Mimes & Movies.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12082, 10 August 1917, Page 8

Mimes & Movies.

ANSWERS TO QUERIES •'lnquiry."—-Alma, Reuben was opposite DoLgUs Fairbanks in " The Americano," and was alno in " The Mystery of the Leaping Fish." ■ " Phillips,."—A.s far m is known, Anita Stewart is still wnh the Greater Vitagriph. " X.X.X."—Next week.

" Old Hand " —Mrs George L&uri is with tlio Maiie Tempest Con/rany in Sydney. Bland Holt was present at "Canary Cottage" the other day when his protege, Dorothy, was given a tig reception.

.D.W.G.—David "VVark Griffith has said he is . eager to. make filming of the " Knights of the .Hound Table" in Britain. When tho latest .mails left he v/a3 somewhere in the British Isles. He is undjr engagement to'the Aircuftft Pictures •

""Very Good Eddie" is scheduled foi appearance hero this month.

Ada Reeve is now playing Brisbane, A tour of tho Dominion will follow.

"Will the Amusement Tax be levied on tickets for admission to the races ?

I *' • Carrie Moore is playing, the lead in " A Little Bit of Fluff," staged by Fullers in Australia. Eardley Turner is sin the cast.

< Bob Greig and Beatrice Holloway are to appear in Sydney in "Baby Mine," tho Margaret Mayo farce which had its Australasian premiere in Christchurch.

Ada Rehan, who died on January 8, 101.6, left a total estate of £44,500, according to a tax transfer report filed in June.

Alien Doone and his Irish-Australian eotnpany will begin a season at tho 39 th Street (New York) in August, in. a new

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Both Minnie Love and Connie Ediss hiive signed new contracts for further uppearances under the J.C.W. management.

Over in Australia they arp, seeing " Her Greatest Performance," tho photoplay with Ellen Terry in the leading role.

"Photography may be improved so much before very long that wo shall be virtually independent of the climatic conditions."—D. W. Griffiths.

In the "Fall of tho Romanovs" Ilior appears as Rasputin, who was iliodor's arch enemy. No critic, it is to be hoped, will call it a " sympathetic rendering."

The Ohio Board of Film Censors have- l'alod .that- pictures of tho Kaifier will havo a bad effect on the morals of The pcopk- of that State. 1 hope Mr J. J. North is listening.

Dorothy Brunton leaves for London this month. There she will appear in "Canary Cottage" and "So Long, L"tty," under the Williamson management.

"Bella Donna" (Pauline Frederick) and "Tho Marriage of Kitty" (Fannio W:ird) are two of plays (■ccii here which are now current in Australia.

Madame Delysis, who was the lead in Ihe film version of "She," has been invited to appear in a picture story written round Joan of Arc. It is intended to film many of the scenes near Rouen.

Latest news from Britain mentioned Irene Browne (here with Julius Knight) as appearing in a charity revue in <lon, and Bertie Wright (herein "Our Miss Gibbs") with a rovue touring tho provinces.

The scenes in " Great Expectations," tho Paramount Dickens film, were taken right in New York—in what is really Greenwich Village, which is placed right in the heart of the city, mdden behind big buildings.

Eddie Polo, who fought his way through "Tho Broken Coin," is ono of the leads in the new Universal serial, " The • Grey Ghost," based on a story in the "Saturday Evening Post," entitled "Loot."

Recently in Australia, Jessie Mabel Barlee petitioned for tho restitution of conjugal rights. Phil Smith, the comedian, was tho respondent. The Court ordered the restitution within fourteen days.

Sarah Bernhardt was reported on Juno 15 in New York to havo fully recovered her health and to be ready to undertake a continuation of present tour,, which was Interrupted to permit her to under an operation.

Daisv Jerome's press agent has informed" " The Theatre Magazine " (Australia) that her principal appeared with considerable success in a benefit .Sunday concert in New York, singing "Smart," "Hello, Tu-tu" and "Slavery."'

Elsa Stralla. is mentioned as singing nt tho Queen's Hall on Good Friday night. She was Elsie Fischer, and was originally in the J.C.W. chorus. She studied - under Madame Slapoffski. and later went to her aunt, Madame Minna Fischer.

Albert Capellirii, who has directed the Clara -Kimball Young pictures, has lelt the Selznick forces and is now with Mutual,'- for whom he will direct pictures m which-Julia!Sanderson, a prominent musical comedy star, will appear.

