs green with jealousy. jeal-ousy. Miss Ethel Clayton, now appearing in LiUtrfn Special Feature Productions, has in her Kjssessiou a copy of an old vase secured, anionic other treasures, a few years ago by an expedition partv in Nu-nia Nu-nia . nrvings on the vac reveal the fact that fat vsoinen were all the rage when the Pharoahs ruled, and aim that the rnilk-fed beauties painted and black-ened black-ened their eyebrow to excess. Mts t layton, however, doe. not find this an argument in favor of destroying her own graceful slendpruesa. it is remarkable the number of daring chances the photo-players take just to put the desired thru into n picture. Gr. M. Anderson. '"Broncho Billy," has prol-ably prol-ably risked his life more than any other player appearing before the public and it is not Ubnsual to hear that b- had again defeated death A wonderful piece of work was his latest stunt. Broncho Billy is wildly chasing n stage coach and after n magnificent piece of riding, he overtakes it. while the driver thereof Is madly lashing his horses to accelerate their Speed. With one dean leap from hi-; Hying animal Broncho Billy lands on the stage, and there results one of the most eiclitiug bits of motion photography ever p orded. The Essanay Snakerille comedies have 1 me more popular than any otbei comic series on the market to-day. The first of the Snakeville stories was re-Icased re-Icased under the head of ''Sophie" aud many more to follow will be released under this head and "Slippery Slim They won instant favor and so si is that the ISs&anay company will release a' "Snakeville, "Sophie" or Slippcrjj Slim" picture every Thursday. The demand de-mand for these pictures has been so great that it was necessarj to order three sheel posters. "Slippery Slim," the "gale of bubbling mirth," is funny lo look at, and his actions on the screen will keep an audience in one continuous uproar. America's foremost humorist. Ceorrje Ade, has written several comedies to be produced by the Essanay Film 1 Manufacturing ( 'ompany. w-t J I JOHN BUNNY ( Vita(rjph) t LJ Jit UlLIJJ HPJ111U t LUJUUL-JJJLtxjJJ mui T. HAYES HUNTEK (Colonial) The j y. RitcHej Company of photo-players, photo-players, who are under the tutelage of thai pyincc of directors. Bob Daly, the poet laureate of the Screen Club, are expected back in Ne w York any day UOW. from New Orleans, where they have been engaged m put ling the fnishing touches to a photoplay masterpiece, mong the well-known popular fawn-ins in the company is Paul Scardon, who did so much to bud finish to Reliance pictures last year. A Herbert Brehnon, the able director who staged "Ivanlioi-" for ibe Universal in England last senon and thereby won an undying reputation for craftsmanship, and v ho recently nearly suffered an irreparable ir-reparable loss while in an accident i" a las tnnk tilled with water, is now fully recovered; One of the photoplays hi recently re-cently completed is now being shown at a Broadway theatre in Xew York |