Irene Wallace (1915) 🇺🇸

After having spent two years in motion picture work in New York City Miss Irene Wallace is preparing for her departure for Chicago, where she will join the forces of the Selig Polyscope Company. Miss Wallace expects to leave here early this month. She said that after remaining in Chicago a few weeks it is probable she will be transferred to the Pacific Coast studios of the company. Miss Wallace will thus have the opportunity of gratifying her ambition to appear in pictures produced on the Pacific Coast and extending her experience.

Miss Wallace was for several years on the dramatic and vaudeville stage before joining the Victor company. Although born in New York City, of Scotch-Irish parentage, one of her first hits on the screen was in a Jewish story, Jewish Freedom Under King Casimir of Poland, in which Miss Wallace had the lead. She has played in other Jewish characterizations in which her work has been praised.

While with the Victor company Miss Wallace has played leads in many single, double and triple reel subjects, both drama and comedy. Personally she prefers working in comedy-dramas or in refined comedies.

Miss Wallace is a lover of outdoor life. She enjoys swimming and horseback riding. She drives her own car. She is also an artistic dancer.

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Navy Men at the Cumberland

The patriotism of Francis A. Mangan, manager of the Cumberland Theatre, corner of Greene avenue and Cumberland street, Brooklyn, N. Y., fairly bubbled over when he booked the Universal two-part picture entitled The Submarine Spy. Knowing that such a subject would appeal strongly to United States sailors, marines and officers of the battleships, Mr. Mangan wrote to the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, several battleships of which were stationed in the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, enclosing complimentary tickets for the commanding officers, and asking permission to tack up upon the bulletin boards of the vessels letters to the effect that any sailor or marine in uniform who appeared at the Cumberland on the day the picture in question was shown that they would be admitted for 10 cents. The complimentary passes were gratefully received and distributed, and all of the officers except those on board the Florida, which sailed on the day the picture was booked, took advantage of the kindness extended to them by Mr. Mangan. A letter of regret was received from the captain of the Florida.

The announcement of The Submarine Spy appealed to Uncle Sam’s jackies, and during the matinee there were, at a conservative estimate, 450 sailors who willingly paid 10 cents to see the picture. In the evening there were hundreds of others who had been given shore leave to see the show. There were 112 officers present during the evening.

The other pictures on the program were enjoyed as much as The Submarine Spy, and many of the Jackies and officers on their way out who encountered Mr. Mangan expressed their appreciation for showing such interest in their behalf. To the general public the regular admission prices prevailed — 10 and 15 cents.

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Whaddaya ’Spose She’s Thinkin’ About

Miss Gertrude McCoy, the Edison artist, whose animated personations and sprightly interpretations, have lent much charm to Edison pictures, is naturally very quiet. She seems to like to spend much time in thinking for her most characteristic attitude is one in deep thought, quite apart from the lively groups at the Edison studio.

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Peggy Bourke, Girl-Reporter-Detective

Miss Peggy Bourke, of the Thanhouser Company, has just finished playing a girl-reporter-detective in A Newspaper Nemesis, a forthcoming release. She plays opposite Harris Gordon, who is also a reporter. Of course, Peggy aids her hero-reporter in his work; discovers the headquarters of the band of thieves, rescues the jewels, and also gains the love of the reporter-detective with whom she is in love. Peggy says she likes to play these “detec-ative” parts. “They’re so exciting — chasing thieves, rescuing diamonds and people, ‘disguising oneself as a tough guy,’ so that the crooks won’t discover that you’re a detective person, etc.”

Miss Bourke is now being directed by Mr. Carroll Fleming in a one-reel comedy melodrama, A Cure for Jealousy, in which she plays opposite Arthur Ashley, the well-known leading man. Before entering the motion picture field, Miss Peggy posed for those foremost artists in America: Harrison Fisher, Henry Hutt, Hamilton King, Cole Phillips, and many others. Miss Bourke is of the “artist’s inspiration” type, with lustrous black hair, and large bonny blue eyes.

Peggy is keeping the scenario department busy these days all right. Now, they’re writing a two-reeler for her, and she’ll surely make them feel glad and proud they wrote it, when they see her portrayal on the screen.

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Universal Films Martin Brown and Roszika Dolly

Roszika Dolly and Martin Brown, who are now being featured in George M. Cohan’s big review, Hello Broadway, at the Astor Theater, have been filmed in a special exhibition dance reel which will be released on February 23, by the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. In this, their first engagement before the camera, Mr. Brown and Miss Dolly arranged a wide variety of dances, consisting of the “Crinoline Polka,” “The Waltz Classique,” “The Clown Trot,” “The Habanera Hesitation” and “Chopsticks.”

Collection: Moving Picture World, February 1915

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see also Hugh Hoffman Branches Out (1915)