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MOVIES 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,
5t Is but natural that the motion
picture manufacturers, ever 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 that
distressed nation, and which the Lu
bin Manufacturing Company has
epared no expense to perfect; It is
aptly termed “Lubin's Mexican War
■ Pictures,” and those who have wit
nessed a private exhibition of it pro
nounce it to be the best work thus far
produced, offering, as it does, a thrill
in every foot of film. The General
Film 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 Obregon, the
commanders of the advance guard
and reserves, respectively, of the re-
bellionists. As the brave little army
advances you are treated to a sight
of the Federal’s fortifications and the
breastworks they have hurriedly
constructed to resist the encroach
ment of the seeeders. 'The photo
play carries us directly into the camp
of the Federals and vividly illustrates
the perfect arrangements of the Red
Cross surgeons for the care of the
unfortunates who are ready, if nec-
lessary, to give up their lives for the
rause. That war is a stern reality
becomes readily apparent when you
are shown the Red Cross, under tne
protection their insignia commands,
t! 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 Americari
troops with their “just a little dif
ferent” manly bearing as they seri
ously pace up and down ready for
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
i distant on the. outer lines, and an-
I other where a full trc^-» of United
I States cavalry is held in readme js
waiting for the comi.iand 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
'Tor the “101 Bison” Company at their
ranch, near Los Angeles. Cal. Both
cowboys and Indians were employed
by the company, and it is the flrst
time in the history of motion pictures
that such a thing happened.
' At the Cabaret/ Mutual Comic,
Filled With Life and Action
Serious Accident Occurs, but
Injured Will Recover—Ital
ians Quit Job.
Fills a Return Engagement at the
Montgomery Theater, Begin
ning Monday.
So many queries were received Qt
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-morrow 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 w as featured with Lew Dock-
stader’s and George Prim rose's Min
strels. In his present line he occu
pies a position all Ills own. and has
remained in larger cities 20 and 30
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 Every
Woman Company'*by the Universal
Film Company, Katherine Kerrigan
has been secured to play opposite her
brother Jack in the forthcoming fea
ture of “Samson and Delilah.” Miss
Kerrigan, widely known as one of the
most popular leading women on the
road, appears in one of the leading
roles in the play, “Every Woman,” and
it was only through the personal in
fluence of her brother that she was
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 play
Samson. Many of the elaborate scenes
will employ hundreds of extras, be-
side c - the dozen or so playing the
leads.
Miss Kerrigan’s natural character
istics and physical attainments will
conform beautifully to the demands
that will be made upon the part of
Delilah, the famous adventuress of
Biblical history. Tall, with a m iss
of dark hair, she has a face that is ex
quisite in its classical beauty. Her
eyes are black and flashing, her lips,
are full and there is perfect contour
of body. Mr. Kerrigan, of course, will
make a splendid Samson with his
massive physique and finished te-\i-
nique as an actor.
King Baggot, leading man and di
rector. and Frank Smith, his assist
ant, were partially buried when sev
eral tons of dirt from a bank, under
which they were working during the
taking of a scene in “King the De
tective,” caved in upon them. me
accident which occurred at Leonia
Heights, N. J., resulted in Mr. Smith
having to undergo treatment for a
sprained hack, and Mr. Baggot to
nurse, a lacerated hip. It took the
combined efforts of a score of Italian
workmen, employed previously to dig
a tunnel under the embankment,
nearly half an hour to shovel the
gravel and wet clay away sufficiently
to extract the two men.
The care-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 w'ont 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 the lino.ng o> a ( uun
by the workmen buried in the ground
on the day previous. Mr. Baggot not
having arrived on the scene, the lo
cal authorities w'ere 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
called the burying of tiie same coffin
four years ago by Bob Daly and Tom
Ince during the making of an Imp
comedy, “Uncle Fete's Ruse.” Direc
tor Daly also recalled the incident.
However, the Italians insisted that
the find w f as a bach omen and Mr.
Baggot experienced 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, but 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
tin* shape of rapidly changing scenes
which are not supplemented by any
, words that can supply a substitute
thought, by way of the ear-door, to
the brain.
“But. as important as the pow'er of
concentration Is acknowledged to be
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 of
adults. Few' laymen realize the
amount of material or ‘meat’ that is
contained In an ordinary photopjay.
For Instance, the usual four-act dra
ma that furnishes a full even
ing’s 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
mind 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 must be close
ly follow'ed and thoroughly appre
ciated at the same rate of speed that
it is flashed upon the curtain. Grad
ually the mind of the child picture-
theater goers is trained to work at a
pace that was unknown in the pre-
cinematographic age if you will par
don the coined word. And who can
say to what state of perfection this
quality of rapid thinking will be de
veloped in the coming generation of
picture-viewers?”
President Aitkin, of the Mutual
Film Company, Says They
Teach Application.
I
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 the sister
of Red Wing in the Western Bison
drama. “The Prairie Trail,” took her
life in her. hands and marie 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 girl, and
she rode wildly along beside his cab.
Desperate, she jumped from her sad
dle, clutched the handle at the -ide of
the engine, and swung herself after a
mighty effort into the cab. There was
no trick photography, no doubling ot
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 shj ardu
ously In an endeavor to please the
habitues of the motion picture
houses; also the exhibitor who
spares no expense to properly
project the film subject
At courteous invitation is ex
tended to our readers to criticise
this department in friendly man
ner. So unfold your views ^nd
let’s make it a great big famil>
gathering "around the table” for n
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
Film Corporation, is of particular In
terest at this time.
