Florence Crawford (1915) 🇺🇸
In The Man Inside, shortly to be released as one of the Broadway Universal Features, with Edwin Stevens in the leading role, Miss Florence Crawford has an intensely dramatic part to portray. It is that of a spy, unsuspected by the household and unsuspected by the audience, for her work is almost entirely in dark scenes, where in the dim light she might be almost any member of the family.
The hero tears a piece from the spy’s kimona as he finds her searching in a drawer for documents, and then follows an exciting time. Like Seven Keys to Baldpate, every woman in the house seems to own the kimona with the three-cornered tear. At least it seems like the right one at the first glance, but always the garment is whole, without suggestion of patch or damage of any kind. It is some time before the real culprit is caught and then there is surprise that the dainty maid is really an international spy. There is excellent chance for some fine work on Miss Crawford’s part, and she makes the most of every scene. But the hardest part is that those stunning kimonas are properties and must be returned to the Japanese store when the play is finished.
The men in the audience will watch Mr. Stevens’ wonderful acting, but the women will have eyes for nothing but those lovely kimonas and the uninitiated will envy Miss Crawford in the possession of one. Possession may be nine points of the law — but not in the picture game!
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R. E. Pratt, Iowa Exhibitor.
Out in Winfield, Iowa, Ralph E. Pratt runs a little motion picture theater. Considering that Winfield has a population of not more than one thousand people it may be considered some achievement to run a picture theater there with success; but Mr. Pratt has succeeded and his house is said to be the best small town house in the state. It seats 435 persons and is doing a good business every day in the week. The Monday program is a World Film feature at 15 cents admission; during the rest of the week General Film releases are shown at five and ten cents. Thanks to the enterprise of the neighboring farmers who own automobiles Mr. Pratt has a large territory to draw from and frequently has to “turn ‘em away.” Mr. Pratt was in New York last week getting acquainted. He has contracted for third-run Equitable releases.
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Billy Quirk Goes to Harvard.
Billy Quirk, long ago known as the “boy comedian,” has been engaged by the Harvard Film Corporation, of 231 Tenth avenue, New York, to star in and direct that company’s comedy pictures which will be released on one of the programs late in October.
“Billy” is best remembered as a star with Solax, Universal, Vitagraph and with D. W. Griffith in old Biograph comedies. In the Harvard comedies he will appear in a new character of his own creation.
Frank P. Donovan is scenario editor and manager of productions. Such well known players as Tammany Young, late of Bill, the Office Boy; Marie Weirman, Marie Rohmere, Laurie Mackin and others will support Mr. Quirk.
Collection: Moving Picture World, October 1915
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