Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 64

“PHOTOPLAY SN'T is funny how the world positively refuses to be unanimous about anything? The thought is suggested by more opmlons'that have come crowding in about the moving picture industry in general, Will H. Hays in particular, and the garbling of well known stories in the films as a sort of side line. The late news from Hollywood which appears in The Star today touches the matter of morals and scandals affecting the film colony at Hollywood. The writer is a newsgatherer, n(?t a sensationalist, and in all probability he has hit the nail on !he.head in saying that the worldwide audience that film players have won with their pictures naturally makes them the subject of special interest e\'cryv_vherc, and news, good or bad, concerning them, together with a lot that is not news, gets abroad in the world very quickly. When the spacc-wrllcr.s iear the libel laws in pointing out a particular individual, they get their “The real truth about the film colony here,” hel | flmsefllefltg The effect by insinuation. states, “is that these 33,000 people are, on the whole, of better morals, more nicely mannered, are more widely traveled, more intelligent, have much larger incomes and are infinitely better looking than any other given groups of the same size in the country. * * * But the movie profession is damaged in the eyes oi the public by these fantastic tales, which are a compound of imagination and unverified rumor.” The re- cent clerical attack upon Will H. Hays, according to information sent The Star directly from his office, appears to be proving a roorback. Edi- torial comment, it is asserted, is generally favorable to Mr. Hays, “and incidentally got us some praise on motion picture improvement.” It is also asserted that Mr. Hays did not become director of the industry with the intention of revolutionizing it and making it acceptable to e treme reformers, but to guide it along a sane channel where it wouid give entertainment without offense to sane and normal people. “While some of the pictures shown may be questionable, the number of pictures of that class has been greatly reduce: HE Ohio board of censors objected to what was termed Pulu' Negri's “Bella Donna” its “streak of fatalism.” It the very { absence of this fatalistic note so strongly stressed in the Hicheus nove to which the critics of California, and, especial.y in and about Holly- wood, objected. Lack of unanimity also has appeared in opinions ex pressed about “Brass,” which is naving its first Washington showing at | the Rialto today. C s out west felt and boldly asserted that “the spirit” of the C.arles G. Norris novel was lost in the screen version made of it. Now comes Mr. Norris, himseli, and says--so it is reported— “The spirit of the book is all there, and what more has an author a right to ask?” Asno less a celebrity than Clark Griffith has frequently claimed, “It is mighty hard to pleasc everybody.” * k k¥ IVERSAL is to recreate for the screen two famous and picturesque historical characters, according to recent announcement. They are Daniel Boone and Fernando Cortez. There are few characters as pic- turesque as that of Daniel Boone, and very few periods throbbing with excitement, danger and historical appeal like the days just prior to the Revolutionary war. during which he played so important a part in his contact with the American Indian and the dangers of the primeval for- est. Furthermore, it is explained, this character also will enable the presentation of such historical figures as Col. George Washington, Gen. Braddock, Thomas Jetferson and James Monroe. The serial which will introduce Cortez and Montezuma to the picture world is the famous G. A. Henty novel, "By Right of Conquest.” This seems a wonderfully iuteresting ficld for moving picture drama. . * % ok % DMIRERS of Booth Tarkington’s stor Alice Adams,” are promised a rare treat in the screen production of the story, which has Flor- ence Vidor in the title role. The picture has been released recently, and. it is said, many critics have agreed that the role gives Miss Vidor the greatest opportunity of her career as a screen artist. ¥ ¥k ¥ X X\PLAINING how he came to “braunch out” and play the role of John Alden in "The Courtship of Myles Standish,” the new picture upon which he is working, Charles Ray. the screen's greatest country boy, states that he began to give serious thought to the matter when the big for- eign pictures, based upon