Mr. Aitken approaches the subject
from rather a different angle than
that used by the majority of those
who have discussed it, and if his the- |
ory is 'correct, even to a small de
gree, the rising generation of pic
ture fans stand to revolutionize ev- |
ery department of the arts and !
sciences known to mankind.
“The very flrst training pictures I
give to a child,” suggests Mr. Ait
ken, “is also the most necessary to
its success in >any walk of life in I
which it may be thrown. That is
‘application.' Gradually and un- '
knowingly the child learns to sit in
a chair with its attention riveted
upon constantly changing pictures for
many minutes at a stretch. Thus,
without realizing the fact, the child
learns what will be the very founda
tion of its future knowledge and suc
cess.
“Not only does it learn to apply
ALAMO m. 2
“The House With the Glean Policy"
GENERAL FILM COMPANY'S FIRST RUN
PICTURES
KALEM
BiOORAPH
“THE HUNCHBACK.”
Two reels, containing the finish
ed work of those sterling artists,
Alice Joyce and Tom Mocre.
‘‘OH! SAMMY.”
‘‘RILEY'S DECOY. ’
ALSO
Monarch Comedy Four
In Their Idea of Harmony
REEL 8PARK6
MOVING.
PICTURE
SHOWS
ALAMO 1
“The Lillie Playhouse Will the Big SW
To-morrow-Moo day
General Film Company’s
First Run Pictures
VITACBAPH
THE WHIMSICAL THREADS
OF DESTINY.”
A two-reel subject, featuring
Julia Swayne Gordon and Charles
Kent.
VITAORAPH
“THE UPRISING OF ANN.
ALSO
Eddie Clark
In Character and “(Rags’’
If anyone in the know' entertained
direful thoughts as a consequence of
the Alamc No. 1 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 nave, from the very flrst day
they vv^re joined in brotherly fash
ion, continued on their record-break
ing attendance is now a matter ol
»ecord. and that they have reached
tliis successful point can be attrib
uted to the hustling propensities of
the manager “behind the gun.” The
( breadth and scope of his entertain-
! ments astonishes even the old-timers.
I and that he has been amply repaid
for the venture he risked can be
I vouched for by his bank balances and
I the perpetual smile that illuminated
1 his countenance.
I Atlanta welcomes to her midst
j again to-day W. C 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 lie returns brimful of good
tidings for the little theater mana
ger.
The Commercial Branch of the
| General Film Company, so ably di-
tected In the South by C. E. Buchan-
an. an Atlantan by birth, and one ot
j the city’s staunchest supporters, has
! filled a long-felt want among the ex-
| hibitors in this vast expanse of ter
ritory.
Mr. Buchanan is progressiveness in
I itself, and that exhibitors are daily
j enrolling under his banner is mute
testimony to his managerial ability.
The Vaudette Theater, so ably con
ducted by John and Gustave Evans,
j is meeting with such unprecedented
i good fortune in the patronage that is
being bestowed upon it that these
> < mng mag na tea are i ertoualy con
sidering the erection of a balcony to
i the overflow which is a dtilly
result of the attractive program they
offer.
THE MONTGOMERY
Monday.
“The Blue Rose,” a Great Two-
Reel Vitagraph Feature.
Pathe Weekly of Current Events.
VAUDETTE
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 Stainway 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.
ALAMO NO. 1
“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.”
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 /Ahe church is responsible
! for furnishing wholesome entertain-
i inent.
“The trouble with the church has
! been that it has allowed the devil to
i get the good things first,” said th?
| Rev. Mr. Fraser.
ALAMO NO. 2
Monday.
“The Hunchback." a Two-Reel
Kaiem That Is a Hummer.
“Oh. Sammy!” a Biograph Com
edy That Is a Scream.
Monarch Comedy Four.
ALCAZAR THEATER
MONDAY.
“The Daredevil Mountaineer,”
featuring Rodman Law (Imp);
“Curing the Doctor”—with a dose
of his own medicine—(Frontier).
MONTGOMERY THEATER
Always the Last Word in Motion
Pictures- - Sufficient Quantity
Without Sacrificing Quality
TO-MORROW-MONDAY
General Film Company’s
Exclusive Service
VITAGRAPH: Two-reel Sensational Drama,
“The Blue Rose”
SAVOY
THEATER
MONDAY.
“Over
the
Cliffs,” three-reel
Eclaire.
A feature picture, with a
thrill in
every
fcot.
Featuring Van Dyke Brooke and Norma Talmadge.
PATHE: Current Weekly, Last Moment Happenings Throughout the World.
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
Ueecsei
Are used by 90 per cent of the successful
picture shows of the U. S.
Fall In Line
Mexican War Pic
RELEASED DEC. 15TH.
1,000 FEET OF THRILLING SCENES.
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'/STS, yyW;
Am
al Film Co.
“Commercial Branch”
C. E. BUCHANAN, Manage r
87 Walton St. Atlanta, Ga.
“LEE’S HAWAIIAN TRIO
Celebrated Harmony Singers and Musical Novelties.
Also GRA WELLER
\ Peerless Baritone—Return Engagement- Late With Lew Dockstader’s
ifei
Minstrels.