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TTEARST ’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, HA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1914.
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IN SOUTH, sms
Southern Manager of World Film
Corporation Is Optimistic
Over Outlook.
"Why, business In the South Is the
best ever,” says Arthur S. Hyman,
Southern manager of the World Film
Corporation. “In all my experience tn
years of business In every section of
the country 1 have never seen busi
ness better
"Since taking charge of the South
ern States for the World Film Cor
poration the business has Increased
tn leaps and bounds, every week
showing a decided Improvement on
the week previous, until I am put to it
to supply the demand
"Of course, the great releases of
the World Film Corporation have
been a big factor, but I find that the
people are willing to put out their
money If the business Justifies It, and
I also find that they have the money
to spend when you give them what
they want. There arc no hard times
in Georgia or the South except In the
imagination of those who can never
see the sun when it is shining.”
Mr. Hyman is one of the most orig
inal hustlers in the motion picture
game, always springing a surprise and
“ending out literature that his patrons
WH> read. He is a live wire, all rlgnl,
and has imbibed of the Atlanta spirit
to such an extent that he is a real
booster.
FILM MEN A FACTOR
When a movement is put on foot in Atlanta or elsewhere
for charity, for a public improvement or for any cause looking
to the relief of the unfortunate or the good of the people, the
first, and foremost of those responding are the motion picture
men.
This attitude of those comprising the motion picture indus
try has stood out in every movement inaugurated in the past,
and has brought them to the attention of the public as real fac
tors in the city’s welfare and upbuilding.
When charity calls they respond. When anything is in
tended to upbuild or improve, they are in the forefront.
Instead of being amusement producers alone, they are ever
on the alert to assist in any good cause.
WITH THE MOVIES
XdE MONTGOMERY
Atlanta’s Theater Beautiful.
Monday.
"Behind the Scenes." This Is one
of the best pictures In which our fa
vorite, Mary Plckford, ever featured.
Why Ministers Should Run
Motion Picture Theaters
Rev H. E. Robbins, rector of Rt.
Tomes’ Episcopal Church, of West
Hartford, Conn., and secretary of the
Commission on Social Service of the
Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut, has
purchased and 1» operating as man
ager the Star Theater, one of the
most complete and costly movie
houses In America.
Mr. Robbins gives as his reason for
operating a picture house that for
every hour spent by the people of
the United States in churches and
Sunday Schools 100 hours are spent
In motion picture theaters.
"The motion picture theater has an
attractive power surpassing anything
ever offered to the public,” says Itev.
Robbins.
"It is the cheapest way that the
poor can be entertained, and there
fore, added t6 its attractive power Is
the fact that the price of admission
places it within, the reach of every
one. It speaks In all languages. Lit
tle children can lnstantlv catch the
meaning. They are therefore In a
peculiar way a great teaching agen
cy, molding the thought and speak
ing to the children who are in the
growing age
With a large .number of people tne
motion picture theater does not find
favor, and Its possibilities to amuse
gAVOY
Monday.
"The Trey o’ Hearts," the great
serial that has astounded thousands.
Each episode is a complete story.
Other good pictures.
JHE
STRAND
Monday.
■•Acroaa the Pacific,” a World'a tea-
ture film In five acta.
A lamo No. i
The Little Playhouse W.’fi
the Big Show.
Monday,
"A Florida Enchantment," a five-
reel Broadway feature. Intensely In
teresting throughout.
A LAivlO No. 2
The Hows* With the
Clean Policy.
Monday.
"Beloved Adventurer Series." A
terrific railroad wreck features this
episode. . , ..
"His Inspiration," two-reel Lubln.
SULLIVAN and MASON, Singers.
\ LPHA
^ ^ Monday.
"The Trey o’ Hearts," the most In-
terestlng serial ever shown.
Other good dramas and comedies.
LSHA
“ West End Movie.
Monday.
"The Wrong Prescription,"
two-
reel Reliance.
"Mutual Girl, No. 41."