European history, were first shown in this country. “The spirit shown” he says, foreign to American lines of thought, and many of the pictures were inferior technically to Ameri- can standards. Yet they caught the imagination of Americans and drew large patronage. After much thought I concluded that this was because they represented something more than mere entertainment. In each case they had a great underlying idea that might be summed up in the word ‘tradition.” This gave them a reality that realism often tries vainly to copy. My sister suggested ‘The Courtship of Myles Standish’ as a theme for me. That subject led me straight into an American tradition of the finest sort, for the recital of the first American love story could not be made on the screen without a much larger background, the great adventure of the Pilgrim Fathers and all that it signified.” He adds: *“I have had my heart set on just such an adventure as this for a long time, and I am getting immense satisfaction out of the prospect of giv- ing the public a picture it will remember longer than anything else I ever attempted.” in was * k% % FROM the pen of the publicity man of Associated First National Pic- tures, Inc., comes the declaration that the time has arrived in Holly: wood film-producing circles when the demand for talented players e ceeds the supply. This, he adds, is particularly true of character men. n a case cited by him it required many negotiations and a reshifting several schedules to enable Maurice Tourneur to secure a leading +haracter for “The Brass Bottle,” and then it had to be arranged so that e man secured might be able to dovetail his time to meet the require- “nts of three pictures for which he had been engaged. Those who think emselves good character men, however, had better go slow before buy- | g a ticket to Hollywood. ¥ ok kK A \ interesting bill of photoplay entertainment is being offered this week at the larger theaters. Taken as a whole the selection seems dmirable. W. X. L. Photoplays This Week AT THE PHOTOPLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK. ROPOLITAN—Charles Chaplin, in “The Pilgrim.” Opens this afternoon. RIALTO—Screen version of Charles G. Norris' “Brass afternoon. PALACE—Mabel Normand, in * Suzanna.” Opens this afternoon. COLUMBIA—Pola Negri, in “Bella Donna.” Shown this afternoon. CENTRAL—Barbara La Marr, in “Poor Men’s Wives.” Opens this afternoon. CRANDALL'S—“Dr. Jack” and “Fruits of Faith.” Shown this afternoon. LINCOLN (Colored)—Hall Caine’s “The Christian.” afternoon. ME Opens this Shown this vividness characteristic of the novel mig to ‘h‘ell ll‘r‘. and talented cast wide opportunity in histr - lr;{ul P - fonic por- lonte Blue has the feature role, and Marie Prevost, is lhg :i‘!l: tired of home and domestic ties. y: 1. Young Phillp and Marjorie Baldwin |find themselves unhappy, though | newly married. With different tem- peraments, home means different things to them, and the upshot is divorce, regardiess of their child, Then a plunge into new love adven- tures. Entanglement closel. follows entanglement as Mrs. G. finds hergelf cherishing & love for Philip which he returns, while, on the other hand, b, finds himself the object of a do:’fln- ing young husband-seeker. The end is deéveloped in a whirlwind climax. Due to the unusual length of the VMETROPOLITAN—Charles Chap- lin in “The Pilgrim Charles Chaplin. in “The Pilgri is latest production for First onal. will be the attraction at randall's Meropolitan Theater this ceek, beginnig this afternoon, with he Williamson brothers’ submarine rama, “Wonders of the Sea”; a new ssue of the Metropolitan World Sur- | ey and orchestral contributions. in “The Pilgrim” Chaplin, cast as n escaped convict, who appropriates he habiliments of 2 minister, is mia- aken for the new pastor of a vil- age church and.compelled to assume ; s duties. He chooses as his text he story of David and Goliath and ‘lescribes the detalls with such real- sm that & small boy in ome of the news applauds vogorously an ar- ie talkes a bow. Later, at the home | picture only the latest Fox News ang of the deacon, where he is to reside, [ “Fun From the Press” will be shown le is confronted by many dangerous|in addition, with an interpretative sossibilities. He circumvents a for- | orchestral acore. ner jailmate who attempts to steal —_— PALACE—Mabel Normand in “Su. he church funds, but, nevertheless. zanna.” 