Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1922, Page 55

'OHN ROBB, stage manager of “The Goldfish.” in which Marjorie Ram- beau is appearing. has written the lyric of a song entitled “I Loved Her, But She Moved Aw mentioned three or four times in the dialogue between Jenny -Jones (Miss Rambeau) and Jim Weatherby (Wil- fred Lytell) who, in the play, is a plugger for a music publishing firm. - Nan Halperin, whose parody im- pression of the flapper is one of the features of “Make It Snappy.” has introduced a burlesque of the female reformer, whom she describes in the program as anm “inveterate right thinker.” Naro and Zita Lockford, principal dancers in “The Rose of Stamboul,” Il return to Paris in July for a week engagement at the Follies Bergere, following which they will take the first boat back to America and resume their engagement with the Viennese operetta at the Century Theater. The trip to Parls. it {s.said, comes as a result of a contract made two vears ago. More than 225,000 people are said to have witnessed “The Rose of Stam- boul,” in which Tessa Kosta, James Barton and Marion Green are appear- ing, since it was produced at the Cen- tury Theater, New York, March 7. Cecil Lean and ring in “The Blushing Bride,” signed contracts last week with Sigmund Romberg, who composed the music, to provide a score for a musical com- edy by Mr. Lean, which they will use in_ conjunction with “The Blushing Bride” next season in_their musical repertoire theater in New York. Lee Shubert is conducting negotia- tions for the presentation of “Blos- som Time,” in London next season. The present company will be held intact for a long tour of the principal American cities following i-s New Y K engagement, and a ompany be recruited 'specially ia land for the London produc: eral leading English producers, i said, have bid for the rish:s operetta. “The Eat" reached its 750th per- formance at the Morosco Theater. New York, last Wednesday night and stili Eoing strong. Ethel Levey returns to Keith va: ville this week, having closed Easy, Mabel.” at the Longacre Thea- ter. New York, last week. as an actor-manager with the pro- duction of “A Pinch Hitter.” next J. M. Kerrigan to the cast. The Selwyns announce they have accepted an offer to present Barnmey Bernard and Alexander Carr in “Part- ners Again” at Moscow. but as this will follow the London run starting 1923, many things may happen by ime the two stars get around to it. the Joe Weber and Lew Fields have agreed to reunite for the Friars’ “roli ay. when their pook- 1 open the way for mora reminiscences from the old are Sam Bernard and William Collicr, who were in the original cast, also will be “revived” for the occa- sion. Archibald Selwyn left New York vesterday for Berlin to inspect a play by Car! Meinhard and Rudolf Ber- nauer. which the Selwyns will pro- duce here next season as “The Mys- terious Affair.” Sam H. Harris will produce a mu- , Sical comedy next season in which the Duncan sisters will be featured. “West of Pittsburgh” by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connolly, was presented last week for the first tim in ntie City. Tt may be shown in New York in the fall. Charles Dillingham will make ar- rangements to produce “Good Morn- E deaf and dumb are the best motion picture critics. So de- clares = Theodore Kosloff, ' Russian dancer and screen actor. “If I were a young screen player, just trying to get in, T would make sure that my first effort was seen and criticized by inmates of a deaf and dumb institution,” he said, “for the deaf and dumb are peculiarly sensi- tive to pantomime. The body must reflect the words or emotions of .the lips or the actor is to them a failure. ‘Tight clothes and the long reign of the speaking stage caused panto- mime to go into the discard. If the words were impressively spoken, the fact that the body was not expressive did not bother an audience seated marny feet away. And tight clothes have kept moderns from the free sweeping gestures of the Greeks Tn their flowing robes. . “Scréen players must learn panto- mime If they are to succeed. Let me illustrate. T am now playing the part A Modern *+ 4 MODERN labyrinth.” That's what imaginative visi- tors are wont to term.a busy mo- tion picture studio. For In its maze of sets, furniture, trucks, cameras and endless impedi- menta_a studio is comparable only to th® mythical labyrinth of Crete, from whose winding. passages vic- tims never escaped after-being start- ed toward the dread den of the man- eating minotaurus. There's no devouring minotaurus in a modern film plant—but there is a labyrinth. For space is valuable and to get to a gorgeous cafe set, for instance, it may be nécessary to thread one's way carefully through a masze of lights, cables and braces supporting the scene from sides