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JIuil E5 KEEP.
Gra Weller, Great
Baritone, in Atlanta
Lubin Operators Dare Shot and
Shell—Great Production Is
Now in Atlanta,
With the news columns of our daily
papers aflame with the startling
atrocities in the Mexican war zone,
it 1s but natural that the motion
picture manufacturers, evef in the
foreground of everyday events
should have selected this strategical
point as the foundation for the theme
of a reproduction of the heart-rend
ing scenes that are being enacted
there.
There is now in Atlanta a film sub
ject of the actual happenings in thU
distressed nation, and which the Lu
bin Manufacturing Company has
spared 'no expense to perfect; it is
* aptly termed “Lubin’s Mexican War
Pictures," and those who have wit
nessed a private exhibition of it re
nounce it to bc-the best work thus far
produced, offering, as it does, a thrill
in every foot of film. The General
Filrr^ Company, which controls the
output of the Lubin company, in con
nection with all the other members
* of the Association of Licensed Manu
facturers, is distributing this subject
throughout the South.
The picture unfolds, showing the
army of the Constitutionalists on the
march to attack the most vulnerable
spot of the Federal forces. At close
range we are introduced to Colonels
Juan Cabral and Alvaro Gbregon, ihe
commaiiders of the advance guard
and reserves, respectively, of the re-
bollionists. As the brave little army
advances you arf* treated to a sight
or (lie Federal\s fortifications and th>
Kreap* v^rks they have hurriedly
< onstrueted to resist the encroach
ment of the seceders. ^ he photo
play carries us directly into the camp
of the Federals and vividly illustrates
ihe perfect arrangements of the R-'d
..Cross surgeons for the care of *1 hve
tun fort unates who are ready, if nec
essary, to give up their lives for the
cause. That war is a stern reality
becomes readily apparent when you
' are shown the Red Cross, under tne
protection their insignia commands,
carrying the wounded and dying off
the field of battle, the dressing of
their wounds, many of which prove
fatal, as the “screen” will portray.
In the city proper one can see the
hurried' preparations for the shipment
of their silver bullion into the United
States for protection, and as the eyes
carry a bit beyond the border, the
glorious Stars and Stripes float ma
jestically in the breeze as you ire
able to distinguish the American
troops with their "just- a little dif
ferent" manly bearing as they seri
ously pace up and down ready fnf
any contingency which may be thrust
upon them. Another scene is a view
of the American Signal Corps "wig-
. wagging” their orders to the troops
| distant on the outer lines, and an
other where a full troon of United
States cavalry is held in readings
^ waiting for the command to charge.
The picture would not be complete
without an actual battle scene, and
at great personal danger to the op
erators of the Lubin company they
were able to secure a scene of one
of the hardest-contested encounters
of the recent harrowing times in
Mexico. That this motion picture
^ company was able to secure these
scenes without any fatal casualties on
their side speaks well for their splen
didly equipped organization, so ably
directed by Romaine Fielding.
SETTLED GRIEVANCES.
Indians and Mexicans undertook to
settle some of their grievances against
some cowboys by ramming metal and
lead down the muzzles of their guns
and firing them during a recent sham
battle that took place in the making
* of a spectacular Western photoplay
for the “101 Bison” Company at their
ranch, near Los Angeles. Cal. Both
cowboys and Indians were employed
by the company, and it is the first
* time in the history of motion pictures
that such a thing happened.
4 At the Cabaret/ Mutual Comic,
Filled With Life and Action
Fills a Return Engagement at the
Montgomery Theater, Begin
ning Monday.
So many queries were received at
the Montgomery Theater aS“ to when
Gra Weller would play a return en
gagement there that he was induced
to cancel other engagements .and en
tertain that theater's patrons for an
other two weeks. And to-morrov\* he
will enter upon his last week for a
long time to come, due to demands
for his services elsewhere.
Mr. Weller’ranks as one of the fore
most vocalists in his particular field
of endevor. His rich baritone voice
for many years held spellbound the
theatergoers of the larger theaters
when he was featured with Lew Dock-
stader’s and George Primrose’s Min
strels. In liis present line he occu
pies a position all his own. and has
remaine} in larger cities 20 and JO
weeks at one time, so firmly implant
ed was he in the affections of the
theater patrons of those cities.
Katherine Kerrigan
To Join Her Brother
To Star in Big Feature Production
of ‘Samson and
Delilah.’