The "Daily Mirror" (London) announces the approaching marriage of .Edmund Waller, son of tho lale Lowis Waller. He was here some years ago with Ethel Wanvickr who was then his wife; They were divorced some, time ago.

There died in Australia recently Sylvia Willes, aged twenty. She was an accomplished, actress, singer and though she stood only 25} in in height and weighed only 19|lb. According ..to the " Sydney Worker," she amassed £50,000 in her small, brief life by entertaining.

Ne*fc week will be the lasfa in' which Clarence Crawford, the well-known local drummer, will bo Been at His Majesty's Theatre. He will be going into, camp shortly, and will mark his last appoaranco at thin theatre by ft drum solo and a xylophone snmtwr.

Billy C. Brown, the popular negro oomeclian of the Fuller circuit, will take the part of Man Friday in the firm's pantomime " Robinson Crusoe," to be produced in Australia at Christmas time. For some years he played wth George Sorlie as the Brown and Sorlio tea, out tho partnership was dissolved some months ago.

. ■ ■ ! The English screen comedian, Pimple, t>f whose work a good deal was seen ttere a- year or two ago, has probably dosed his, moving picture career. After ■wring with the British Army for fif-

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teen months without receiving a wound, ho sustained such severe injuries to one of his knoos in a comic boxing match that ho is likely to bo permanently crippled.

Robert Warwick's "The Argylo Case" was a fine picture. His second Solznick production is "The .Silent Mastor, a film version of E. Piull.ip Oppenheim's "Tlio Court of St Simon." Tho story deals with a rich young man who leads a band of Apaches for the purposa of righting wrongs overlooked by the law. Olive Tell, a beauty from the Ziegfeld- Follies, and Anna 'Little, support Warwick.

It is stated now that Chaplin has accepted tho new offer of 1,000,000 dollars for eight pictures in twelve months. Th e Australasian Films, Limited, have secured tho rights of these films for this end. and therefore it is to be presumed that in the Dominion the New Zealand Supplies, Limited, will control them. Chaplin's latest one under tho old Mutual"contract is entitled "Tin-, Immigrant.''

George AY. Bradenburg has boon charged with duplicating the MutualC'haplin film "The Floorwalker," and with offering the duplicate for sale in Britain. The scene of the offence is said-to have been Philadelphia. Other prosecutions ;ire said to be pending. At the same time action might be. taken again Billy West, whoso imitations of Chaplin, without any claim being forward for them as such, are very distressing.

Violet Trevenyon, the dainty English comedienne, will make a welcome reappearance at His Majesty's Theatre to-morrow afternoon. Miss Trevenyon, who brings a new budget of songs, will play a brief season hero, as she hopes to visit Australia next month, and before leaving tho Dominion, has promised in response to requests, to appear at Auckland. This populai young artist should appeal particularly to the feminine portion of the audience, as she appears frocked in tho latest. London and Parisian fashions.

At tho matinee on Saturday, Fullers will make another change of programme, when the Globe of Death will make its first appearance in this city. This "globe" is a huge sphere 18 feet in diameter, built, of steel lattice* work, and weighs 2* tons. Mounted upon Indian motor-cycles, Master and Miss Staig completely loop tho insido of tho globe at high speed. Also appearing will be Laurence Johnston, a clever American ventriloquist. The fourth revue by the Walter Johnson Companv will bo entitled " The Gramophone Girls."

A Tokio paper refers to several reforms contemplated in connection with the running of picture p-hows in the city. Among tho "evils" to be dealt with is a functionary referred to as Katsuben, a. sort of combined Vpruikor and chorus. The Katsuben, it appears, extols the merits of the bill to passersby, and subsequently steps inside the theatre, when the picture is being screened, where he " weeps, moans and laughs-, and otherwise expresses tho emotions supposed to be aroused by the different- scenes." Having incurred official displeasure, tho Katsuben is to bo dispensed with.

_ When the latest mails left tho motion picture tax that Mas being considered by the United States Senate on the recommendation of the Finance Committee was a 10 per cent admission tax on all tickets for which more than t(vent.y-five cents, roughly one shilling, was charged. That lets out the man's amusement, and why shouldn't similar consideration be given here. Tf it prop°r to tax specially the people who attend pictures, why should not the profits of those concerns handling pictures be specially taxed? What special tax will be put upon the profits of the distributing agencies, the concerns which make the big money?