Reliance.
'LITE
Monday.
Wm. J. Burna. the greatest living”
detective, In "The Five-Mllllon-Dollar
Counterfeiting Plot,” by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle; 600 scenes; six parts.
V AUDETTE
Ths Theater Comfortab’*
Monday.
"The Mystery of Brayton Court,"
featuring Maurice Costello.
"All for Business," Blograph com
edy.
Hearst-Selig War Pictures.
A FIVE-REEL BROADWAY FEATURE,
A Florida Enchantment
A Clean, Live, Enjoyable Picture, Monday at the
5c ALAMO NO. I 5c
GREATEST COMBINATION
In the
MOVING PICTURE WORLD
The World Film Corporation, controlling the
output of Messrs. Shubert, Wm. A. Brady, Lieb
ler & Company, Cecil Spooner, Blaney, and the
Dyreda Art Film Corporation and the Colonial
Motion Picture Corporation, THE GREATEST
COMBINATION THAT HAS EVER BEEN UN
DERTAKEN.
EXHIBITOR:
Turn your house into a Gold Mine.
Give your patrons $2.00 Broadway produc
tions for ten cents.
Your opportunity is now. Grasp it.
Write for immediate booking.
WORLD FILM CORPORATION, Atlanta, Ga
Suite 300 Forsyth Building.
ARTHUR S. HYMAN, Manager.
and Instruct as well as uplift Are Ig
nored."
While he does not criticise the ef
forts of ministers and churches that
have endeavored to attract and In
terest by giving motion picture exhi
bitions In parish houses and churches
he does say that the films shown are
"Junk" of the first water.
‘‘When Bishop Potter established a
church saloon the effort proved a
failure because the saloon la in it
self evil and needs not regeneration
but extermination by being replaced
with something else," continues Rev.
Robbins.
‘‘I am showing such pictures as
‘Thirty Leagues Under the Sea.,* ‘The
Fall of Carthage,’ and have booked
the highest class nnd price photo
drama. comedy and current events
that are to be obtained.
"Saturday mornings I have a chil
dren’s matinee, when such stories as
the ‘Vicar of Wakefield’ are told In
pictures with children's funny pic
tures, and children’s music with a
full orchestra."
The Star Theater, under the man
agement of Rev. H. E. Roblbns, has
proven a success financially and is
probablv the beginning of the end of
suggestive and unclean films In rep
utable theaters.
‘Trey o' Hearts'
Nears Completion
A story embodying the complete list
of hairbreadth escapes encountered in
"The Trey o’ Hearts" would make a
series of the most stirring incidents ever
conceived. And all of them are real,
and, more th- » that, there is no doubt
ing that the plucky Cleo Madison has
defied death far past human endurance.
Excitement with the Gold Seal Com
pany. which Is producing "The Trey o’
Hearts’’ under the direction of Wilfred
Lucas, Is at fever heat. The action has
at last reached the dreaded thirteenth
Installment, the chapter which the play
ers have long been fearing. When one
plays with fate for any length «f time,
one finally begins to feel a Nilnt sense
of the superstitious creeping in. It is
with this feeling that the aetor9 ap
proach the unlucky thirteen. Outwardly
calm, but inwardly anxious, the players
have gone forth to take the first of the
scenes.
‘Across the Pacific'
At Strand Theater
Monday and Tuesday
"Across the Pa rifle,” n Charles E.
Rlaney feature in five acts, a film that
spans the ocean from America to the
Philippines, is the picture extraordi
nary at the Strand Monday and Tues
day.
Unsuccessful In the East, Mr. Es-
cott decides to settle In Montana with
his wife and little daughter Elsie.
They camp for the night and little El
sie wanders off, picking flowers.
A band of Indians attack the party
and kill Escott and his wife. Shor ly
afterward little Elsie returns and finds
her parents slain.
Lieutenant Joe Lanier discovers the
child weeping over the dead bodies
of her parents and brings her to his
mother.