1s apprehended by the sheriff and led Mabel Normand, who gave to the wway, as he supposes, to Jail. but cally’ to the Mexican border, where he is shoved soross, Just then & revolution breaks out. screen the characterisation of * & In this subject, it is_emphasized, |ey." In Mark Semnire: Tataous oo Chaplin s never ‘the burlesque min- | mantic comedy. will be seen 1o oo (a7, Dut st the" e From | Srubiugion wimpee o3 et 1° Justice, _ forc sat DY thoroughly abhors. Pioture, Susanna.” another Sen “Wonders of the Sea" introduces scenes of a submarine picture that is sald to represent a miracle of mod- arn photography. There is romance and 'adventure and thrilling fights with sea monsters, with grim evi- dences of starkest tragedy. The doors will be open to the public today at 2 p.m. RIALTO0—"Brass.” “Brass,” written by Maj. Charles G. Norris and adapted to the screen on » magnificent scale by Warner Brothers. will be the offering at Moore's Risito Theater this week, Dbeginning today. g Zhe picture is said to retain all the nett fea . at Loe Pa’lwo ‘stu mimoou n. ¥ n “Suzanna” Mr. Sennett has aside the siapstick of camers fam and extravagansa to made a vivid, picturesque “and colorful romantic comedy, laid in the picturesque era when “the haughty and imperious Spanard ruled vast rancheros in Call- fornia. » Miss Normand is said to gjve a dramatic counterpart of the character of Ramona, that vague but imperish- able Indlan girl, whose history is so definitely linked with Californis of a similar ers. “Suzanna” is based on a novel by Linton Wells and was direct- ed by F. Richard Jones, under Mr. Sennett's peraonal supervision. The jtalent which has already THE SUNDAY TAR MARIE PREVOST and MONTE BLUE CHARLES CHAPLIN Metropolitan, HeLEN HOoLMEs Craudalls cast includes George Nichols. Walter | McGrail, Evelyn Sherman, and Indian | Minnie ‘and Black Hawk, two full-| blooded Indlans. | The story is that of a young girl| who, supposedly the daughter of a peon, who threatens to disrupt, with her iove for his son, the plans of a grandee to ally his son and the es-| tates of a neighboring don through marriage. Added neéma and musical attrac- i neluding an orche ul over-j will complete the program. i COLUMBIA—Pola Negri in “Bella Donna.” Pola Negri's first American photo- pla; “Bella Donna,” will be continued at Loew's Columbia Theater this week, including this afternoon. This is the picture’'s premiere showing In the east, even before its New York appearance, and it s regarded as a criterion of the success that may come to the beautiful star when the picture is released for general dis- tribution. “Bella Donna” is said to represent the apex of production effort, skill and genius. The story gives Poli Negri the widest possible opportunity for the display of that emotional made her famous throughout two continents. The cast includes Conway Tearle, Conrad Nagel and Lois Wilson. Polt Negri is seen as a beautiful widow nicknamed “Bella Donna,” ‘who marries a young engineer, goes to Egypt and falls in love with a powerful flgure in desert life who scorns her after an unsuccessful at- tempt to kill her husband. Added photoplay and musical at- tractions complete the bill. CENTRAL—Barbara La Marr in “Poor Men's Wives.” A drama of striking contrasts, with a wealth of spectacular effects and a deep note of human nature, is prom- ised in “Poor Men's Wives,” at Cran- dall”s Central Theater this week, be- ginning this afternoon. It is only this picture’s dramatic power, its thrilling interest, its magnificent beauty and its capable players that holds it for a full seven-day period at the house where two features a week is the rule, The story traces the experiments of two young models in the shop of a fashionable modiste. One leads a gay butterfly life, finally marrying an old roue of vast wealth; the other is a home builder, who weds a taxidriver and settles down to a life of service to her husband and her little ones. The butterfly, jealous of the happi- ness which has come to her former associate, plots to create the same state of mind as her own in the con- tented mother and succeeds through a trick. Gayety, lights, music, flow- ers and jewels turn the wife's head, and then follows a series of compli- cations that give climacteric force and interest to the story. Betty Francisco is cast as the but- terfly and Barbara La Marr as the drudge. “Poor Men's Wives” will be pre- sented with unusual musical and scenic effects and will be supplemen ed by a comedy, “Green as Grass’ the Kinograms and pipe organ recltals by