Ernest Shipman (1914) 🇺🇸
Mr. Shipman, whose energies have in the past been devoted to the general office management of the business of the Pan American Film Company, will hereafter be active, on the outside in the affairs of the various film companies in which he is personally interested, including, of course, those of his pet child, as it were, the Pan American Film Company.
The following is a list of companies of which Mr. Shipman is the active representative: The Pan American Film Company, the Capital Film Company, the Colorado Motion Picture Company, the Rocky Mountain Picture Company, Arthur J. Aylesworth Pictures, Ltd., the Great West Motion Picture Company, the Occidental Motion Picture Company.
In addition to these interests, Mr. Shipman is associated with Stanley H. Twist in the management of the Inter-Ocean Sales Company. In assuming these added responsibilities, Mr. Shipman’s vigorous physique will prove a valuable asset, and he carries with him the best wishes of all who know him.
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Picture Making on Mt. Shasta.
Here is shown the entire cast of principals from the Lasky Studios, on their way up the side of Mount Shasta for a snow scene. The players left Los Angeles for Frisco by rail, and from San Francisco to the foot of Shasta, they toured in rented cars. Guides and other motor cars were then procured and the run to the top of Shasta was begun.
The autos took the party several thousand feet, after which climbing was resorted to. Roped together, much the same as Alpine climbers, the party, consisting of Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Messrs. Salisbury, Kley, De Mille, Apfel, La Reno, Miss Zuber [Monroe Salisbury | Fred Kley | Cecil B. DeMille | Oscar Apfel | Dick La Reno | Bernadine Zuber] and Billy Elmer struggled for nine hours ere they passed the timber line and struck the deep snow.
Several scenes were taken atop Shasta and immediately after the company left for Calistoga, Cal., where a few scenes are to be taken on the hillsides and midst the petrified forests.
We have the word of Harry Reischenbach that these autos are going uphill, although they appear to be going down. He says on Mt. Shasta you have to go down to go up — a la scenic railway at Coney Island. He said something about “Momentum,” whatever that means. Anyhow, our faith in Mr. Reischenbach’s veracity is so profound that we take his word for it.
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The Lasky Company Going up Mt. Shasta.
Collection: Moving Picture World, June 1914
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see also Lillian Gish (1914)