Later the lieutenant gives up his
command and turns miner. Elsie
grows, up a charming, lovable young
girl, and Joe falls deeply in love with
her. A handsome stranger from the
city is attracted by Elsie, and she to
him.
Joe warns her against Bob Stanton,
the stranger, but the girl indignantly
resents his interference. Joe decides
to enlist in the war against Spam,
convinced that his love for Elsie is
hopeless. Stanton persuades Elsie to
elope with him, but the discovery of
a former love affair with another
woman shows her her mistake. When
she learns that Joe Lanier is going
to the Philippines, she awakens to the
fact that she loves him deeply, and
decides to follow him. Willie Live, a
young war correspondent, assists her
In many ways. The party embark for
the Orient. Elsie is disguised as a
young volunteer, unknown to Joe, who
has been made captain of the same
company. Stanton also belongs to the
same regiment, and in his enmity
against Joe Lanier has him sent
through the enemies’ line to defend
Blockhouse No. 7. Joe’s force is not
sufficient to withstand the repeated
attacks of the enemy, and he requests
reinforcements.
The Filipinos attack the fort and
almost overcome the small band >f
heroic Americans, when aid arrives to
their rescue, and the enemy is put to
flight, with the Star-Spangled Banner
waving over Blockhouse No. 7.
Delaney Does His
First Film Acting
Martin Delaney, the director of ath
letics at the Chicago Athletic Associa
tion, who led the Americans to victory
at (he recent Olympic games at Stock
holm, has at last consented to being
photographed for motion pictures. Mr.
Delaney Is very modest, and has re
fused many requests to pose for the
camera men. Wallace Berry, while tak
ing some scenes for "Sweedle Learns to
Swim," happened in at Wilson beach
and found the big athlete coaching a
class in swimming. He at first refused
to comply with Berry’s request that he
take part in the production, but finally
consented and acted like a reai vet
eran.
LOUIS I. SELZNICK PUTS
OVER GREAT MOVIE DEAL
Louis J. Selznick, president and
general manager of the World Film
Corporation, is proving himself one
of the greatest factors In this great
industry.
He has secured another big fea
ture—or features—which he has add
ed to his already astounding list. He
has taken over the output off Lieb-
ler & Co., who have given to the pub
lic such great masterpieces as "The
Deep Purple," "A Daughter of Hea
ven," and ‘The Renegade.” There
are a number of other features ready
for release by this company that he
secures. He has also taken over for
distribution the big feature produc
tions of the Dyreda Art Film Com
pany, which Is on a par with those
already procured.
The list now Includes William A.
Brady, Shubert, Llebler, Dyreda, Bla
ney, Spooner and Owen Davids, with
the greatest productions to be found.
It appears that Mr. Selznick has
Just that nerve and Judgment neces
sary to dare and do, and the result
is proof of his ability to pull big
stunts.
One Solid Week of
Feature Pictures
At the Montgomery
Manager Ralph DeBruler, of the
Montgomery Theater, offers the motion
picture fans of Atlanta a solid week of
features.
Monday and Tuesday Mary Plckford
in "Behind the Scenes" is the offering.
This little movie idol is at her best in
this production, and the story is ap
pealing and amusing.
Wednesday and Thursday "His Last
Dollar." with David Higgins in the lead
ing role, is the unusual offering.
Friday and Saturday, Robert Edeson
.in "The Call of the North," a feature
that can not be surpassed In point of
scenery and action.
This Is an unusual offering for one
week and will draw many patrons tq
this popular playhouse.
Manager Fowler
Improves Alpha
Since taking over the Alpha Theater,
Manager Alpha Fowler has made many
and pleasing Improvements.
Instead of the glare of the old light
ing system is the soft glow of the In
direct light. On the front, where there
were only a chain of Incandescent
lamps, there now shines with the light
of mid-day the rays from three great
electrics.
Manager Fowler said:
"I intend to make the Alpha one of
the brightest, best and cleanest movie
houses in Atlanta. The splendid in
crease In business since making other
changes encourages me to greater ef
fort, and I am certain of the result."
