Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 23, 1923, Page 18

PAGE EIGHT. eseteee wes wr amapers gest eatery ~ ‘The latest picture in which Anita Stewart appears 1s the Cosmopolitan production, he Love Piker,” which will be the offering. at tho America theater today and Monday This picture has an appeal that ts § bound to put it in the class of the season's most popular photoplays. 2 It is a romantic i deep heart interest a ; pathos and comedy. I clety background, but with a num. < der of slum sequences for contrast. ‘The situations are dramatic and fillea with thrills, while the settings are ornate and beautiful. Miss Stewart 1s one of the most popular of feminine screen stars Sand has many notable productions \ to her credit. She was starred by Vitagraph for 2 number of years and recently has made pictures for § Louis Mayer and for First National, “The Love Piker” is her first pic- Iture for the Cosmopolitan Pictures corporation and it is being distribut- ea by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. “The Love Piker’ ts a picturiza-| tion of a story by Frank R. Adams, one of the best-known magazine writers In the country and ist of note whose whprks have at- tracted much attention because of their realism and fidelity to life. H. Mason Hopper, who !s esteemed by many critics to be one of the acreen's ha’f-dozen ablest directors, held the megaphone for “The Love Piker.”” Mr. Hopper 1s not only a director of wide reputation but ts also a skilled craftsman in other arts—a scientist, inventor, accom- plished chef, cartoonist, actor, writer, architect and interior deco- rator. His ability to put real human nature and keon comedy on the screen was illustrated in j reel Booth ‘Tarkingtor “Edgar Comedies” which he produced for Goldwyn, and in “Brothers Under the Skin” made for the same com pany. In “Dangerous Curve Ahe: and “Hungry Hearts," also Gold wyn pictures, he demonstrated his mastery of dramatic acting on the screen. The adaptation of “The Love Piker” was made by Frances Marion who did a like service for “Humoresque,” and who ts gen- erally regarded as being in the front rank of photoplay writers. “The Love Piker” is the story of oes secu <eeeee eet tE AS AROUEIINS ERATEIT cei ne enn Zalls in love with a self-made engi- neer, whose parents emigrated to America from Holland before he was born. The love story runs smoothly until one day the boy takes his fiancee down into the | poor quarter of the town to v } i i a novel-! the two-| a snobbish, wealthy society girl who! Theatricals :-: Vaudeville “THE LOVE PIKER’ AT AMERICA ‘HOLOSS BOTH CHARM AND COMEDY : Anita Stewart Starred in Leading Role of New Offering Directed by E. Mason Hopper Presented First Times Today. |his old Dutch father who lives in a shanty, smokes a corncob plpe and is surrounded by his dog, and parrot. After meeting him the girl {s almost on the point of break- ing her engagement but finally de. cides to go through with it. How. ever, when it comes to the wedding she knows she should invite her Prospective father-in-law but hasn't the nerve. The dramatic strength of the story at this pol as the girl finally goes. through a sort of regeneration and on the day of the wedding drives down to the shanty in her limousine and make: good by bringing the poor old father to the wedding. The cast chosen for “The Love Piker” is practically all-star. There are four featured players in the support, namely, Wi'liam Non Robert Frazer, Frederick True and Arthur Hoyt, all screen arti: of distinction. The remainder of the cast Includes Carl Gerrard, Bet ty Francisco, Winston Miller, |Mayme Kelso, Robert Bolder, Cor {della Callahan and James F. Fulton j George Barnes, one of the ablest and most experienced cameramen {in the country, photographed the |scenes of this picture, Mr. Bar jhas done many notable productions for various producing Several of these tan features attendtion. craft, comes companies being Cosmopoli that attracted muct His knowledge of h his technique and mastery of lights and shades so essential tc high grede photography, place hirr in the front rank of lens artists of the screen. ——.j$.{+ WHY COLOR WORK WAS SLOW 10 APPEAR IN -OGREEN N PRODUCTIONS The reason why photos” raphy, whose perfection {s prov by the natural color film, “The T« of the Sea,” which will be shown at {the Wyoming theater Wednes: Thursday and Friday, has not been achteved before is—according to its principal inventor, Dr. Dantel Comstock—that hitherto men the job without sufficient sci training. The principle of process {s fairly simple, but its exe- cution requires a breadth of en gineering and chemical knowledge color ;GRITICS UNITE IN LAUDING i t ‘ i Set@em in the history of the mo- Yfon picture industry has a produc- tion been accorded such unstinted {praise at the hands of critics from Fcoast to coast as was “Merry-Go- Round.” the Universal-Super-Jewel, {which is booked for the Wyoming i theater here for six days starting }mext Saturday. Especially interest- +4ng was the approval of the prin- }zipals and featured members of the east and of the directorship, It proved a revelation alike