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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1915
Page
15
President Laemmile of the Universal Film Company publicly opposes both state and federal censorship boards. The executive previously remained silent as censorship bills moved forward, but has now voiced strong opposition to any move to regulate film content.
Kalem will screen famous Broadway favorites in three act dramas. Dorothy Bernard, star of The Salamander, works at Kalem Jacksonville studios on The Second Commandment, part of a series illustrating modern applications of the ten commandments.
Rita Jolivet formerly top billed with Otis Skinner in Kismet has signed a contract at $1000 per week to act in photoplays. The Parisian actress sends part of her salary to male relatives fighting in the trenches of Northern France.
Edith Wynne Mathison star of The Servant in the House has become associated with the Lasky Film Company, expanding her career with the studio.
Noted dangers appear in the Edison two part screen version Fate and the Pomegranate. Richard Ridgley adds color to the dance scenes with Argentine dancers Arturo Arboz and Aldo Arboz, famed for tango movement. They drew attention at a Waldorf Astoria exhibition before Metropolitan Opera Company stars.
The tall well built Thomas Santschi known for leading roles in Selig Polyscope productions and for playing Alex McNarara in The Spoilers. He now produces his own company and remains popular with theater patrons for his screen appearances and noted hobby of restoring old cars.
Famous author Cyrus Townsend Brady has written a one reel Selig comedy titled Why Billings Was Late. It humorously depicts Billings racing to arrive before his wife who always delays but arrives first, then his downfall follows with her laughter. Marie Tempest set to tour the Pacific coast in Nearly Married with William Graham Browne leading. Plans emerge for a national Shakespeare birth tricentennial celebration.
Rhea Mitchell, a Mutual star known for Arctic dog sledding and rope work, learns horseback riding under Bill Hart’s guidance. In a week she trains to ride, adding another outdoor skill to her film resume. Hart, an expert horseman and tutor, plans to feature riding in upcoming Mutual Pictures with Miss Mitchell.
Helen confronts a gang targeting a treasure train as a gold shipment is moved. Tracy betrays the gang, Bob and Tracy speed toward Dark Hollow to stop the wreck. The telegraph operator Helen holds the criminal at bay until the train crashes and the plan is foiled.
Miss Lessie Eyton headlines a jungle drama in which a pet leopard joins her to confront a thief attempting a robbery. The pair combat the criminal in a vivid set piece that ends with Eyton and the leopard defeating him. The release promises a hair raising half hour of action.
The March and April issues of leading magazines reveal increased space for films. The Woman's Home Companion debuts a new department led by Helen Duey featuring forty subjects headed by Russell Robinson's The Ringing Arms and classics like Quo Vadis, The Last Days of Pompeii, Spartacus, Antony and Cleopatra, The Birth of Venice, Julius Caesar, with For Napoleon and France and Officer 66 also highly recommended.
The World Film Corporation presents as a special feature at the Orpheum Tuesday the five part photoplay Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Beatriz Michelena stars as Lovey Mary and Blanche Chapman as Mrs Wiggs in a California production that blends key elements from the source books.
A new club house debut for the Society of Beaux Arts Architects featured a parody song about Bella and her sewing bellybands. The ditty jokes Belgians mistaking wool for cotton, causing playful mockery as the audience reacted with laughter and applause.
A survey of stage news lists Evans and Camille D Arville with a musical pedigree, Mrs Bumstead Leigh and others in Toronto and Philadelphia. Castles plan revived dances, Stones tour next season, and Gladys Alexander heads a new The Miracle Man cast. Har vy Higgins and Harriet Ford write Dicky Bird, while Jessie Bussey and others stage new works.
Barry O'Neil directing Durbin' Societ y drama ers has taken Lubin players to Saranzé Lake New York for several days of Adirondack scene work. Gladys Hanson joins the group for featured roles alongside George Souie Spencer Walter Hitchcock Clarence Elmer Peter Lang Frankie Mann Ruth Bryan and Eleanor Barry.
London reports that thirteen racehorses owned by Pita Kinsky for Austria and seized as enemy property will be sold by the executors of the late Hon. Francis Lambton. The sale proceeds will remain in escrow until after the war. No funds can be remitted to the prince at present.
Officials order extra precautions amid Zeppelin and aircraft threat. No bright lights allowed. colleges darken after nightfall to create a blackout in quads and shelters.
Frances Nelson Hobart Henley and Alan Holubar, the Imp trio, have completed another triumph in The Black Pearl, a two reel detective drama. Tom Mix, famed for his horsemanship, once rode the western plains as a cowboy.
Jack Kerriga arrives from abroad and becomes engaged to two sweet girls. He is drawn into danger as a foe swears vengeance on his mother. A sudden lightning strike kills the villains, saving the hero and ending a murderous plot.
The article describes a musical comedy piece titled Something Tingle-Ingle-Ing with a recurring theme. It highlights songs such as Love's Own Kiss and Not Now but Come Hither Eyes, mentioning other titles like Something Seems Tingle-Ingle-Ing and Jim.
Mr J W Patterson superintendent of Bird Island Minnesota schools completed a contract to project Klein educational films. The course will start with The Last Days of Pompeii and include Spartacus Cleopatra The Lion of Ven... Julius Caesar.
Victor Moore, known for portraying the colorful York boy in the Talk of the Town era, announces retirement from stage duties and plans to join a film production at a major studio. The move marks a shift from theater to screen as he wraps up live performances.
The article notes screen actresses bake pies resembling home made treats. Virginia Kirtley is highlighted for apple pies and domestic scenes at the Santa Barbara studio. It mentions film girls mixing dough and rolling pastry as part of their on set image.
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