and fear. Not even regular studio em- ployes ever completely learn the secret of the labyrinth. At the Lasky studio, for instance, a_door which one day led to a set of a Wallace Reid picture might the next be blocked by the rear of a Spanish patio in a Rodolph Valen- tino production. The changing studio labyrinth is A singing, dancing and musieal in “THE _FEATURE ‘FILMS Words, Words, Word EE million, eight. hundred and twenty thousand words (3,820,000) in twenty-five years. Such 1s sald to be the proli of Beulah Marle Dix, novelist, play- ' FASHION. CREATIONS OF THE In the Spotlight ing, Dearie,” in London when he ar- rives there, “The Csarina” and “Th Mouse” have closea their New York engagements, The Hotel|adapted “The Ordesl, story, ‘to the screen. Those who wonder at the cause of) ‘. such a flow of words nsed wonder no |- longer, for here is the literary output Marie Dix: Nine :stage nineteén novels and twenty- of which were W. Somerset which is played on a phonograph in the first act of the comedy. The song is also £ ou Tellegen has gone into vaude- vill: and starts th York in a one-act version of his old play, “Blind Youth.” “A Gentleman's Mothe Brown, will be placed in rehearsal this week by Sam H. Harris. “Tangerine” has ended Its long en- gagement at the Casino, New York. six photopla; a le s raduated from Radcliffe rst unlimbersd. her fountsin pen commercially, but it will be granted that as a mine of and screenable words .she .hgs been somewhat of & bonanza. . The various works.of Mi clude “The Road to- Yester: Bread of the Treshams, “Friends in_the G “The Fair Maid of Gra; Gilbert Emery has written a vaude- which will be given a try-out on the Keith circuit. The admission prices to the “Fol- will be lower than they were is_announced. chestra seats will be §1 less and other seats in the house proportionately re- known if this scale will be effective in Washington on the next visit. “Heads 1 W/ {Ross Lee Marshall, York Tuesday night, with a cast in- cluding Marie Louise Walker. Curtls Cooksey. Albert Howson, Ernest El- Edward Nye, Florence Curran and Lenore Albert. Miller will present “La Ten- Henri Bataitle's Parisian suc- for’ the first time in English, at the Columbia Theater, San Frantisco. Miller will play a leading role, with Blanche -Bates, Ruth Chatterton and Bruce McRea in the cast. 23 It is not yet ‘Sada Cowan") and-“Hidd Alice Brady Returna. PARAMOUNT will reopen. its Loig which - has.- been closed for a year, ‘with. the produc- tion of “Missing ' Milions,” in which Alice Brady will bo starred. The pro- duction of this stofy by Jack~Boyle reappearance of dy in pictures after a year's &o- e. Production will begin June. 6. bery, Paramount direc- tor, and his entire production which has just finished making. “The Man Unconquerabl : studio in_Hollywood, will be moved to New York to make this picture with Miss Brad; Vino, seenarist, the coast to make the adaptation of which is centered around the activities of Boyle's famous fic- " a comedy-drama by opens in New aFPIE 2 NS 150 e leo Mayfield, star- ! | . B. Cochran has bought the Lon- at the Lasky don rights to the “Music Box Revue, according to a cablegram from Irving which was received by Sam { H. Harris last Thursday. ran plans to make the production in time for the Christmas holidays. i1l come from Mme. Petrova will spend the three months. during which the public must remain quiet. before she resumes her tour in “The White Peacock.” in writ- ing a new play. which is said to have a theme so tremendously that it was accepted as soon as she merely announced the title. ston Blackie" and “Mary 'Y America's best detectives $2,000,000 \ from steamer .bound for alllk ‘$tins Framces Starr's frock of rose tageta, trimmed with rufing. i . Mixg Lola Willlams' sequin and metal-cloth gown. Registered Surprise. | ¥ » motion picture director wants | T an actress to register naturally the best way to get results is actually to surprise -her. i Frank Borzage. who directed " followed this princi- ble, much to Vera Gordon's disgus The story, written by Fannle Hurst, {the audlence. . deals with a family that gives up .its [character.of “village modiste' s to & |dressmaker; if you please), was kneel- ing on the floor busily engaged in turning up the hem of a frock. Her She comes upon & mod- | mouth” was 'so’’full of. pins she could hardly talk, but she managed to tell the impatient patron that skirts were John T. Murray and Vivien Oak- land, now traveling in vaudeville on the Keith circuit, will be a2 new production by Charles B. Dil- lingham next season. ered tillle might be substituted if de- Redmond wore gown with a tight bandeau bodice of gold cloth. and a ‘bouffant skirt of pansy-purple chiffon low chiffon BY ELENORE DE WITT EBY. HEN, the - cur added the last sti en' appeared