Following considerable negotiations
with the Henry W. Savage's Ev< ry
Woman Company by the Universal
Film Company, Katherine Kerrigan
has been secured to play opposite her
brother Jack in tpie forthcoming fea
ture of “Samson and Delilah,” Miss
Kerrigan, widely known as one of the
most popular leading women oh the
road, appears in one of the leading
roles in the play, “Every Woman," and
it was only through the personal i-
fiuence of her brother that she \t.is
induced to leave the company long
enough to appear in the film produc
tion.
“Samson and Delilah” will be, per
haps, the largest and most stupen
dous feature photoplay yet produced
at the Universal Pacific Coast stu
dios. Miss Kerrigan will be cast as
Delilah and her brother will plav
Samson. Many of the elaborate scenes
will employ hundreds of ex'ras, be
side the dozen or so playing the
loads.
Miss Kerrigan’s natural character
istics and physical attainments will
ronform beautifully to the demands
that will be made upon the part of
Delilah, the famous adventuress of
Biblical history. Tali, with a miss
of dark hair, she has a face that is ex
quisite in its classical beauty. H*.*r
eyes are black and flashing, her lips
aro full and there is perfect contour
of body. Mr. Kerrigan, of course, will
make a splendid Samson with his
massive physique and finished te'Ai-
nique as an actor.
Serious Accident Occurs, but
injured Will Recover—Ital
ians Quit Job.
King Baggot, leading man and di
rector. and Urartk Smith, his assist
ant, were partially buried when sev
eral tons ofadirt from a bank, under
which they were working durng th
taking of a scenq in “King the De
tective,’' caved in upon m«-m. i ,.e
accident which occurred at Leoniu
Heights, N. J.. resulted in Mr. Smith
having to undergo treatment for a
sprained back, and Mr. Baggot to
nurse a lacerated hip. It took the
j combined efforts of a score of Italian
i workmen, employed previously to dig
! a tunnel under the embankment
j nearly half an hour to shovel the
! gravel and wet clay away sufficiently
! to extract the two men.
The cave-in was attributed to a
heavy rain which fell during the
night before. The ground, of clay
and gravel, had absorbed the water
to a depth of several feet, loosening
it to such an extent that, when the
men’s bodies jarred it from below,
the earth came down. It is likely
that had the tunnel run several feet
deeper into the embankment, the ac
cident would have proven fatal for
both Mr. Baggot and Mr. Smith.
The scene in which the accident
occurred is one of the important and
unique features'of Mr. Baggot’s de
tective drama, directed and acted by
himself. There had to be a tunnel
leading from an old recluse’s house
to a neighboring clump of bushes.
Instead of faking this scene in the
studio, as is wont with many direc
tors. Mr. Baggot conceived and car
ried into execution the idea of shav
ing off an embankment and digging
a tunnel along its side. A gang of
workmen were sent out to Leonia
Heights and spent several days in
completing the task. Owing to the
mishap, the taking of the picture was
delayed for several more days.
A peculiar incident connected with
the affair was ih • . ... .
by the workmen buried in the ground
on the day previous. Mr. Baggot not
having arrived on the scene, the lo
cal authorities were called in and
made an examination of the find, in
side the box was found a dummy of
a man. When this was brought to
the attention of Mr. Baggot. he re-
I t ailed the burying of the same coffin
■ four years ago by Bob Daly and Torn
inco during ihe making of an Imp
comedy, “Uncle Pete’s Ruse." Direc
tor Daly also recalled the incident.
However, the Italians insisted that
the find was a bad omen and Mr.
Baggot experieneed trouble in forc
ing them to finish the work. On the
following day. when the accident hap
pened. the Italians threw down their
shovels, and refused to continue. A
crowd of Irishmen had to be secured
to dig away the earth and reconstruct
the tunnel.
Itself to the subject in hand, hut con
centration is developed to a high de
gree, owing to the fact that a single
glance away from the screen Is ac
companied by an immediate loss in
the shape of rapidly changing scenes
i which are not supplemented by any
, words that can supply a substitute
thought, by way of the ear-door, to
; the bruin.
"But. as important as the power of
incentration is acknowledged to be
J in the scheme of educational develop
ment, it seems to me that we can ex
pect of moving pictures an even
greater boon, from the standpoint of
training the youthful" mind and also of
improving the thinking power tof
•adults. Few laymen realize tne
amount of material or ‘meat’ that is
contained in an ordinary photoplay.
