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Observer, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 7 August 1915, Page 15

"Inside the Lines," a new spydrama, is to be staged at the Criterion Theatre, Sydney, early in August. A specially-organised company, headed by Mr lan Maclaren and Miss Charlotte Ives, will interpret the drama, which has already had a successful ran in England and America. The author of the play is Earl der Biffgars, who wrote "Seven Keys to Baldpate."

It was reported in a lot of the tradle papers in America that Ford Sterling, the old Keystone comedian, was dead. Just how it came to be reported is a mystery, but Ford Sterling states that he 'has not died, and will not die for some fifty years to come; and finishes up the statement by quoting Mark Twain:—"The report of my dea'tJi has been greatly exaggerated."

Edl Lincoln, the well known Vitagraph player, is planning to do some big tihings as an independent producer. A big force of men is working on his studio and factory at Grantwood, New Jersey. The plant, which is costing £20,000, promises to be perfect. Jack Pratt, who will be the director, is at present working on Robert Chambers's big success, "The Fighting Chance."