Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 7, 1923, Page 2

"PLEASE, ANGELA, TRUST ME ONCE MORE” BETIY COMPSON IS THE LADY AND JOH BOWERS, 7HE may: @ Tropic Solitudes Now Peopled With Romantic Qualities and Figures —Shredded Wheat the Fashion in Skirts Ow'S your shredded wheat H skirt this morning? Is the bamboo doing nice- ly? Have you had your morning plunge after pearls in the lagoon? What's tho bill of fare? Will there be canned octopus or fried iguana? What ho! for the raging main and a-nice little sheltered harbor and sun-baked beach on an up-to-date tappical island! That's where a lot of folks are go- ing to start hunting for vacation lo- cations if the motion pictures keep up the interest that they have al- ready aroused in out-of-the-way dots in the ocean—generally the Pacific. Two recent pictures are examples: “Ebb Tide" a George Melford pro- duction now in the making; “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” with ‘Thomas Meighan starred, directed by Alfred Green. And another may be added—yes, two—“The Bonded Wom- an,” starring Betty Compson, direct- ed by Philip Rosen; and “The Man Unconquerable,” which has Jack Holt as the luminary and which Jo- seph Henabery directed. All are either {sland pictures or have a lot of island stuff in them. Even an Octopus. The first named, “Ebb Tide,” which As everyone knows was a story by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, has a great cast in which appear Lila Lee, James Kirkwood, Raymond Hatton, George Fawcett, Noah Beery and Jacquline Logan. It is all island—virtually. The com- pany hunted up a spot in the Pacific which was accessible by steamer or launch and proceeded to decorate it according to the best traditions. the water's Palm trees grow to edg little home—ex- actly what you would expect in a re- treat of this kind—was constructed and then the place was peopled with native girls in revealing cos- nd beads, There the intense drama of the master novelist and his collaborator was staged with vigor and reallsm—even to a ter- rific battle between Kirkwood and a wonderful of gras healthy octopus in the waters of the lagoon. Thomas Meighan’s company—a big one, too—migrated to some similar location and proceeded to make scenes for one of the most original stories that has been conceived by the brain of a writer in many moons. Perley Poore Sheehan and Frank Condon, both accomplished roman- cers, concocted the plot. When it became necessary to wreck a ship for “The Bonded Woman,”—Betty Compson, the he- roine deliberately doing the trick so that she might be cast away with the man she loved and wean him away from the strong drink—they found a more ‘rugged, reef-bound coast and mashed a perfectly good boat on the teeth of the jagged rocks. A Tragic Waste. There Betty Compson Bowers, her leading man, sojourned in apparent seclusion, but or course the watchful eyes of the camera and the director alike were always upon them. And after a time the whisky was all gone and the lover reformed. It was later discovered that he had smashed the bottles and wasted the liquor, at which dire knowledge many persons will probably heave a long sigh of regret. Then the pair were rescued and sailed away to lve, presumably ever afterward. Jack Holt had a lot of fun on his island in “The Man Unconquerable.” Living up to his sobriquet, he pro- ceeded to knock a lot of Swedish, French and other villains into the proverbial cocked hat, because they were taking the law in their own hands and trying to rob him of his pearls, Naturally, in all these pic- tures, the dancing girl, with her un- dulating movements and her striking costume, is much in evidence. She is always colorful. When they can’t get an island story, the film producers are very likely to discover a breach episode where the sad sea wayes may bo in- duced to smile for a change while lovely maidens in bathing attire dec- orate the beach or trip daintily into the water. Such a scene occurs in and John DON’T DIET; EAT WHAT YOU WANT, ADVISES AGNES AYRES what you want!” forth Agnes nd throws this bomb- shell into the very carefully evolved theory of dietetics. This was her reply recently to the queries of someone who asked what were her rul for the preservation of beauty and health. The star looked her ON’T diet Now comes res, loveliest on the occasion of this particular inter- view. She was attired in a soft, lacy negligee for a sequence of scenes in “A Daughter of Luxury." “Back in the prehistorte days,” Miss Ayre ied, “when man chose his foo instinct, as do the anim 4 of trying to govern his body thro ach by adhering to of chemical formu! in the rtaking of food, the sn't any poor alth and people lived longer. “I have nerer dieted {n my life. believe that Nature’ points out the needs of our body by whetting our tastes for certain foods. When cat- tle need salt, their tastes crave salt. And the only real difference between human beings and animals {s that hu- man beings possess the faculty of reason. “My theory, therefore, is eat what you want, but don’t overeat. The old Tule says to cease eating Just before you are fully satisfied 1s a good one to follow.” Other beauty rules advocated by the popular star are as follows: Regular hours of sleep. Sleep by schedule if possible. Fienty of good exercise. Exercise of any kind is good, and the exercise we most enjoy is the exercise that most benefits us, because we more apt to indulge in it regularly, are “The Impossible Mrs, Bellew,” a Sam Wood production for Paramount, wherein Gloria Swanson ig starred and so the glorious Gloria will be seen in a real Deauville suit—for the famous French resort 1g the sup- posed location, But one of the Southern California beaches fills the bill so perfectly that native beach- combers of the Gallic ocean paradise would be decetved completely. A hundred or more bathing beau- ties! The comedies never had any- thing better than that—and with Gloria at the head of the procession, what fan will want to pass up this picture? The Dancing Girl, Probably the popularity of some o! Mr, O'Brien's books and others deal- ing with island life and the lapping waves may be responsible for the in- flux of pictures of this type. Cer- tainly, if such is the case, the au- thors responsible for the idea de- serve a medal. For we are being treated to somo mighty interesting and at the same time wonderfully colorful drama, comedy, or melo- drama with tropical background. The hum of the ukelele fills our ears, at tune to the rhymth of the sea. The wind sighs gently through cocoanut palms and bamboo. The merry dancing girl with her sinuous charm and her rustling skirts is an ever- welcome figure. The lusty nattye JSACQUELIN LOGAN, IAMES KTR, with surf board rides the waves like a modern Triton. Moonlight comes to add its romantic glamor and love waxes beneath the fronds of the giant tree ferns. Mystery stalks in the shadowed trails that penetrate the undergrowth. Life takes on an as- pect that makes the poor city dwell- er long for the freedom and the langorous days of the Islands of dreams. Truly, the pictures are our outlet from the workaday world and we offer our devoirs upon the altar of celluloid romance! ALL THE FAMOUS PEOPLE IN PICTURES TO PLAY IN FILM TITLED “HOLLYWOOD” Most of the famous men and wom- en in the film world are to appear in one picture at the same time. So- called “all-star” casts will pale into insignificance as a result of plans for a Paramount production to be called “Hollywood,” which is to be produced early during the coming year for re- lease in May, It is not to be a story simply show- ing the workings of the motion pic- ture capital; it {s to be a real dra- matic production mirroring the life of a girl who tries to break into the movies, and it is to be produced on a scale that will require the co-op- eration of the stars of all the leading production units in the vicinity of Los Angeles. The names of the principal players about whom the story revolves have not been decided upon,’ but the sup- porting cast will read like a roster of film celebrities. In it among oth- ers, are Cecil B, DeMille, Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Betty Compson, May McAvoy, Leatrice Joy, Wanda Hawley, Lila Lee, Theodore Roberts, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Theodore Kosloff, George Fawcett, Charles Ogle, Walter Hiers, Jacqueline Lo- gan. MELODRAMATIC COMEDY NEW TYPE IN MOVIES Farce-comedy still exists on the stage, but on the screen it has been virtually eclipsed by a new form termed “melodramatic comedy.” Or at least so says Walter Woods, whose scenario-writing experience has been largely confined to photo- of a comedy motif, ‘arce-comedy depends largely on clever lines, the intonation of the voice. Because of this your farce- comedy of the stage generally has but little plot. “Now plot, a story told by situa- tions, is absolutely essential for mo- tien pictures, You haven't the voice to ‘place’ a laugh, you must do it with situations that are at one and the same time dramatic, logical and funny, “Take ‘Thirty Days,’ the A. E. Thomas and Clayton Hamilton play in which Wallace Reid starred. The photoplay we have evolved, I be- eve, {s an excellent type of the new fashion in film comedy-dramas. There's action, melodrama galore, in the doings of the secret ‘Camorra’ and the search of a blood-thirsty knife-man for the man he thinks kissed his wife, And there's fun and melodrama when Reid finds the would-be killer to be the butler in his own