For instance, the usual four-act dra
ma that furnishes a # full even
ings entertainment in our theaters,
is told in pictures in a few minutes.
"The result is that the person watch
ing a moving picture drama thinks
many times faster than the one wit
nessing an ordinary drama. Not only
do events follow each other in rapid
succession upon the screen, but the
mini! must, in addition to taking cog
nizance of the action presented, also
supply the thoughts that actuate the
movements of the different characters
as well as the effects of the dramatic
situations upon the future behavior.
Every scene presented piust lie close
ly followed and thoroughly appre
ciated at the same r ite of speed that
it is flashed upon the curtain. Grad
ually the mind of the chilli picture-
theater goers is trained to work at a
pace that was unknown in the pre-
cinema tographic age if you will par
don the coined word. And who can
say to what state of perfection this
quality of rapid thinking will bo de
veloped in the coming generation of
picture-viewers?’’
President Aitkin, of the Mutual
Film Company, Says They
Teach Application.
An animated scene that gives an idea of the setting; also the
leading actors in the phto-play.
Leaps From Horse to
Fast Moving Train
Daring Feat of Winnie Brown, Movie
Star, in Western Pro
duction.
Winnie Brown, playing tlie sister
of Red Wing in the Western Bison
drama, “The Prairie Trail." took her
life in her hands and made a flying
leap from her horse onto a fast-mov
ing engine. The feat is plainly pho
tographed and makes one of the big
gest thrillers in the great play. Ac
cording to the story, she was pursu
ing the train to warn it of danger
ahead. A band of outlaw Indians had
arranged to blow the train up to se
cure the money it carried. The en
gineer refused to heed the gild, and
she rode wildly along beside his cab.
Desperate, she jumped from her sad
dle, clutched the handle a, tlie side of
the engine, and swung herself after a
mighty effort into the cab. There was
no trick photography, no doubling of
characters; it is one of the most dar
ing risks ever taken by a girl to se
cure realism and something novel.
TO OUR READERS.
With a due regard for the mo
tion picture industry of to-day
and the hitherto unknown possi
bilities which it offers, Hearst’s
Sunday American has planned to
devote a section to the news and
inner life of the interpreters of the
different roles shown on the
“screen." feeling reasonably sure
that it will be appreciated by the
manufacturers who labor so .ardu
ously in an endeavor to pleaae the
habitues of the motion picture
houses; also the exhibitor who
spares no expense to properly
project the film subject.
A courteous invitation is ex
tended to our readers to criticise
this department in friendly man
ner. So unfold your views and
let’s make it a great big familv
gathering “around the table” for u
social chat.
So much has been said about the
effects, both good and evil, of moving
pictures upon children, that the fol
lowing discussion of the subject by
H. E. Aitken, president of the Mutual I
Film Corporation, is of particular In- I
terest at this time.
Mr. Aitken approaches the subject !
from rather a different angle than
that used by the majority of those j
who have discussed it, and if his the
ory is correct, even to a small de
gree, the risingT~generation of pic
ture fans stand to revolutionize ev- J
ery department of* the arts and I
sciences known to mankind.
“The very first training pictures j
give to a child," suggests Mr. Ait- |
ken, "is also the most necessary to j
its success in any walk of life in ;
which it may be thrown. That is
application.’ Gradually and un
knowingly the child learns to sit in
a chair with its attention riveted j
upon constantly changing pictures for
many minutes at a stretch. Thus,
without realizing the fact, the child
learns what will be the very founda- i
tion of its future knowledge and suc
cess.
“Not only does it learn to apply
ALAMO m. 2
“The House With the Clean Policy”
GENERAL FILM COMPANY'S FIRST RUN
BIOCRAPH
“THE HUNCHBACK.”
Two reels, containing the finish,
ed work of those sterling artists,
Alice Joyce and Tom Moore.
‘‘OH! SAMMY.”
“RILEY'S DECOY.'’
ALSO
Monarch Coined” Four
ft*
In Their Idea of Harmony
MONTGOMERY T
MOVING
PICTURE
SHOWS \
REEL SPARK5
0 NO. 1
“The Little Playhouse With the Big Show”
To-morrow—Monday
General Film Company’s
First Run Pictures
ViTAGRAPH
“THE WHIMSICAL THREADS
OF DESTINY.”
A two-reel subject, featuring
Julia Swayne Gordon and Charles
Kent.