‘His Inspiration'
To Be Shown at
The Alamo No. 2
The story of the Inspiration of a faith
ful wife, which has ed a composer to
the heights of fame, and the story of his
desertion of her, loss of Inspiration, and
consequent failure, makes the two-reel
Kalem drama, "His Inspiration," to be
seen at the Alama No. 2 Monday one of
the most interesting pictures scheduled
for Atlanta next week.
Although Franz, the composer, rates
his ability very high, his wife. Anna,
is the real source of his inspiration. A
song suggested by Anna brings Franz
fame and fortune.
Infatuated by Vera, an actress, Franz
urges her to elope with him. Because
it means publicity, Vera consents. Ua-
ter, however, she leaves Franz in the
lurch. Ashamed to return home, Franz
becomes a wanderer. Unable to com
pose new songs, the man is reduced to
beggary. Anna, sure her husband will
return, turns a deaf ear to the pleas
of Maynard, a former suitor. While
thinking of Franz one morning, the
wife, seated at the piano, unconsciously
composes a new song. A few streets
away the husband stands In the bread
line. Mental telepathy causes the theme I
played by Anna to be repeated in
Franz’s mind.
The man hastens to his publisher, I
with whom the song finds instant favor. I
Franz swallows his pride, and returns ,
home. There he hears Anna playing j
the. air. Astounded, the husband dis
covers the source of his inspiration.
With head humble bowed, Franz begs |
to be forgiven.
Costello Will Be
Seen at Vaudette
In Strong Drama
Maurice Costello, the well-known Vlt-
agraph star, will be the headline at-
traction at the Vaudette Theater Mon
day In one of the most forceful dra
mas shown lately, “The Mystery of |
Brayton Court."
Mr. Costello in this drama plays the
part of a young physician, called Into
the midst of a murder mystery in time
to save the heroine from slow poison
ing and cause the arrest of the villain.
A part for which he is singularly fit
ted, Mr. Costello is at his L^st, and
the film has attracted quite a bit of
favorable comment among the critics.
The story of the drama evolves about
the efforts of Antonio Marco, an Italian
scientist, to get possession of Brayton
court, the estate of Stephen Arkwright.
Marco poisons Arkwright with a subtle
poison, the secret of which he is the
master, and which leaves no trace of
its venom in the body of the victim,
lone, the daughter of Arkwright, inher- I
Its the estate and Antonio succeeds in
poisoning her in the same manner, using, |
however, a drug the action of which is
gradual.
To avoid suspicion, Lynn Darmond, a
yougn physician, is called In to attend
lone. Darmond is puzzled greatly until
ho finds that the nurse suspects crooked
work. Chancing to find a volume on
Oriental poisons in the library, he con
nects the poison idea with Nogi, the
Indian servant of Marco, and, finding
that lone is about to assign the prop- i
erty to Marco, determines on quick ac- j
tlon. With detectives he arrives at the |
home of lone. Just as the property is
being transferred. In time to prevent it.
The two conspirators are arrested.
At the trial Nogi kills himself with
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a poison needle and Marco Is sentancod
to a long term In prison. lone recovers
from the poison and rewards the young
physician with the promise of mar
riage.
THE
ALPHA
MONDAY
‘THE TREY
0’ HEARTS’
The most thrilling serial story
ever shown on the screen.
EVERYDAY
Heart-touching dramas, hair-
raising tragedies, and com
edies that sweep one away in
a cyclone of laughter.
If it’s worth while yon will
see it at
THE
ALPHA
EVER-PRESENT KEG.
The ever-present value of a keg of
beer in ward politics is realistically por
trayed in the Essanay comedy, "Rivalry
and War,” released October 26.