The Lord Mayor of Sydney told this ono recently at ;i luncheon 'tendered to Hugh J. Ward, prior to his departure tor America :—Joe. Jefferson was playing "Rip.Van "Winkle"' in a certain citv in the States when the undue familiaritv of a stage-hand named Bnd dolcy caused his dismissal. Baddeley got. very full oyer the business, and that night saw a show from the front, the first time for twenty years. In tho scene where- Gi-etclu-n turns Hip out into tho nicdit, Rip turns and says- '' Then I have no interest' in this house?'' The house was hushed by the dramatic tension, when Baddeley broke loose, in a thick voice: "Only fliict eighty pershent, Joe, old man (hie) — only eighty per shenfi!''

"XXX" supplies the following to tho latest issue of that bright publication, the " Theatro Magazine ": -The lato Sir Herbert Tree was an inveterate practical joker. Onr dav, seeing W. G. Wills, author of " A Royal Divorce,'' strolling along the street, he came up behind him, and in tho whino of a professional beggar, asked, "Pleas?, sir, will you give me a copper?" "Go away, go away!" replied tho dramatist, who was reading a newspaper, and did not look up. "Ah, sir!" persisted tho actor, still in his assumed voice, " many's tho time I'\> applauded your beautiful plays from the gallery." This subtlo bit of flattery told, and Wills, putting down his newspaper, was about to plunge his hand into his pocket for a coin, when he tumid, and saw Tree, beaming with smiles. Daisy Jerome figured a.s an absent litigant, claiming repayment of a loan with interest, before the Victorian Chief Justice in the Practice Court last month. When she was in Australia, Daisy Jerome, whose full name, was given as Daisy Cynthia Jerome Wathowski, it was stated, on November 8, 1915, lent £ISOO to Leslie Francis Smith, of Bourko Street, .Melbourne, and Patterson Street, Middle Park, to be repayable on demand, certain for military clothing held by the borrower being assigned as security. Demand was made for repayment of £IOOO, the balance duo', on instructions of Benjamin John Fuller, under power of attorney, and payment not being made a suit was instituted, in which she claimed from Smith repayment, of £IOOO principal moneys and £I6,J lis 2d as interest, at the rate of 10 per cent.

With the departure of Thomas IT. Inco tho following players step out of tho Triangle ranks:---William S. Hart, Dorothy Dal ton, Charles Ray and Enid Bennett. Amongst those who stay aro William Desmond, Louiso Glaum, Wilfred Lucas and Bessie Love. New players who aro announced aiv* OliveThomas («a Ziegfeld- Follies beauty), Winifred Allen, Elda Miller, Colleen Moore. Arthur Maude, Jock Livingstone and Jack Dcvereaux. The Keystone Studios aro beinp, reorganised. iTJnder tho new arrangements tho new Mack S6nnett productions will not be Keystones. H. O. Davis is the new head of'the organisation. He is a man who has had an extensive experience i'in all parts of the industry. Tho change

will not mean such an extensive difference, since Inrc and Sennetf; foi some time hav 0 only supervised in a very geucr.it tvay, leaving practically all the direction work to 'the staff of directors.

The Anzac Conceit Party, composed of ex-professionals who enlisted in Australia entertains in Franco, with its central base at the Australian headquarters. It is managed by RnnnaU Carlisle, who was with Rranscoinbo s Dandies, and it includes Corporal Shaw (formerly with Courtney and Shaw, ragtime singers, liughio. Gannon, who won a ragtiinp singing contest in Sydney, Frederick Reade, who hails from ChVistchurch and'was with the Tivoh Follies before enlisting, Bobbie Roberts (J.C.W.), J. Gihb, an elocutionist-, and tenor Harrv Ross, who was with l< The Grafters." " The lighting effects are worked hv .Sergeant; Honis, who was with "Tlio Grafters" also. Two performances at least are given daily, at 5.30 p.m. and 7.10 p.m.. and sometimes a. third show is given at IUO p.m. in tbe reserve area, just outside of the lire, zone. In six mouths their takings amounted to .UKIO, which won" back to the. men in the .shape, of comforts while on the inarch or in the trenches.

