Early Date Is Fixed by Van for Equity Production

Fifteen Players Will Soon Leave New York City for "Billy B's" 1,000 Acres in New Hampshire, Where Work Will Begin With Picture Featuring Comedian

VAN HARBOR, a quiet sylvan retreat at the west end of Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire, discovered and put on the map as a post office by Billy B. Van, the comedian, has been invaded by the motion pictures, and today the hills are resounding to the hammering of a small horde of carpenters, erecting a studio on the lake front for the Equity Motion Picture company, of New York.

The studio faces the big casino, built by Mr. Van three years ago for the amusement of the winter and summer residents of George’s Mills, a pretty hamlet in the mountain region of the lake, whose name was changed to Van Harbor, at the request of the old time residents of the district. The working staff of the Equity company arrived at the lake a short time ago, and under Mr. Van’s direction began preparations for the taking of the first picture, in which Mr. Van and the Beaumont sisters will be featured. DeWitt C. Wheeler has also arrived to direct the productions.

Mr. Wheeler declares the location and surrounding country ideal for scenic effects. He is astonished that the district was not invaded years ago. Bob Russell, the general manager of the company, was also a recent visitor to the lake. He expects to leave New York shortly with a company of fifteen picture artists, selected for the early productions. The Equity Motion Picture company has taken offices in the Strand theatre building, Forty- seventh street and Broadway, New York.

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