to the in dustry and to the theater-goers. Some of the unusual points in con nection with this picture are: The discovery of a. new star— Mary Philbin, who only a few short years ago was a Chicago high school girl. Some one entered her in a beauty contest run by the Hearst newspapers, and when it was over she was found to be second choice. Carl Laemmle, president of the Uni versal Pictures Corporation, saw her photograph and arranged a screen test, which she passed satin factorily. ‘The dainty lttle miss was then started on a severe course of training in small parts, gradually increasing in importance until final Jy sha wow deeme Bat ring honors. Sha. began work in the “Merry. Go-Round” with the best wishes and confidence of the entire studios, but even her most sanguine admirers ‘were unprepared for the exceptional portrayal she gives in the pathetic role of a little organ grinder on the Prater, the Cone Island of Vienna. ready for 6 Days, Starting Saturday Wyoming Theatre| “MERRY-GO-ROUND” COMING TO WYOMING THEATER AT END OF WEEK In selecting the artists the cast- ing director spent many weeks in going over lists of available play: in order to get types that were » to life. For the principal male of an Austrian army of. the part of the nobility, Nor. man Kerry was selected Nine months were required for the building of the sets, rehearsals and actual shooting, and more than one thousand extras were engaged during the greater part of that period. In order that each detat! of the picture would be absolutely truo to life as {t was lived in Vienna during the festive days just preced ing the World war, Director Rupert Jullan sent a staff of specialists to that city to take photographs and obtain data on the city shown in the film, West First, Off Center cat! Che Casper Sunday Cribune (2: 9) v/ Ng At the Rialto. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and inesday—‘‘Hollywood,” with 30 screen stars and 60 screen cele- \brities. Kinogram News. | ‘Thursday and Friday— Madge | Kennedy and Monte Blue tn “The Purple High "Mermaid com- edy, “Backfire.” Pathe News. | Saturday—Starting of that | picture, “Brass.” bis At the Iris. Sunday only—"On the High as," special feature with all-star st. “The Steeple Chaser,” a Mer- maid comedy. Monday and Tuesday — Betty Compson in ‘The End of the World.” “Pardon My Glove,” Chris- tie comedy. Wednesday and Thursday—Doug- las MacLean in “A Man of Action.” “The Skipper's Sermon,” a Tooner- le comedy. Harold Lloyd in “Dutiful Dub.” Friday and Saturday—Burning * a special feature with all- cast. “A False Alarm,” a| comedy. At the America. Sunday and Monday—Anita Stew- and Our Gang comedy. Fox an Our Gang comedy. Fox Wednesday and Thurs- ‘Ashes of Topics | Tuesday, day—Norma Talmadge tn Vengeance.” Pathe News. of the Day. Friday and Saturday—"Call of the | * a Special Pathe, “Pi s."" a Pathe comedy. Fox News. | At the Wyoming. Monday and Tuesday— | in his latest produc Today, Hoot Gibson 1s to bar the dreamer from success. “The Toll of the Sea” was made by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation and is released by Metro. The story is by Frances arion, the direction by Chester M. anklin and the photographic dl-| ction by J. A. Ball. Dr. Herbert Kalmus made the process com- cially practicable. tion, “Shootin’ for Love,” also com- edy and news reel. Wednesday, —"Toll of the Sea,” the best na- tfonal colored picture ever produced, also “Fighting Blood." Starting run—"The Merry Go Round,” biggest picture of the season, HOOT GIBSON the AT WYOMING: The quality of “Shootin’ for Love,” the Universal photoplay starring Hoot Gibson, which comes to the Wyoming theater today for a three-day run, brought about the organization of a new production unit at Universal City, the Gibson- Sedgwick unit. It was during the filming of the picture under the direction of Ed- ward Sedgwick that the smoothness and artistic effectiveness of the Gibson-Sedgwick combination was mest forcibly brought to the atte: tion of Universal officials, although two of Gibson’s most popular fea- tures, “The Gentleman from Amer- |ica” and “Dead Game,” had already |been produced under Sedwick’s | direction, When ‘Shootin’ for Love” was completed, Gibson and Sedwick were told to reorganize their unit nd prepare to make only “special” tures, “Shootin’ D for Love” was written especially for Gibson by Sedgwick and Raymond L. Schrock, head of the Universal scenario department. pected et In the United Brotherhood of Painters and Paper Hangers, which has 163,000 members are included not only house painters, decorators, pap- er hangers, and ship painters, but artists who wield the scene painters brush. : : Everybody’s UM vershedy's (Theatre tine STARTING TODAY Hoot Gibson In His Latest Fast Shootin’, Rip-Roarin’, Action- Packed, Out-Door Romance Shootin’ For Love” A RIP-ROARING ROMANCE ! Everybody picked on him. He got his horse. All got their guns. Finally they got his goat. And from that moment he was a riproaring, tearing, fighting, riding, shooting demon! Did he whip ’em ? Does he STEP? You’ll say he DOES when you see this action-packed out-door