Since the announcement that the Commonwealth Government intended to consider the. question of restricting the importation of goods! that could bo regarded a.s luxuries, there liar* been much speculation among the men as to whether moving pictures will be included in the official list, "While nothing definite is known, it is probable that the present freedom of trade in films will not be disturbed. It is held by many that, as moving pictures are viewed and enjoyed by all sections of the community, particularly in the industrial suburbs, tho term "'luxury'' cannot fairly be applied in respect of them. The'prices charged for admission are within the reach of the lowest paid worker, and a night at the pictures is, in the case of thousands of families, the chief form of amusement. From a revenue standpoint moving pictures are valuable, as upon every foot of exposed film (other than topical gazettes) imported into Australia from America 2d duty is' paid, and Ikl a foot in the case of importations from Great Britain.

From a London ex'chnnce of Juno 4:—At Golder's Green Police Court. Bernard Dillon, ex-jockey, tho husband of Miss Marie Llovd, and now a, private i' l tn ° machine-gun corps, was remanded on a. charge of assaulting P.C. Lewis. The officer st'ated that while he was passing Miss Marie Llovd's residence on Sunday night he heard screams of •'Police!" and "Murder!" He was called into the house and found the prisoner assaulting his wife. Dillon refused to desist, and struck the officer in the face. There was a

struggle and they fell to the ground together, tho prisoner threatenirur and attempting to "gouge.' 1 (he officer's eye out. Assistance arrived and' Dillon was arrested and taken on an ambulance to the police station. Flo was mad drunk. t>aid the officer. Mrs Dillon declined to charge him and was too unwell to appear in court. Prisoner denied assaulting his wife, but said it was his intention to souirt ,somo sodawater over her. She was greatly upset by his arrest. Accuser] on being remanded was refused bail. During tho hearing of the ease- prisoner's commanding officer telegraphed ordering hint to be arrested as an absentee.

Graphic descriptions have been written of the Battle of Arras, bu;. th 0 public will shortly have fuller opportunities of appreciating some of the realities of tho Gorman retreat and the greatest victory vet achieved in tho war by British arms. In one of his articles Philip Gibbs referred to tho gallantry of the official photographer, and it is said that anyone who follows llie latest film to he presented by the War Officq Kinematograph Committee cannot, fail to admire the work he has accomplished within the danger /.one. The film opens with pictures showing tho German endeavours to hamper the advance by blowing up the main roads, and how the difficulty was overcome by tho lOngineers. There are frequent indications of the engineering achievements connected with the advance, and the remarkable, work of transport. There are pictures of the fruit tree;; cut down by the Germans during their retreat; and, after a pathetic scene showing the ruins of Aras Cathedral, an iflea, is afforded of the. work of the British artillery, ami the activities oi tho howitzers. Smith Africans and S'.'ottish Rifles are seen making a raid into enemy trenches, and a London Stock Exchange Battalion, resting on their way to Arras, make ;m excellent- picture. The Royal West, K'ents, the. King's Liverpool.'-, the King's Ch\ n Shropshire, Light Infantry, the Middlesex. Xorthants, Gordon Highlanders. Australians. New Zealanders. Royal Engineers and Howitzer brigades are alsu prominent. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. The requests sent in this week, though lower than usual, give a load to TCTHKL BARBYMORE (METRO) was horn on August ]•">, 1-S7D, in Philadelphia.

Her father was Maurice Rarrymnre

the celebrated actor, and her mother was George Drew, and sho is the niece of John "Drew and of Sydney Drew, both of whom occupy high positions in tho theatrical world. Her first recorded .stage appearance was ou September 23. ISO 3, when she played in '•Tho Independent Young Person," with John Drew and Maude Adams in tho cast. Then she became a. member of the celebrated Empire Stock Company, playing, amongst other parts, Priseilla. in "Secret Service." She went with the company to London and played the same part in ISO 7. She was engaged by Sir Henry Irving, and returned to America late in 1898. Miss Barrymoro became a star in 1901 in "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines." From this point her work broadened and she was selected to star in many fine English plays, including " MidChiinnel," " Ladv Frederick." "The Silver Box," "Tho Twelve-Pound Look." "The Witnos.* for the Defence." She maclf n creat hit last season in "Our Mrs M'Chosnoy," an

fidnptation of Edna Ferber's stories. She took to the screen about two years aco, and though there are not many films of hers on the market, all have been hiahlv successful. Amono-st her host have been "Hie White Raven," hut there are yet to he seen in this t v,i-t of tl>o n-oHrl ' Tho A wok tho <? .if Helena Ritchie." " the Gvpsoy " and •'•The Call of Her People." In nrivat" life Miss Bnrrvmore. who is Mrs Russell Gri c wold Colt is a prominent momfior of society. ■ Lionel and John Barrvmore are her brothers.