The Master Key'New
Universal Serial
Following upon the heels of the superb
serial "The Trey o’ Hearts” comes a new
series, "The Master Key,” which will In
every way hold up the reputation made
for the Universal by Its previous fea
tures. The story Is to be visualized In
thirty reels, two reels being released a
week for fifteen weeks. It is brimming
over with acute interest and will hold
its followers In breathless concern until
Its powerfully overwhelming climax is
reached.
John Fleming Wilson Is the author. He
is a man of extended experience, who
adheres to a resolution made In early
youth to write of nothing about which
he is not thoroughly familiar. If a story
of his own life were written It would
outshine the most tremendous plot ever
constructed In fiction.
Richard C. Travers
Rescues Players
In "The Real Agatha," a two-reel pro
duction released October 9 by the Es-
sanay Company, Richard C. Travers,
who plays the leading male part, saved
two of the extra glrl9 from drowning
during a scene in which the young wom
en are precipitated into the water from
a capsized canoe. The girls became
frightened and Mr. Travers had a hard
struggle in getting them to shore.
ALAMO NO. 2
“HIS INSPIRATION”—Two-Reel Lubin, Full of
Heart Interest, and the Latest Release of the
BELOVED ADVENTURER Series
A Thrilling Railroad Wreck Is a Feature of This
Most Interesting Picture of the Series.
Cr Sullivan & Mason Ka
SINGERS
A WEEK OF FEATURES
Mon., Tues.,'
“BEHIND THE SCENES,”
Mary Pickford.
Wed., Thurs.,
“HIS LA3T DOLLAR,”
David Higgins.
Fri., Sat.
“THE CALL of the NORTH,’’
Robert Edeson.
5c and lOc
THE MONTGOMERY
THESTRAND
MONDAY AND TUESDAY
"Across the Pacific”
Chas. E. Blaney World Feature Film Corporation Feature
in Five Acts.
Thrilling in Action, Astounding in Realism and Amazing In
Settings.
ADMISSION 5c and 10c
n*
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14 Thr Supply King"'
ATLANTA GEORGIA
bIXIKIANIVR moOkRT AND BF.ST MOVING PIC
TORE MAII. ORDER SUPPLY HOUSE EVERY
THING FOR TON THEATER, EVEN THE FIIJ*
Nrke nW nvn mn nuismuTtn c/tritou
AT THE
VAUDETTE
MONDAY:
“THE MYSTERY OF
BRAYTON COURT,”
featuring
MAURICE COSTELLO
and
"ALL FOR BUSINESS,"
A Biograph Comedy,
with
HEARST-SELIG
WAR PICTURES.
TUESDAY:
“BLUE FLAMES,”
A Two-Reel Selig, and
•peg O’ the Woods;
WEDNESDAY:
‘THE PERILS OF
PAULINE.”
THURSDAY:
The Great
“MILLION DOLLAR
MYSTERY.”
FRIDAY:
“THE WOLF’S
DAUGHTER.”
SATURDAY:
KATHLYN WILLIAMS
In a Love Story.
The Texas Quartette will sing
all week at the
5c VAUDETTE 5c
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
UNDER AUSPICES OF THE GEORGIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
MACON, GEORGIA
November 3 to 13, 1914
An Exposition of the Resources oi the South and ol Georgia
The finest Exhibits of Agriculture, Live Stock, Swine, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle,
Poultry and Canned Products Ever Exhibited in the South.
SEE WHAT THE OTHER MEN ARE DOING TO MAKE THEIR FARMS SELF-
SUSTAINING, AND WITHOUT RAISING COTTON. A SYRUP MILL IN
OPERATION; APPLES, THE FINEST IN THE WORLD; PECANS, WORLD-
BEATERS; GEORGIA ORANGES AND ALL VARIETIES OF FRUITS.
Every Citizen in Georgia and the South Is Urged to Visit the Georgia State Fair and See What Georgia Produces
SIX DAYS HARNESS RACES Reduced Rates on All Railroads
The Biggest Midway Ever Assembled ALL Premiums Will Be Paid
JULIUS H. OTTO, President HARRY C. ROBERT, Secy & Gen. Mgr.