Mr. Thompson. CRANDALL'S—“Dr. Jack” “Fruits of Faith.” Harold Lloyd, supported by Mrs. Lloyd, formerly Mildred Dav will be pictured at Crandall's Theater the first three days of this week in “Dr. Jack,” a five-reel comedy, and Will Rogers in _a comedy-drama classic, “Fruits of Faith.” Dr. Jack concern: a young heiress who is being kept hot-house plant by a quack city doctor. “Fruits of Faith" is an erlc of optimism. Short films and pipe organ accompaniment will be added attraction: ‘Wednesday and Thursday »One Mil- lion in Jewels” will be shown, with Helen Holmes and J. P. McGowan as co-stars. The action hinges on an attempted jewel smuggling and ranges from New York to Havana, thence to Key West, and finally to Miami. The surprises are numerous, The comedy will picture Charlie Mu ray in “Four Orphans.” Friday and Saturday Constance Talmadge will be seen iIn Select’s production of “Romance and Arabella,” by William Hurlbut, with Dan Tuttle's Polecat Plot.” and Rialto LeATRICE JOY Lindolw LINCOLN—Hall Caine’s “The Christian.” he Christian.” Maurice Tourneur's picturization for Goldwyn of Hall Calne’s novel. will be the attraction at the Lincoln Theater the first four days of this week, with Richard Dix and Mac Busch in the roles of John Storm and Glory Quayle. The pro- duction is sumptuous and artistic and the ucting places it among the best ilm plays of the season. Jimmie Adams grams also will The last three be shown. days of the week hall Neilan's unique farce, “Min- featuring Leatrice Joy and Matt Moore, will be shown. The story is of an ugly duckling who finally comes into her own, but only after having gone through trials that would tempt a saint. Larry Semon will be seen in “No Wedding Bell A news reel and music by Louis N. Brown will com- plete the program. American. and tomorrow, Betty Comp- Bert Lytell, in “Kick In:" George Beban. in “The Sign of the Rose:” Wednesda Wanda Hawley, in ery Woma Thurs- da: lL.ewis Stone, in “The Dangerous Age:” Friday, Jack Holt, in "Making a Man;" Saturday, “Ebb Tide." Today son and Tuesda Apollo. oday and tomorrow, Mae Murray, Jazzmania,” and Paul Parrott, in 0od Riddance;" Tuesday and Wed- nesday, Douglas MacLean, in “Bell- boy, 13;" Will Rogers, in “Fruits of Faith,” and “Fighting Blood,” No. 1; Thursday and Friday, Milton Sills and Anna Q. Nilsson, in_“Adam’s Rib,” and cartoon_ comedy, “Th Spider ~and the FIly;” ~Saturday, Johnny Walker, in he ~ Fourth Muskateer,” and “our gang,” “The Big Show.” < Avenue Grand. Today and tomorrow, Milton Sill and_Anna Q. Nilsson, in Rib," and cartoon comedy, Sweet Home:" Tuesday and Wednes- day, Mae Murray, in “Jazsmania;” and Aesop_fable, “The Sheik;” Thursday and_Friday, Douglas MacLean, in ellboy 13" and Will Rogers, in Fruits of Faith:” Saturday, Pauline Starke and Gaston Glass, 'in “The Kingdom_ Within.” and Paul Parrott, in “The Smile Wins. Carolina. Today, Laurette Taylor and Mahlon Hamilton, in ‘“Peg o' My Heart”; to- morrow, Katherine MacDonald, Bry- ant Washburn, Mitchell Lewis and June Elvidge, in “Woman Conquers"; Tuesday and Wednesday, Leatrice Joy and Matt Moore, in Marshall Neilan's “Minnie”; Thursday, Mary Miles Min- ter and Tom Moore, in “The Cowboy and the Lady”: Friday, Alice Brady, Nita Naldi and David Powell, in “Anna_Ascends”; Saturday, Wallace Reid, in “Thirty Days.” Chevy Chase. Today and tomorrow, House Peters, in “Human Hearts Aesops Fables, Fun from the Press, and International New: Tuesday and _Wednesday, Glori Swanson, in “My American ‘Wife;” Bobby Vernon, in “Choose Your Weapons,” and Rod and Gu Series, “Field and_Stream;" day, Agnes Ayers, i Dau; Luxury;” Buster Keaton, in bors,” and _International’ New day, Will Rogers, in “The Headless Horseman,” Jimmy Adams, in “Pit- ter Patter,” and “Oregon Trail"” No. §; Saturday, Zane Grey's “The U. P. Trail,” Century comedy, “Sunny Gym,” and Movie Chats. Circle. Today and tomorrow, “Minni Tuesday, Clara Kimball Young, in “Enter Madam;” Wednesday, Milton Sills, in “The Forgotten Law;” Thura- day and Friday, Gloria Swanson, in “My American Wife;" Saturday, “The Kentucky Derby.” Dumbarton. Today, Jack Holt, in “Making a Man;” tomorrow, Shirley Mason, in “Pawn Ticket No 210;" Tuesday, Betty Comp';;n s-d::!y 3‘ WD.I'I n “Kick In;" Thursday, on Davies, in “When Knighthood Was in Flow- ;» Friday, "Lights of New York:" Saturday, Buck Jones, in “Bells of San Juan” WASHINGTON \ “Hurry Up” and the Kino-! APRIL 15, NAZIMOVA: Strand Empire. | tomorrow and Tuesdav. | Marie Prevost, in “The Beautifuland | | Damned”; also, Harold Lloyd, in “He | | Leads, Others’ Follow”; Wednesday | {and Thursday, Dustin Farnum, in | “The Yosemite Trail”; also comed | Friday, Marguerite Marsh, in ' “F to Fa also comedy aturday, He bert Rawlinson, in * e Scarlet also comedy. Hippodrome. Katherine MacDonald. in | Conquers;” tomorrow, Doug- las Fairbanks, in “When the Clouds Roll By;” Tuesday, Wallace Reid and Bebe Daniels, in “Nice People;” Wed- nesday, Herbert Rawlinson, in ‘Other | Men's Shoes:” Thursday, Viola Dana, in “Love in the Dark:" Friday, James Kirkwood and Bebe Daniels, in “Pink | Gods:” =~ Saturday, “Our Mutual Friend.” Home. Today and tomorrow, Jack Holt. in “Making a Man:" Tuesday, Clara Kimball Young, in “Enter Madame;” Wednesday and Thursd: Glori; Swanson. “in “My American Wife;" | Friday, “Hoot Gib: in the “Gentle- | man_from America: | ton Sills, in the “F | and tomorro | “Oliver Twist”! Tuesday and Wednesday. Booth Tarkington's | “The Flirt”; Thursday, Milton Sills | and Florence Vidor, in “Skin Deep”; Friday. Mary Pickford, in “Little Lord Fauntleroy”: Saturday, Ralph Graves and Bessie Love, in “The Ghost Patrol”: matinee only, “Around | the World in Eighteen Days,” No. 10. | Princess. Today and tomorro: lips, in “The World's a Stage"; Tues- | day, “The Bishop of the Ozarks":| Wednesday, “Jack Holt, in “Making a | Man"; Thursday, Katherine MacDon- | ald, in “The Woman Conquers”; Fri- day, Marguerite Clark. in Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch’ day, Betty Compson, in “Kick In Raphael. Today and tomorrow, Betty Comp- son and Bert Lytell, in “Kirk In;” Tuesday, Jack Holt, in “Making a Man;" ednesday, Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, in “Toll of the Sea;” Thursday, Viola Dana, in “Crin- oline and Romance;” Friday, Gloria Swanson, in “My American’ Wife Saturday, Wallace and Noah Beery, in “Stormswept. | Savoy. i tomorrow, Dorothy Phil- Today and Anna Q. Nilsson, Mille's “Adai Rib,’ comedy, “Hard Times;” Tuesd: ‘Wednesday, Mae Murray, in mania,” and Paul Parrott, in ile Wine;" Thursday and Friday, ouglas MacLean, in “Bellboy 13;" Will_Rogers, in “Fruits of Faith,” and Lyman Howe's “Hot Shots;” Sat- urday, Pauline Starke and Gaston Glass, in “The Kingdom Within,” and and Milton _ Sills | in Cecil B. De and cartoon and azz- The son, in “My American Wife,” and Paul Parrott, in “The Smile Wins;" Tuesday and Wednesday, Leatrice Joy and Jacqueline Logan, in “Java | Head,” and novelty comedy, “Fish- ing;" Thursday, Clara Kimbali Young, in “Enter Madame,"” and Neal Burns, in “Be Yourself;" Friday, Milton Sill. in “The Forgotten Law,” and “Fight- ing Blood,” No. 1; Saturday, Douglas MacLean, in_“Bellbo; Rogers, in “Fruits o 13.” and Will Faith)” | old, 1923 — PAR'T MABEL NORMAND Palade NEXT WEEK'S PHOTOPLAYS) Rialto—"Hunting Big Game in Africa Wi Gun and Camera.” Metropolitan—"“What a Wife Learned,” Thomas H. Lnce pro- duction. Central—Milton Sills and Alice vironment.” Lincoln—Charles “The Pilgrin’ “Mad Love.” Chaplin Pola Negri in in Adaptations and Authors **] CAME prepared to curse. T came away pleased and marveling a bit. In these words Charles G. author of “Brass,” that dea with marriage and divorce, des bes his reaction before and after attending the premiere showing of the adaptation of his novel So ‘enthusiastic did he Dbecome watching his puppets live on the sil- ver screen that he wrote, in the first flush of pleasure, to Harry Rapf, the producer. Mr. Norris had made the transcontinental trip from California to New York city for the express purpose of sitting in the darkened theater auditorium and witnessing his story in film version “I reached New York,” he explains, “and the first thing I did was to go and see ‘Bra I confess I went with some trepidation. I had no idea how T should like my ‘child’ in other clothes, but I confess I was pleas- antly surprised. The spirit of the book, its reason, is there. and what more has an author a right to as! On the whole, I think vou have made ‘Brass' a big bicture and I congratu- late you. AWar Wai (OF the three little children who ap- * pear with Nazimova in her photoplay, “A Doll's House,” per- haps the most interesting is Phillippe De Lacy, four years old, who was found in a cellar in France during the world war and brought to this country by Edith De Lacy, a nurse attached to the Women's Overseas Hospital. Miss De 1 dopted the lad when he was eighteen months securing a deed of gift from the French authorities Miss De Lacy had learned that the boy's father