TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY.

Grey River Argus, 15 June 1915, Page 5

TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY.

Probably the most . remarkable contract in theatrical history (says the Detroit "Press") was signed by Mary l P'ickford with the NeAv York Motion Picfure Corporation, whereby this mov in if picture actress is to receive" a salary of £500 ja week for K2 weeks, toge ther. with 50 per cent, of the proceeds from each picture after certain expenses are deducted! Miss Pickford is to select the twelve plays in which! she is to appear and is to name her own directors. It is estimated that her present contract will net her £40, 000 a year. This famous emotionai actress will appear at the Opera House 'to-morrow night and Thursday in "what is universally ackonwledged as L'er greatest success, the thrilling', pathetic and ennobling) dfama .. "Tess of ' the Storm Country." The plot is laid on the shores of Lake Ca}'uga in Anie ijca, known as the "Storm Couritrv" and it give's an intimate picture of the life lived in that little world. Tessibel Skinner is a nable woman who shoulders tL'e burden of another's torment, and the story is so annealing and enthralling" that it will cling" to the .memory when most plays are forgotten It Avill be supported, by a captivatinjr comedy entitled "A Midsummer Love Tnno-le," 'a New Gazette and a War Special Graphic.

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