VITAGRAPH
“THE UPRISING OF ANN.”
ALSO
Eddie Clark
In Character and “Rags”
If anyone in the know entertained
direful- thoughts as a consequence of
the Alanu No. I taking over the La
nier Theater some time ago, and now
known as Alamo No. 2, it was not
their optimistic manager and owner.
W. T. Murray. That Alamos Nos. 1
and 2 have, from the very first day
they were joined in brotherly fash
ion. continued on their record-break
ing attendance is now a matter ol
tecord. and that they have reached
this successful point can be attrib
uted to the hustling propensities of
the manager “behind the gun." The
J breadth end scope of his entertain-
' ments astonishes t-ven the old-timers,
and that he has been amply repaid
for the venture he risked can be
vouched for by his bank balances and
the perpetual smile that illuminated
his countenance.
Atlanta welcomes to her mid s’
again to-day W. <’ Brandon, manager
for the General Film Company’s reg
ular Southern branch office. The lit
tle hustling representative of this*
widely known corporation was called
to New York this week to discuss at
close range the welfare of the mo
tion picture exhibitors in his terri
tory, and it is not too much to ex
pect that he returns brimful of good
tidings for the little theater mana
ger.
The Commercial Branch of the
General Film Company, so ably di
rected in the South by C. K. Buchan
an, an Atlantan X>y birth, and one of
the city’s staunchest supporters, has
filled a long-felt want among the ex-
\ hibitors in this vast expanse of ter
ritory.
Mr. Buchanan :s progressiveness in
! itself, and that exhibitors are daily
I enrolling under his banner is mute
I testimony to his managerial ability.
| * The Vaudette Theater, so ably con
ducted by John and Gustave Evans,
is meeting with such unprecedented
good fortune in the patronage that is
being bestowed upon it that these
young magnates are seriously con-
I sidering the erection of a balcony to
' care for the overflow which is a daily
result of the attractive program they
offer.
THE MONTGOMERY
Monday.
“The Blue Rose.'' a Great Two-
Reel Vitagraph Feature.
Pathe Weekly of Current Events.
Movies for Church
Ohio Pastor’s Plan
MASSILLON, OHIO. Dec. 13.—The
Rev. F. W. Fraser Friday night will
open a moving picture show in the
Presbyterian Church to carry out his
idea that the church is responsible
for furnishing wholesome entertain
ment.
“The trouble with the church has
been that it has allowed the devil to
get the good things first," said the
Rev. Mr. Fraser.
ALAMO MO. t
“The Whimsical Threads of Des
tiny," Two-Reel Vitagraph That
Will Astound You.
"The Uprising of Ann," a Laugh.
Eddie Clark in Character and
“Rags."
ALAMO NO. 2L
Monday.
“The Hunchback.” a Two-Reel
Kalem That Is a Hummer.
“Oh. Sammy!” a Biograph Com
edy That Is a Scream.
Monarch Comedy Four.
VAIJDETTE
Exclusive Mutual Movies.
Monday.
“Where the Road Forks." a Two-
Reel American Drama That Will
Thrill You.
"The Gusher," a Roaring Key
stone Comedy.
The Steinway Four.
the: elite
Monday.
“The Hand of the Law,” a Great
Warner Feature in Two Parts.
The Only Moving Picture House
in Atlanta Showing Great Pictures
at 5 Cents.
ALCAZAR THEATER
MONDAY.
“The Daredevil Mountaineer,”
featuring Podman Law (Imp);
“Curing the Doctor”—with a dose
of his own medicine—(Frontier).
SAVOY
THEATER
MONDAY.
“Over
the
Cliffs," three-reel
Eclaire.
A feature picture, with a
thrill In
every
foot.
Always the Last Word in Motion
Pictures- - Sufficient Quantity
Without Sacrificing Quality
O-MOR ROW—MONDAY
General Film Company’s
Exclusive Service
'VITAGRAPH: Two-reel Sensational Drama,
“The ”
Featuring Van Dyke Brooke and Norma Talmadge.
PATHE: Current Weekly, Last Moment Happenings Throughout the World.!
Are used by 90 per cent of the successful
picture shows of the U. S.
FaH In Line
Mexican War Pictures
RELEASED DEC. 15TH.
1,000 FEET OF THRILLING SCENES
WRITE US QUICK.
General Fi
“Commercial Branch”
C. E. BUCHANAN, Manager
67 Walton St. Atlanta, Ga.
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