romance ! Also Sport Comedy “LOTS OF NERVE” AND NEWS REEL 10ce-———— —Also— A Big Feature Picture OLUMBIA CASPER’S FAMILY THEATER STARTING TODAY ‘THE NEW INSPECTOR’ A Rip-Roaring Comedy Full of Pepper Sauce Presented by Sweet and Peck and Their Company 16 - PEOPLE - 16 8 -- SNAPPY SPECIALTIES -- 8 FEATURING THE HARMONY TRIO—NEW SONGS AND DANCES “OTHER WOMEN’S CLOTHES” Shows Today At: 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Admission 10c and 40¢ Matinee Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday Thursday and Friday | Saturday for a six-day | it News of Local Offerings :-: HOLLYWOOD PICTURED IN FILM ‘PLAY OPENING AT THE RIALTO; . HUMOR AND PATHOS IN PLOT How many men, women and child- |not, so to speak, “give their eyo |teeth’ to see behind the scenes in al motion picture studio? Their names must be legion, judg- ing from the number of applications | for admission to the studlos—which | are not granted for obvious reasons. The next best thing to actually get- ting on the inside is to use the in- side pictured on the screen. Paramount has an original The James Cruze production wood" from a story by Frank Con- don, adapted by Thomas J. Geraghty which will be the big feature at the Rialto theater today, Monday, Tues- jday and Wednesday, shows the in |ner workings and also the outer ap- | pearance of the studios. It does it in story form. die-western family which comes to Hollywood and daughter to get a job in pictures. What is a studio waiting room lke? they're not acting—between scenes at the studios? What does Hollywood Hotel, lywood Boulevard, etc., look Are they different than other hote's and boulevards? idea. Hol ren are there in America who would) “Holly-| The story of a mid-| the efforts of the] like? | Have you ever seen a bungalow court? Is it a'l that real estate boosters have claimed for it? How do directors direct? What's a lo- cation and why? A lot of these things have been seen in magazines and told about in storles accompanying illustrations— but in “Hollywood” they will be seen | for the first time in motion pictures. Fine humor, love, pathos, drarna— all are combined in “Hollywood” and everybody will be in itt Powder Fertilizer Ruins Landscape ETAPLES, France. — (United Press.)—High explosive powder 1s not useful as garden fertilizer, ac- cording to & peasant gardener living near here. Bit by bit the gardener | has stolen seventy pounds of British How do the actors act when) explosives from an army dump. The powder was buried in the gar- den. The recent French heat-wave was no respecter of gardens, and the stolen explosives were warmed along with the rest of the land- scape. be presented by the High As a tabloid it is hard to equal in the realm of funny things, and will doubtless please the audiences which attend it. The company has worked | hard on its preparation and promise | something of real merit to their | Revue company today and Monday. | “NEW INSPECTOR?” IS COLUMBIA OFFERING “The New Inspector" is the title, of the musical comedy which will|Freddie Walker will sing “After Lite | Schoo!” There will be eight specialties. and “My Telephone Girl.” Doliy Grey will sing “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.” The Har- mony Trio will present a’ group of songs that are sure to please. There | will also be other specialties. The feature picture is “Other | Women’s Clothes,’ a photoplay de- picting one of the interesting prob lems of present. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1923. Notes of Filmdom With the thermometer around 96, surrounding farm land. Two houses the powder ruined the garden, the | were cut in two and a dozen were Sete house, the houses of his|unroofed when the “fertilizer” went neighbors and a good portion of Vaiaal) off. Make provision to now. tion. 359 E. Second warmth of just the right temperature by having a radiator heating system installed Show us your plans and we'll supply a heat- ing plant that will give you great satisfac- chank Plumbing & Heating Co. Cozy Comfort in Radiator Heated Homes That new home you're building must be well heated. in the winters to come. insure steady even Phone 711 Test Jightful as the young tante. She falls before love triumphs snobbery. mance. By Frank R. Adams SHOWS AT: 1, 3, 5, Lovely Anita Stewart is de- debu- in love with pa-pa’s young assistant, and almost falls out again over It’s a merry ro- Scenario by Frances Marion Directed by E. Mason Hopper A. @smopoli Production TWO PART “THe COSMOPOLITAN) CORPORATION PRESENTS. JKER TODAY’S FOX NEWS PUTS THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES CECIL BURCHILL’S ORCHESTRA PLAYS THE PICTURES 7 AND 9 10c AND 20c FUNNY That mischievous bunch of kids that everybody loves —IN— WAR’ When Hal Roach created the “Our Gang” comics, he gave to the world the most talked of “Funny” films ever pro- duced. Out of the dozens pro- duced in this series there is yet to be one that can be classed a8 even mediocre. He has brought kid life to the screen with humor and human appeal. 10c AND 40c TODAY ONLY JACK HOLT and DOROTHY DALTON JIN “ON THE HIGH SEAS” ALSO COMEDY “THE STEEPLE CHASER”