had been killed and that his mother, with her three other chil- had ‘been victims of an_air . She kept the child in hospitals at Nancy and Rheims for about six months until he had fully recovered from his harrowing experiences, and in September, 1919, brought him home with her. Master De Lacy's appearance in “A Doll House, feature attraction at the Strand this week, is not his first in movies, the lad having ap- peared in pictures with Geraldine Farrar. Frank Donohue, Wwho assumed charge of the Strand stage last we replacing George Lowe, was formerly master electrician for the 9th strest theater. His theatrical experience embraces every branch of the profes- sion from burlesque to vaudeville. During the war, he served overseas as a member of the expeditionary forces. Norris screen ey A Modern William Tell A CLOWN who tosses the national weapon of Australia so that after meandering widely it returns and spins on the top of his painted head is an apotheosized Willlam Tell shooting the apple off his own pate, and he should know a good deal about boomerangs. And yet Pat Valdo, one of the hun- dred clowns of the great Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Balley combined shows, ‘who does the stunt, confesses himself pussled by the crooked clube. *“I don't know why the sticks come back,” sald the boomerang clown. “But it is the same thing that makes a base ball curve. The trade secret Is to throw @ curve into & boomerang in the same way that & pitcher throws a curve into a ball™ Various types of sticks fly out and return when Valdo worka. Some are the conventional sickle shapes of Au- stralia. The simplest, merely two flat, even sticks placed crosswise. With this there seems no possible element in the curved return, save the air currents induced by the. spinning. The boom erang affords not only more opportunity than a base ball sphere of being acted By the air currents, but ‘also a better chance to the wrist action for "sssential sploning i } l.flmmle Adams, In “Oh, Sister.” York. ‘Today and tomorrow, Gloria Swan- | imparting the The various courses taken by the sticks are resolvable into two ordinary methods of base ball curving, the “drop” and the “out” The “drop” is pitched overhand with the boomerang vertical to the ground and thrown high, the wrist snapping the spin into it as in base ball. With the “out” the stick leaves the hand horizontal to the ground, and is pitched with the side arm swing usual to outcurves. There is, of course, none of the melodramatic “wind-up” of base ball. Says the boomerang clown: “Throwing the boomerang {s difficult, as difficult as pitching a curve. I learned and developed the trick through sheer practice. I was a juggler and wanted new tricks. I had heard about boom- erangs and began tinkering with them.” ‘Wallace Eddinger and Mary Nash, in Walter Hackett's rollicking com- edy, “Captain Applejack,” is an- nounced by Sam H. Harris as the at- traction for the National Theater the week of April 80. on all the crook plays and pirate romances that ever were written or layed. It brings a scene to & thril- ing climax, and then, by some clever line or absurdly funny action, turns the situation into one that convulses the audlence with laughter, The play is a skit| | Latest Gossip From Hollywood. | BY NALLETT ABEND. " Special Correspondence of The Star. LOS ANGELES, April 9. (GLORIA SWANSON'S second divorce | case, charges against Bill Hart, and more or less scandalous affairs Involving Jesser lights of filmdom, have once more brought upon Holly- wood a flood of newspaper clippings from press bureaus, which show rather critical and hostile attitude on the part of a portion of the press toward motion picture people as a | class. In a smaller way there is revival of that censorious attitude which followed the lamentable Ar- buckle and Taylor cases s which afforded clever write for the spuce they sell columns of gossip ut m picture life and motion picture p The libel laws protect ind from attack, but do not protect class, and the public reads columns of untrut bout Holl does not iminate nor many it is rumo mention n because th mention name: cas sually ers do not dare to lest libel suits ensue sion is damaged | public by the ompound 1 and unverified rumor in general and I s of the manners and morals of filmdom should bear i1 mind that the 35.000 people who make up the film colony here are not a unit, either in a Social or business sen. Even in mileage the stu are scattered, it being all of