in the dainty cri was of voile, simply\ m: vhich extead sash at the waist; short sl with. wide ruffies, and a double s each flounce of which -was cut in scallops. at the hem. rose coloring, however, was gspecially when she fasiened a flower of the same shade in her hair, the effect was bewitching. In the second act, Miss Starr appear- ed in the gown sketched. Tose-hued, but the material was crisp silk -taffeta, and it was enhanced by touches of silver I fichu collar, he Belasco over pale yel- veiled with white lact, and her turban was of gold. The long purple panels, which hung loose over the foundation, were ornamented with small lavender flowers framed with ribbon frilling, and the underskirt also showed rows of ribbon ruffiing circling it at the hips. was quite plajn, but straps of gold spangles supported_it, and a narrow spangled ribbon Wak tied around the Theater.last week, ) disclosed which was of especial in- to the - feminine. -element of Frances Btarr,.in the rry MeGarry ! the popular young o' juvenile of the Garrick Players, has been appointed assistant to Manager L. Stoddard Taslor, and will serve as stage manager. of that, Garry {Good Provider. Tue delicate a in addition Allan Pollock, who makes his debu(l will step into_a role whenever he finds it congenial to kedp his hand the thespian. home in a small town and & fashionable New York hotel to live. Becky Binswanger, in- spects the new suite with consider- The bodice Thursday night in New York, has added | The mother, Sara Elizabeth Farrar, who scored a success in_a small role in | riageable Mother.” is a Washington who has frequently appeared on i the amateur stage for charity. work with the Garrick Players, it is has merited a better part and Farrar will be given wider op- nities in the new productions. able interest. crn shower bath, one of the sort tnat |shoots water from all directions and adorned with any number of valves fipe: rufMing and trimming. The bodice was cut basque fashion. with a slightly round- ed_neck edged with ruffling, and diminutive sleeves. also finished with gathered in the fullness at the bodice front were edged with a narrower silk corresponding which looped ftself into appliqued me- dallions on the wide bouffant skirt. Miss Lola AVilliams, also appearing wore the gown of sequins and metal cloth which is sketched at!derlund.” Agnes Asres. mew Para- the right of the agcompanying illu Loose fBlds of opalescent sequins hung at the back and front. double row of to control the spray. The action of [longer in Paris now, ‘and that the picture calls for Mamma Bins-|couldn't have hers up to the knées. i wanger to turn on a valve, expecting ! The young lady. however, being some- | the water to come from a bove and to | what contrary, coyly ‘tried the effect ibe drenched by a stream from ‘the |by Hfting the garmentito the desired Darts which cloth, and gave the effect of a bloused |bodice and a paneled skirt. | e | slight fullness was caught up at the {OF Other of their existence. sides with large pink roses and bows of pink velvet ribbon. which trailed carelessl. them almost touching of white tulle veiled the equin panels, Mr. Borzage told Miss Gordon that the scene without turning on the water. But he fooled her, for the first time she moved the valve she was soaked. Naturally she showed the most much to the directors delight. English and the Movies LITTLE JOHNNY scoured his ears and gave his hair a brushing. that enabled him to pass the morning in- : {spection with flying colors. He: bolt- organized 2 leq his breakfast. grabbed his books and sct out for school on the run. No, mother, the mil at hand. Johnny ‘cause English study comes first thing in the morning. sought further to convince her by saying that her mother,- who wi ‘ways- beautiful .an: sistently worn black velvet with long sweeping skirts. The glirk-curtly “réjoined-that she” look like somebody- clsc's mother,” .but the . very detarmined modiste ‘terminated the argumeént by firmly sewing the hem.at & line not very many inches above the rr: next problem w: fot”. herself’ before* she-was to-have a véry speciel Al many’ Interrupt and Paid For,’ the Garrick Players. | Following that another interesting offing—Zona Gale's “Miss Lulu Bett.” preparation by atylish.ihad con- he ends of t curves of these circles to add a bit down, some of -brightness to the gown. Miss Starr wore with it a lovely evening scart complete "sui e, 2 S of “white silk net embroidered The Lions Club of Washington pro- end the Garrick Theater in a body in compliment to the lead- Miss Wanda Lyon. Lyon was the first and only woman accorded the honor of addressing the i organization. openings between the and the lustrous undefskirt of metal cloth glimmered through when a ray of light was reflected on it. A small rose placed on one schoulder corre- sponded with the larger ones at the waist, and added the final touch of One of the newest fads of fashion was illustrated at Keith's. close-fitting turbap of metal oth, wrapped around the coiffure in Hindu manner. correspond - with. the -evening gown 50 a brocaded satin or embroid to finisn sa ! States Veterans' Hos Le-jaren a Hiller. E of the~outstanding features o “The Young Painter | the remarkable fidelity of detail which ! Art Director Lejaren a Hiller ha { corporated in the production. 