Their One Love

“Leon J. Rubenstein, director of publicity at Thanhouser, put over a good one on the ‘city fellers’ at the Metropolitan newspapers, who, about a dozen strong, came to New Rochelle this week to see the new Edwin Thanhouser releases—Their One Love—a single reel story, comparable only, according to their judgment, to The Birth of a Nation. As the scribes viewed the wonderful action directed by Jack Harvey and the marvelous photography of Carl Louis Gregory taken at night, they wondered how such effects could have been secured, and Ruby told them that Carl Gregory and Al Moses perfected the ‘Nacht o’ Graph,’ a camera that would record night scenes, and all fell for it except ‘Wid’ of the Mail. But the whole production—story, direction, acting, and photography is the most wonderful ever produced at any studio for the regular program. This is only the beginning of the wonderful program that Edwin Thanhouser is to give to a waiting world.

“The reporters present were Milligan of The Billboard, Horace Fuld of The Mirror, Robertson of The Telegraph, Denning of The Moving Picture World, Proctor of The Motion Picture News, Mabel Condon of Motography, and Wid Gunning of The Evening Mail. Rubenstein sent Jim Wallace with a car to New York City to pick up the gang. After a ride, refreshments, smokes and lunch, a trip to the studios was made, and they went back to see the city filled with things Thanhouser, even smoking a cigar named ‘Thanhouser.’ Ruby was voted ‘some gent.’ All were photographed, and metropolitan papers have been filled with New Rochelle jottings this week as a result.”

“Mr. Thanhouser has been obtaining some unusual effects in night photography. There are some striking night battle scenes, it is said, in a Civil War photodrama, Their One Love, recently made at the Thanhouser plant.”

“Madeline and Marion Fairbanks, the Thanhouser twins, are to the fore again in Their One Love, a Thanhouser release on the Mutual program. In the play the two girls have cared for Jack since childhood and he appears to care equally for them, although he shows no special preference and seems to delight in the society of both. When the Civil War came, and Jack enlisted, he is shown taking an affectionate farewell of both girls. Each of them loves him, but each guards her secret jealously. They dream, each of them, that he will return and claim her for his bride. Soon they discover each other’s secret. Both write letters to Jack saying to take care of himself for the sake of the other sister who loves him. Jack gets neither of these letters for he has been killed, and the sisters grow old together, never marrying, but always cherishing their ideal.”

“Their One Love, a Thanhouser, was the only picture applauded on the bill at The Stanley, New York City, although several other excellent ones were shown. It featured the Fairbanks twins and was produced by John Harvey.”

“THE ACID TEST. The first of the new Thanhousers will be released on Sunday, May the second, and it will be entitled Their One Love. All I am going to say about it is this: Go and see it! Then if you don’t write me that it’s as good as the best single reel subject you ever saw—anywhere—at any time—then don’t ever take my word for anything I ever tell you again! That’s final and you are perfectly welcome to hold me to this to the very letter.”