twenty- five miles from the northernmost lot | to that on the southern outskirts of the city . | $ocia nd in the matter of con- duct, the cleavages in filmdom are even more distinct than they are any given city of 00 pe For one thing, these 35000 people who make up the film colony widely scattered ower Los Angeles county, and the county has a population of more than 1,250,000 people. There are mans - motion picture ple whose 1ls are not in the profession and | who are never seen at th and s popular with “mov ng the workers th nze from $ aginat The publi cafe aries r 1 writers prat denyi own where 35,000 nd it is ve found any gr. or any small will not” ineluc will not 1 dals ann e of filmdom tors and actresses are household around, and that get crop of xe, The misfort the sereen names which half the world any of ther Story of misd , news in every city and village where films are shown X G| al truth about the film colony that have | the here now is that these 35.000 peopls F the whole, of better morals cely mannered, are mor al intelligent, have much larger incomes and are infinite v better looking than any other given group of the same sige in the ;ambling, drinking, di scandals, drugs? Oh, ves! but of 35.000 anywhere, an show a group of 35,000 profession, in which thera n equal amount of gambling, g, divoreing, scandal and drug who has just finished all Neilan, in *The his been signed fo ad in the film version he Magic Skin.” mer and House Peters co-starred by B. P. Fine- 't Marry For Money," e Brown will direc “Burning W« the title of a film in which Noble Johnson will be starred by Universal. He has just completed the part of Frigay in binson Cruse Richard Thon sther Men's Money <" of “photopl sout “The Silent Accuser.” Virginia Brown “Faire has five vears with Richard Her first big Jout Bel f en als nt Maker 1om herc that the Ohio jected to what > Love 1 M Eternal Thre worr of Baly busy upon signes just the absence of ote. so strong! Hichens novel, to objected. is_ the ~ion of “Br: rris, author to ‘the pro film public 1 that the t in the film ve the author with i in which he sa book is all the has an author a rig in ties the which here nott Tetter the novel. has writte 1 the t and said now d apprec t more 108t lavish interior set eve Hollvwood is that now ouvre ballroo: adge’s “Ashes o st mor power to light a cfty © furnish the lighting costs nearly $5,000 A ent comes into th f Victor B. Fish- Fisher Productions films “are planned, th wil feature which fir ump the serially wi rar Filmograms WILLIAM DE MILLE nounes ing th of b partment to all ¢ 1 scenur ed it his “Rejection.” n years of scarching through sands of manuseripts ot sereenable tale had eve from an unsolicited manuscript. He stated that from now energies would be centralized entirely upo published works of recognized and train- d authors. Cecil B. De Mille says: T have had no more luc x brother in the perusal of amateur manu- seripis. but as yet I have not vet quite given up hope. I am giving careful at- tention to all stories submitted, wheth v solicited or unsolicited closin read ig because in been Eileen has hee: features tez and Robert Cain tory f also Marie Dix adapted the screen the play by Harold Brighouse. . president of Motion Pic- ture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., recently received from Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national di- rector of the Girl Scouts, the following letter: “It seems to me that the moving ture industry has accomplished a great achievement in _putting b the American public ‘“The Covered Wagos 3 extremely valuab a a. And in this day when of us are wondering about the s of life, I believe that an hour or two viewing courage fortitude with which cestors faced the, futur new inspiration standing of the Will H. Hay many superfi will give us a per under- alues of I Gloria Swanson’s picture in fire- works is one of the novel effects in her uext “Prodigal Daugh- ters.” The idea was worked out T contly at the west coast studio and put into effect after elaborate prep- arations with the assistance of a well | known firworks manufacturer as one of the features of a night party on| the lawn of an estate in this Sa Wood production. Beneath th works picture is the word “Swift the name of the character Mi Swanson portra: George Melford's forthcoming pic- ture. lomy Jane’ will have a strong t ~ The name of Louise Dresser is the latest to be added to the list which already includes Juo- queline Log: Maurice