4 Mr. Hiller is a talented artist, hav- ing acquired his early education by delving deeply into art, first in Amer- ica, at the Chicago Art Institute and [other schools, and then in the art cen- ters of: Paris and other European “Jackie Coogan’s Genius. for Werrenrath | | ceeds from which will be devoted to recreation and athletic purposes at the hospital./AHl these men are neuro psychiatric patient of outdoor country, will do much to divert The troupe will be accompanied by a | schools having motion picture equip- ment. it is claimed, can be brightened by films such as “Vicar of Wakefield,” in “Benedict Arnold.” “King Lear” and other classics, have been collected by Prof. W. Dudley, chief of Wisconsin Univer- sity’s bureau of visual instruction. ' These pictures were, produced Selig. Essanay, Thanhauser and other old-time film companies. n tives were put through a rejuvéna. ting process at the Chicago Roth acker laboratory and new prints were Prof. Dudley, who was one of and the novelty an accompaniment e when the singer called at the Coogan ‘When he took up the cello Jackie was given his first lesson by Victor Herbert. _Paderewski and Jackie have been pals ever since the making of “The the great Polish ing’been quick to perceive the talent the tiny actor, shared honors with the silver premiere comedia cidentally, Is a large landown California, although that fact is not & instead of giving im a dancing lesson, took an hour's instruction from Jackie in * which was demonstrated to lic at large by Master Coogan in the hand-organ episode of “My And_when Ethel Barrymore e R Y eitene NG, | wae being deveioped Mr. Hiller be i came one of the world's famous art iists. Now he has taken his extraordi work, into _the motion picture, | 1 | supervising Set buildicg, furnishing, d ! lighting and photography of the new | art-masterpiece dramatizations being e With the Al | B roduced by Triart Productions. f¢-focus work in photography has been. developed by Mr. Hiller to such a point that critics have called {knows. The lack of something con- “The Beggar Maid,” Triart's first pic- ture, one of the most splendid exam- ples of cinematography ever Soft-focus -_photography tire | eliminate ~ detail their minds. home recently. is given the credit for “discovering” that Jackie Coogan was the kid who would do _to insure the success of his orable triumph, “The Kid.” Many ‘were of the opinion that Chaplin had glorified the little shaver by his own reflected brilliance, but these began to doubt their first judgment when “Peck's Bad Boy" was Teléased, and many were sure they were after viewing “My Boy.” rlie Chaplin doctor and three nurses. virtuoso hav- possessed by Deaf and Dumb Best Critics. From portrait painting Mr. Hiller turned to painting magaszine covers. His work became greatly in demand for magasine illustration. and, as the desire fof realistic illustrations was | then spreading. an ingenious thought came to the artist —he would illus- itrate magazine articles with photo- graphs instead of paintings. During- the eight of Lord Carnal in “To Have and to W asly o says widely known. 1l kill you! A player from | Mme._Paviows, the speaking stage might thunder this out with great effect, but at the same | time kceping his body and his hand out in the overworked ! the piomeer advocates of movies for gesture of pointiag with the index ! schools. has made distribution ar- { rangetnents whereby schools may bor- |row these pictures from most any ot he leading American uni es Win by a Ne;:k NE of O. Henry's bonniest mots calls attention to the fact that a man with a neck like a hoe handle generally wears a collar big enough for a Shetland pony. S ‘Were the short-story genius still alive, he ‘might easily find material for one of his literary gems in the fact that many Bf the screen’s mala neck” in. the “Trouble,” Jackle is sald to far sus- | pass his every previous performance. Very many were evidently able to foresee the truth or the junior Coo- gan would hardly number among his warm personal friends so celebrated t famous peopl ki, Victor Herbert, .Irvi ;:l"l ‘Annl Paviowa, David Warfleld, hn Phillip Sousa, Ethel Barrymore, R. H. Pflnc.