William Humphrey with Ivan (1917) 🇺🇸
Having enjoyed the well-earned rest and rejuvenation which is the portion of those who can afford to dwell in the Paradise of the Pacific (Hawaii) William Humphrey is again “in our midst.” The seven successful consecutive years spent as director with one of the largest motion picture companies in the country have made him a host of friends, and it is with more than usual heartiness that he is welcomed back home. He sure looks younger than ever; his eyes have that conquering Napoleonic look, and that not merely because he is known as the best Napoleon on the stage. The Ivan Film Productions, who are continually enlarging their scope of operations, have arranged for Mr. Humphrey’s services as director, and judging from the standing of Mr. Humphrey in the profession and the contemplated cost of the productions to be made, they ought to be “The Big Thing.”
Mr. Humphrey was leading man with Mrs. Langtry, played with Julia Arthur, Julia Marlowe and Keene before the day of moving pictures; his thorough knowledge of film dramatics gives the Ivan people that sanguine feeling that the Humphrey pictures will become a tale of two continents, more talked about than even A Tale of Two Cities, one of Mr. Humphrey’s notable pictures of a few years ago.
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Edna Whistler With Talmadge Co.
Miss Edna Whistler, who will be pleasantly remembered as having appeared in support of Julian Eltinge two seasons ago at the Knickerbocker theater, is now a member of Miss Norma Talmadge’s film company. She will be seen with Miss Talmadge in the latter’s latest picture, Poppy, which is soon to be released. The story of Poppy is that of a South African girl, and the film version is an adaptation of the book by Cynthia Stockley. Before she joined Miss Talmadge’s forces under the management of Joseph M. Schenck. Miss Whistler appeared in such productions as “The Nigger,” in which William Farnum starred. More recently she was seen in The Hungry Heart and The Social Leper.
Fred Rath — Apollo Scenario Editor.
Fred Rath, well known as a motion picture writer and journalist, has just been appointed scenario editor of Apollo Pictures, Inc., releasing on Art Dramas program. Mr. Rath has just completed the adaptation of The Mystic Hour, written by Agnes Fletcher Bain, which is to be released in May.
Collection: Moving Picture World, April 1917
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