home, followed by Reid's scheme to be put in jail to avoid being mur- dered, only to find the murderous Polenta in the same prison! On the stage a lot of this action was not used, it’s place was taken by voices. But minus voices we must have plot —and it is by plot that we put over the funny adventures of John Floyd RAVMQAVD HATTON WOULD SHAKLLV BY TAMUES RWOOD, LIGA LEE WWOCH RATES LAVEZLES 00 , THAN FS AHEAD. ‘ONCE A LANDLADY, ALWAYS ONE’, SIGHS MOVIE ACTRESS Once a landlady in the films al- ways a landlady. Dorothy Walters, plump and of Irish countenance, has been trying for ten years to get away from landlady parts without success. and his pursuer, Polenta, “Melodramatic comedy has most assuredly replaced farce comedy in the fleld of motion pictures.” They might: not need me— Yet they might— T'll let my heart be Just in sight, “Sometimes I get a slight change from landlady parts and then I'm a cook,” sighed Miss Walters as she closed her eyes to visions of grand dames in silks and satins, “Once you get identified with certain types on the screen it is impossible to con- vinee a director that you can do oth- er things. “T feel like the Shakespearfan actor who yearns to play comedy and the A smile so smal! As mine might be Precisely their comedian who cherishes the hope that some day he may do a tragic role just to show that he can do I am continually haunted by gingham dresses, a high knot of hair on my head and sleeves rolled to my el- bows. Oh! Wait ‘till I get a chance to put on pretty clothes and then I'll show some of these people just what a landlady can do with a new set of scenery,” Necessity. Emily Dickinson. - for Realart. LEATAICE TOL LANOS A BRACE OL ACSRVALBICORE DURUNG-A LOCALITY Tip IO THE SOUTH SEAS : BEBE DANIELS’ MOTHER NOTHER mystery has been TELLS HOW TO SAY IT A correct way to pronounce Bebe Daniels’ name. Miss Daniels arrived in New York recently and found herself addressed in a variety of foreign and American pronuncia- tions that was bewildering. When she went over to the Long Island studio for the first time to talk over the preliminaries of her new picture, everybody took it for granted that she would permit them to address her by her first name. Miss Daniels offered no objections, but her mother decided that if the name was to be used it should be used correctly, so she offered this explanation: “We always call her ‘Bee-bee’,” said Mrs. Daniels. “Ever since she was a baby we have called her that. Just before the baby was born I had been reading one of Oulfda’s novels which was very popular at that time. ‘Two Lilie Oode 1 Shoes’ had a lovable little girl in it named Bebe and I liked the charact so much I decided that would be » good name for my baby. Her aunt, who had also been reading Ouid:. liked the name, too, So we chri::- ened her Bebe.” Movie Men Supply Tropical Foliage on Pacific Island Tropical follage being lacking on ‘ny island near enough to the Call- fornia coast to make it available for scenery in the new picture starring Thomas Meighan, “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” it was found neces- sary to supply it. Director Alfred Green chose a tiny harbor on an island not far from the coast and the property men furnished a luxuriant growth of cocoanut palms, shrubbery and small trees, In addition, there was erected a ware- house, a bungalow and thatched cot- tage. In order to maintain this scenery and to facilitate easy handling of cameras, reflectors and other prop- erties a camp was established out of Tange of the cameras, A dark room was constructed for the loading and unloading of film, Several weeks were devoted to photographing this portion of tho story with a cast included, in addi- tion to Mr. Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Theodore Roberts, Albert Rosco, June Elvidge, Eva Novak, Alec Francis, John Miltern, Laurence Wheat and John Brower. Perley Poore Sheehan and Frank Condon wrote the original story of “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” and the latter collaborated with Will M. Ritchey in preparing for the screen. MISS MINTER TO STAR IN “TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE.” The famous romance of the Cum:- berlands, “The Trail of the Lone- some Pine,” is going to be made into a Paramount picture with Mary Miles Minter as the star. Miss Min- ter is regarded as particularly suit- able for the part as she is a Southern girl. She gained her early popular- ity in plays of this kind. In fact, she appeared in another story by John Fox, Jr., “A Cumberland Romance,” Charles Maigne will di- rect, “Of course, I admit your son is ex- travyagant. But you must. make al- lowances—he's youn; “That's all right! But the more al- lowances I mako the quicker he spends ‘em.