-uobpn::d gi Abrl; heir apparent. to“the. throne of B t, unfl'werrennth. the Ameri- fnger. . b w, see how a pamtomimist The: body goes into the of vengeance’—the curve of a dagger sweeping to the leaping from its holster. bends_forward in the si thrust of a reptile, the four fingers curl in toward the thumb in a ges- ture of clutching. “People in possession of their nor- mal senses would feel that the second method was best when they saw it on the deaf and dumb would be certaln. For of all persons they are best fitted to judge the pan- tomimic type of acting we must have if the screen is to redch the higher places of art.” Labyrinth not the result of confusion, but rath- er ordered and careful utilization of every ineh .of space. cause the pathways for travel are restricted that tors are not welcomed in a modern For .unless one be expert in studio ways it is almost impossible | to prevent tripping over an innocent stick or wire that in one case might support a camera worth several thou- | d dollars, or in the other cut off the light from an important scene. When You're your machinery I'm all there there irn't any more. *Irvin Cobb, one of Jackie the titles for been. closely associat completion “of that amusing comedy Probably the ever had with a celebrity of the first rank was with Sousa, the B ki Sousa voluntarily taught the la wield the baton in true Sousa style and then perched him up on the stand and permitted him to lead the h dred-plece . band Only one thi been mbre completely af oart—driving the fire engine. mplexions of a pistol y the humorist, Jalso pals, having writt: "Peck’'s Bad t fun Tackie the screen. But ple of international re- ! friends, mot merely casual callers who ive drop- ped- into the studios, t h th e; who is said to.be fast m: tering the violin and the cello, played Figures: ackie’s real and avoid harsh, SHCOGAR Aenicen bringing forward the sharp lines, oc tha bav's | beauty and depth of expression in the n scene and characters. {How Carborundum Is Made ROTHACKER educational picture shows how coke, and ,a dash of salt. when subjected to & temperdture of 4.000 degrees race for popularity. s nce seldam noted virtuslly all the handsome heroes of the film have full, ‘muscular necks that bulge out over the collar. G. e {eral at Universal -City, called atten- { tion to this recently when interview- After the man had and Co What Helene Chadwick Says. And it is be- |ing an applicant. been dismissed a friend asked necessarily berg the reason for his adverse judg- Plénty of exercise, Tive regular hours.| Fahrenheit. produces carborundum, andifor the mqat part insist on eIght 1D you ever see a‘woman or’ fifteen. pounds in. the takes to step through a doorwa: _ It ‘may, sound like:a silly quéstion. |~ But ‘the jpress;agent says it h pened’ in’ motfon: Digture: ? Sometimes many diy elapse betwe the “‘outdoo! ¢ the play. produ i r - stenes may -l -’;:::p, .while the outdgor. shots may be.made many miles dway on loca- e noted ‘young star plumped up so tan hle; tinfe -she was acting the ot ;ha nd_when she arrived on n that the first “rush” showed ning the front door from the slim -and -dainty, and closing it on . the outside. an instant later, d—well, not so which Is next to.the diamond in the scale of hardners. Steel and marble would vaporize at such a tempera- ture—it is one of science’s nearcst ap- proaches to the awful heat at which worlds are born. “The Jewels of Industry the crude carborundum tured into grinding wheels from. sixty inches in_ dlameter to the dentist’s cute little torture tools. any neck,” . answered holra of refreshing sieep. 1L our vitality for our work. Fat is the greatest enemy of mo- ion °_pidture actresses. ustn't floge weight’ from worry. 14 one-actress who lost so much eighit’ from worry in & production lost her _position, nearly bfoke her heart. Seat: & very ge coffee and an .egg— ke nothing . for lunch -~ except - a salad, eat a good, generous dinner, and never let a day some form-of vigorous out-of-doors exercise, such ad hiking, swimming or is my favorite That . is all there is to it, so as I am concerned. 3 ut—and this is a —Miss Chadwick continued, “you will observe that there candy, cream, oceans of butter and bread in my diet. Neither is there eating ‘between meals.’ Yyoung woman who was visiting: ecently complained was too fat, and said she ‘1 told - her it should be have just.as good a seemed much ‘inter- ‘went to lunch ‘to- dio_cafeteria. , 1 or- tomato salad. jsente it la claimed epitomizes, the failure of many.dctors talent “to achieve - stardom. The public is the ultimate judge, and the women who attend picture thea- ters generally have the deciding vote. Statistics are said women fall in love with a man whose i This romantic pe- culiarity of the feminine’ public. is therefore aactor in the fate of males who aspire to the screen. * < even weeks, the photographing of e indoor scenes automobiles " shows how to prove. that few is manutac- ‘When you're breakfast— making motion pic- tures you may one day use the cross- a five-room apartment covering hundreds of square feet of space—and the next a single room into a convenient This is_bécause the' “be taken at:the 80 .by without nd other substantial organi- zations may obtain this movie free from the United States bureau ot mines, Washington, D. C. easily crowded Not so long 2go on Indoor Rainstorm. ISJTORS to the Lasky studio re: eently were treated to a genuine e Ten reasons given why Buster Kea- ton doesn’t smile: (2) amusement tax—no amusement | thunderstorm, a here; (3) film tax, (4) luxury tax,|under the glass roof'of tie studlio’s (5) automobile tax, (6) city tax, (7) |largest stage. while the sun in- | brightly outside. - Rain poured, lightning flashed .and. the wind blew to the order of Wil- fiam De Mille, .for his latest ‘Para-. mount picture, “Nice People.” - The producer is noted for his aver- sion to working away from the Ordinarily such sce location, but in this case Wil Mille -preferred - to- work under protection of the glass roof. - Bebe - Daniels, ‘Movie Superstition. S ANCEL the peacocks and get me some. spring e ‘arle, assistant director with the smopolitan production, “When Knighthood Was in Flower.’ The occasion was the “shooting™ of the beautiful garden party given at the court of Louis XII of France, in which Marion Da Mary Tudor, plays with the aged king and the court at- tendants. It’ had been the originai- intention jof Joseph Urban, who designed the settings, o have ' several gorgeous tting about the garden last note of realism and But such a hue and cry went up from the actors when-they found B s pule T s Droduct even nifnor- in the production that the idea had ed. Henge Carle's cry for “spring lamb: Actors have & number of pet super- and one of the choicest is that peacocks bring bad luck. First Aid in AMAtrimony' . 4 SIDE from its Glaims to popularity mystifier and a (1) Income tax, ti f no_mention o county tax, (8) studio tax, surance tax and (10):war tax, cept a director. or The_ director in this in- envied me. to . thé€ young nr.tors‘ < when T as Princes: s 3 3 :‘:I:lbm l: good “blindman’s bluff” ‘But the - dlet—with & lot ol Conrad Nagel’ and Wallace Reid were the central figu in this episode, farmhguse and the maroonin; ere by the storm. Catmp Makes Cats Act TS! of all the animals, are said be the hardest to train for th movies. One of the directors for “The Good Provider,” a new Cosmopolitar picture, had_a scene ‘that-called for Julius Bisswanger, a small-town mer- and - then bought some candy. to, he -afternoon. z then that she never. would eedad’ which - involves Dot oad ne na All Week, Beginning' Monday, May:29 “THE JAZZ-A-MANIA - ories With the Atkinson-Hasson-Mack. NIVE us good, clean storfes deal- 2% - iig with life s it exists todsy, $n'a smile and a tesr, grip your ‘ténse. "= situations; ~Trio and the.'J to be abandon erganization Speeializing in Musie. NOT NOISE. HOWARD & DENNY ¥ FRED & MAR 'BOBBY BERNARD and His uniper Jazz' Band vice, of ‘Col. Jasper as & thriller, and that.in turn led thheld. on trem- Craay Cosmscz TALMADGE'S. next, W l-rloI‘ will taken in the far east for use as local color. 'Frances Marion Is adapting the play for the screen. Richard Headrick, a remarkable 1it- tle actor, will make his next appear- ance in “White Shoulders” with Kath- erine MacDonald. He has just cele- brated his fifth birthday anniversary. “Gethsemane” is the first of a series| ot fifty-two (one-reel) pictures bring- ing the Bible These single-reel features are dis- KJ.I:uled By the Geographic Film Com- 'The Silent Voice” will be George Arliss' next starring vehicle. ‘Fools First” is Marshall Neilan's latest « production. An interesting feature of the picture is that most of the interiors were staged in origirial ettings in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Louise Huff. leading woman in “The Seventh Day,” played the ingenue role in the picturization of “Disraeli” op- posite George Arliss. She was born in the south, is married and has two children. The honorary degree of master of arts, it is said, will be conferred on Cecil B.De Mille by his alma_mate Chester, Pa., fn June. The degree was! awarded by the trustees “in recogni- tion of the producer's distinguished services in the ficid of dramatic art.” according to § osans from Presi- dent Charles E. Hyatt. *No heights are too dizzy for a Mack Sennett bathing beauty to climb. Mary Thurman, who began her mo- tion” picture carecr as a member of lthe famous bevy who mind the in- unction “not to go near the water,” will enter vaudeville. Not that Mary intends to forsake the silver sheet. Far from it. But in between times:hang she is rehearsing a one-act skit to be produced by the Keith