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Show L"r " 1 MUTUAL CAMERA MEN ON THE FIRING LINE . WITH VILLA'S ARMY Films Showing Actual Conditions Existing in War-Ridden Mexico To Be Exhibited Before President Wilson -. and the Members of His Cabinet. President Harry E. Aitken, of the Mutual Film Corporation, has "put one over" on all his contemporaries in the motion picture industry. And it is a big one. He has' entered into partnership with General Pancho Villa, commanding command-ing the Constitutionalist Army in Mexico Mex-ico for the exclusive right to take moving mov-ing and still pictures of the war which is now in progress. A dozen picked camera men from the Mutual forces arc now in the field equipped with specially made cameras, which will stand up and take battlefield battle-field scenes and yet give the operators Pie I V "When Billy Proved' '-(Nestor) ) " a measure of protection from the flying missiles of war. The first reels will be released very soon and will not be held for certain dates, but distributed all through the country as soon as received. It is more than probable that Gen. Villa will send, prints of them to various vari-ous branches of his own army nnd, if possible, arrange for certain of Hucrta's forces to sec them for the benefit of the moral effect they may have on the soldiers-. Mr. Aitken is impressed with the importance im-portance of his enterprise because it will bring home to every picture "fan" in America the real state of affairs in the tumultuous republc to our south, and he expresses the opinion that one-third of the population of the United States j.ees Universal Stars In Next SS?eek ' s Pictures TiiTT' Florrir Lawrence " iljiini, Clifford Kinfi Bfpt ' Leahnird1 I the movies. Therefore, feeling that President Wilson Wil-son would surely be inlereated in what would be impinged as firmly on the minds of millions of his fellow citizens as the concentrated attention of the motion mo-tion picture audiences assured, he has written to the chief executive offering him the first print of all the film sent up by General Villa, bo that Mr. Wilson and the cabinet officers may see them before they are released to the general public. Miss Marguerite Snow, the popular leading woman of the Thanhouser Company, Com-pany, has just returned to the studio after an absence of six months, during which time, she has been taking life easy Miss Snow had been wjth the Thanhouser Company three consecutive years before she had taken a vacation. Ihe rc'st has been greatly beneficial to her, and she .feels able to do even better bet-ter work than heretofore. The first important im-portant multiple reel feature in which Miss Snow appears is "Joseph in the Land of Egypt." In this picture she takes the chief feminine role, that of the wfe pf-Potiphar. A-few of the most notable multiple reel releases in which My5 Snov has played arc "She," "Lucille" "Lu-cille" and "Jess." Introducing a number of well-known artists new to the Mutual program, the first multiple reel production offered by the Mutual Film Corporation since its spectacular activity several weeks ago when it suddenly branched out and secured se-cured the services of numerous new directors di-rectors and actors under D. W. Griffith's Grif-fith's guiding hand, was given its initial performance in Philadelphia. "The Great Leap" or "Until Death Do Us Part." is the title of the feature which is a four-part drama of feud life in the Kentucky mountains. It is remarkable re-markable for its large number of-legitimate thrills, chief among which is a leap on horseback, made by the hero with the leading woman clinging to his shoulders, from a high table rock into the deep waters of a raging torrent at the f,oof of a jagged cliff. Artisically staged bv Chrisrv Cabanne With Mae Marsh arid Robert "Harron in the leading roles, supported by the great Indian rider, Eagle Eye. and a splendid splen-did cast, the production is worthv of its position as the opening' feature of a new era in the history of Mutual pictures. Madam Jean Gerardy. wife of the noted 'cellist, has a decidedly different opinion of American women from that of the wife of Ysaye. Madam Gerardy, who accompanied her famous husband when he was presented to our Mutual Girl recently at the Hotel Majestic, New York City, was told that the wife of the great violinist did not think well of the manner in which American women wo-men selected and wore their clothes. I am afraid I do not agree with her," said Madam Gerardy, "for I must confess con-fess that I consider American women the most beautiful and the most alluring allur-ing creatures in the world!" . . Jack Noble, oue of the leading directors direc-tors of the Mutual Film Corporation, recently re-cently induced District Attorney Whitman, Whit-man, of New York, to pose in one of the scenes of a featuro he is staging. The intense heat of the battery of electric lights used in taking the scene made the nersniration stream from tht nie. trict Attorney's brow. When he was released from the ordeal, or-deal, Mr. Whitman turned to Mr. Noble and laughingly remarked: ' "Wait until I get you down to ray office and I'll make you sweat, too." Lillian Gish, of the Reliance Motion Picture Company, receives a large number num-ber of letters from young girls who become be-come her ardent well-wishers by watching watch-ing her work in the pictures. Miss Gish, who is still at the school-girl age herself, her-self, enjoys reading these tokens of regard |