interests. Final scenes of “Don’'t Weaken.” inj which Trene Castle is starred, were | completed last week under the super- vision of Director Alan Crosland. n't Weaken was written by| Charles K. Harris, the song writer, | especially for Mrs. Castle. It is de- seribed as a human interest drama. Clara Beranger, author of scenarios for William De Mille’s productions, has gone 1o Hollywood* to work on the adaptation of “‘Clarenc the play by Booth Tarkinton which is to be Mr. Lw Mille’s next picture. The cast will in- clude Wallace Reid., Agnes Ayres, May McAvoy and. Kathlyn Williams. To make costumes for disem- bodied Apirits from over half a mile of sitkaline a yard wide was the. job the wardrobe department at the Las- ky studio had passed to it for “Bor- mount picture directed by Paul Pow- €Il A scene in the picture, it is said. decidedly fanciful in spots, with ;orchest the whimsicality of “The Return of Peter Grim.” wherein the shadows of the departed are shown in sbme phase | station of the Wallace Reid recently dislocated a rtebra in the course of a scene in { William De Mille’s Paramount picture, ice People.” The accident occurred, it is said, when Reid attempted to move a deeply rooted boulder as part of the action in a scene with Bebe Daniels. The boulder refused budge but the vertebra did., It re- & doctor and several days' rest fo get | Reid in condition to finish the pic- |9 the Se { Cameron has appeared with his wif | since their marriage. ture. The Irene Castle Club. orgaiized a | jyear ago by Miss Mary Dandre of | ! The organiza- is publishing a souvenir booklet ! & scenes from some of Mrs. stle’s recent pictures. . #Hgpe.” . the fourth picture of the series . of two-reel Triart master- | near future. The picture is based on the immortal painting of the same name by Watts. The pendulum in literature about motion pictures is said to be swing- ing back. The positive side of the industry is now being given atten-| tion by writers. to the exclusion of | the negative side that has been ¢x-| is Girl of the Films” a tale of life in the movies, bty Rob Wagner painter. and writer. which will_ap. actors there iz one called “Pa This is his first name and his last | name. In fact, it is the only name he ventional with which to identify his family tree, however, doesn't make him any the less popular or any the less successful as a moving picture actor. . “Pal” is a well known favorite and his latest picture is “Borderlan in which he appears with Agnes Ayres. This is not “Pal's”-first appearance before the camera. He was a member of the cast of “The Whistle,” “Fool's dise,” “Rent Free, “Be My ‘Queenie,” “What No Man s" and “The Champion. “Pal” is_very young. He was born in 1916 The full details of his career came to light_when the public ity department requésted that the in- formation blanks which are sent to found invaluable the poignant ap- Introduction of dumb beaste. Quite often human movie stars have to divide honors with dog, dove, goat or tiger. stars. Many have “walked away as they say in studio parlance. “gure fire stuff” to have a close-up of a cat. dog or pig In the proper place, and directors are always looking ior a chance to put animais in their pic tures. In “Blood and Sand” Ered Niblo, the director, had no cholce, however. There just had to be a bull. Bulls are a film novelty, but inethe picturiza- it on of the Ibanes novel they provide a real kick. Dogs are most commonly used in pictures. At the Paramount west Coast studio in one day recently & “lvanhoe” NIVERSAL is making a gigantic production of Sir Walter Scott's “Ivanhoe.” Universal City, for the | purpose, has been turned into a me- dieval castle and knights in armor are no longer a mnovelty along ‘the Lankershim boulevard. The production will be a Jewel, pos- sibly a super-Jewel. Ever since Carl Laemmle sent King Baggot to Eu- rope to film this classic of English literature he has anticipated making it gver again, with-all of .the improve- llxu which the modern method of ng and modern photography to it. The B - stupendous pro- duction at the time and made fiim his: tory hoth in England and in the United States. . < 2 ~Universal has met such tremendous success with its educati -historical serials, like “Winners of the West." ‘with Stanley in Africa” *“The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.” that it has establisi ed to ity own satisia ticn'a new field not onlx for the FILMOGRAMS agner, who i= a member of fhy R e or of thirty-four stories aboui She is not going to the orient for ex- | motion pictures, as well xs the authir though some camera “shofs”|of “Film Folk.” a novel. He knowi the motion pleture business in evers picture willvbe “Bast is West.” [ b5 “Tre 010 Homestea production based upon Denman Thompson classic, in whitk Theodore Roberts will be the Joshu. Whitcomb, has been started “Uncle Tom's Cabin” Van Winkle, James Crizet the famout : Old Homeste: holds the record for the longest ru the American stag himself appeared in it for thir nally a half-hour sketeh, w. a stock actor. was suffering an attack of rhe tism in 1875. 7 t ten as a three-act play and producet in Chicago, but success until it went was perfected. presentation was at {ton Theater in 1886, Ward Lascelle will * for release by kinson Corporation. will be its star. John Roach, a young actor w peared for several went direct from the Garrick to ths pictures along with Madg: . |of the same company, is the Pennsylvania Military College, 4 role in “The Good Provider Al Christie is going 1o have his fiimg at the desert drama along and the wi | sailing for Europe recentiy he to his studio to go ahead ‘The Son of a Sheik tie recently produced travesty on the northwest police films, which caused one s themselves" the great reformation is The cast for * Constance Talmadge, Min; ank Lanning, Hop Toy: Ed ward Burns, Billy Benson: E. A. W, 0 Sang Kee, and Warner Ola Charlie Young. Jdmes Kirkwood has returned fra next piciure | “Under Two Flags.” played with Monte Blue is to play opposite M. Murray in “Broadway Rose.” in “The Orphans of Jackie Coogan is having his fir experience , with music on ! While the noted youngster has new. worked before the cameca wit known players w supporiing Jackie - were quite accuston Radio Chief O. S..Burns of the rad 3 nited Statex Navy !San Pedro. installed a long-dist: | transmission wireless instrumen: Studios for use in the interior si in Dorothy Phillips’ starrin . “Hurricane’s Gal” T | instrument is the same size as thos used on battleships. i Rose o' the Sea” Rudolph Can: - quired the services of a masseur and | €Tn Dlays opposite “the woman h he's Anila Stewart. is the only film in w Marguerite ¢ New York city, will hoid its annual | of the sweet Down to the mer Clifton p being filmed fcrd—home of Quakers. cotton m {and whale oil urtot is declared or t things imaginable »duction which pieces, is completed and rel Cummin’s sl m"l“ . s ease in's short-story novelette, “T; date will” be announced within the Cherub of the 7-Bar, b Harry Pollard will direct and the cast includes Gertrude Olm- stead, Noble Johnson, Victor Potel. Joe Harris and Special matinees will be given in all Washingto Memorial day. beginning | 2 hym.. With continuous’ performances n p.m. Weather permit ploited 5o freely. The newest SLory | the cvening. performamces of the e bills will be given in both the Savos and Apollo al fresco picture garden: e ch w which are now in full operation fur Pear in a pcpular magazine in July.! the summer A Screen Pedigree. “s the “Who's Who" of Paramount all actors and actresses be revi and brought up to date. . ‘Pal's” blank came back this wi Name (professional), same: date of birth, voung feller ti g): place of bir N arents’ names, 1916 (just a Ty feet, 3 inches; weight, St hair, brindle ag¢ : eyes, brown: stage experience Orpheum circuit; usual roles played, it “Fool's Paradise ar professional) remember them all: chi three daughters; recreations, divi: . chasing cats, eating: p manent address, 322 North Dillon, 1t There was a space reserved for “re. marks™ at the foot of the blank, hpi “Pal” doesn't make remarks. isters his emotions and makes knowe Y & super-intelh. Animal Actors in Photoplays ILM makers, it is asserted, have |dilapidated Airedale licked the greme > ng pan in a George Fity - Bernard ludh. % i | maurice picture. a S Peal, clever tricks and hair-rising | heringly knocked over furmiture amé censationalism madle possible by the|bric-a-brac in 8 chase after film kifl. “Pal” a famous canibe business of rescuing from fire a chid “Borderland,”.& new Agnes Ayre giving work to gouts men are “off of”" goatls Eternal vigilance proved the only sal vation for grease paint, hats, director's megaphones and the other impedimenta of & motion pic- They're even But propert. CripLs, stary Canaries? Every stadio has a bung' of them. Also doves, geese and othet common domestic arimals, quoite ap® from the wild menageries ordinarf]y used only by companies specializing in jungle films. Quite often human stars have : divide honors with dog, dove, Eok! and bull “stars.” n Photoplay. ing of serials. but for weasuree &1 “lvanhoe” as a Jewel picture = expected to bear the same relation s “Winners of the West™ and “Stanley in Africa” have done Jt was Mr. Laemmle's intention Ig ha ing Baggot direct “Ivanhoe’ and to that end all of the preliminary work has been done at Universal Ci It may be, however, that Baggot will be unable to fmish up “The Kentucky Derby” in time to take advantage of the cast which has been selected Universal is not willing as vet to an- nounce the personnel of the cast.