Flynn and William Davidson Ralph Ince has begun productio of a new picture starr Dorott Dalton. It is a French story adapted by J. Clarkson Miller from the pla; “Leah Kleschna,” by H. M. Mol Lellan. Miss Dalton will have the support of James Rennie, Alphonz Ethier and Frederick Lewis. Charles Ruggles. a formep motion picture actor, who in receRt years has been engaged in stage work, has returned to the screen and will play the light comedy role of Gaspard in “The Heart Raider,” which his brother, Wesley Ruggles, is direc with Agnes Ayres in the star role. ne, Dan Pennell, who has an import: role in “You Can't Fool Your Wife. George Melford's latest production was born in Boston and began his stage career there as a super. le was for twelve years with Henry Mil- ler as actor and stage manager and appeared in “Daddy Long Le; other successes. He also was with Otis Skinner for five years. The authenticity of settin tumes and architecture of “Suzann. Mack Sennett's new starring picture for Mabel Normand, at Loew’s Palace this week, was attested by the con- sular representatives of Spain and Mexico in this country. The story is laid in California during the time of the Spanish dons, “Poor Men's Wives,” the Gasnier special production to be seen for the first time in Washington at Crandall's Central Theater, is claimed to be one of the most pretentious pictures of the year. Barbara La Marr, star of Rex Ingram's “Trifling Women", and also a prominent figure in “Tho Prisoner of Zenda” heads the cast. In a gorgeous baliroom scene, where the poor man’s wife experiences her first glimpse of gay night life, Gas- nier employed 700 extras and enlisted 25 under directors to aid in handling the vast action. “Wonders of the son Brothers’ submarine drama, to be shown here this week, declared to be one of the most remarkable of photodramatic achievements. 1t is packed with the romance of the deep and thrills of &n unusual nature. TLulu McGrath, a local beauty, is cast in it as a diving Venus. A-new “discovery” makes his debut on the screen with Charlie Chaplin, the William- ja prominent role in When Jackie Coogan ap Tha Sl he wis si3 yedrs is gett s start four Alexander Graham B Bahama Islands, when the nsons were filming their under- ocean marvel. “Wonders of the Sea, S &S un interested specta- v of the scenes Bell, - man, former Washington stock impresario and oliceman with Pilgrim.” Mr. P tuched to the L Staff star's confidential ntative and presumably took a whirl at acting as a bit of diversion. ¢ Loew's T the Pal er will presen kL t Sunday April t Wash- he Ne'er-Do ring productio rnoen ington showings Well” the latest for Thomas Meigl based on the famous story Ly Rex Beach, in which Lila Lee appears in Mr. Meighan's support. ning next Sunday bia Theater the first Washing- ton showings of Fred Niblo's photo-" play production of “The Famou: Fair,” the adaptation of t dramat 1t flopped Five vears late he wrote uced “Blind Hu: bands. one of the Gold- wyn ace director [ effort was the Orph Eleanor Boardman comedy until she Then she in S| ng in musical strained her voice. ded the silent drama. s ying in King Vidor's “Threa Wise Fool Hobart Bosworth is a talente} painter. Although he made his popu- lar reputation on the stage, his studic, s in a remodeled stable, was the center | of Los Angeles Bohemian life. Mae Busch has been dubbed “thc burning Busch” by a writer who i spected some of her verses. She's i1 Rupert Hughes' movie story, “Sou's for Sale.” Alice Lake was one of the first «f trenches of Universal Cit; Srich von Stroheim. e :ctor and featured Go- - land in “Blind Husbands." Now Gow land will play McTeague, in “Greed a Goldwyn picture when The latter Jean Hersholt worked in the first motion picture ever made, in Cope hagen, 1903. June Mathis played slapstick par's with comed mpany for tw months. Now she is the most famous scenario writer in_motion pictures adapting “Ben Hur” to t illson’s next picture wiil oilers,” now beimg pro- duced at the Goldwyn studios. Myrtle Stedman has been cast f “Six Days’ « plcturization Elinor -~ Glyu novel. of the Claire Windsor will be seen next in “The Eternal Three. “Souls for Sale,” Rupert Hughes' picture of Hollywood life, is regarded as the photoplay with the largest number of well known actors in it. More than a score of featured players appear in the picture. Herbert Rawlinson is starting Marguerite Bryant's novel, “Richa which has been adapted by Harvey Gates for film production under the title, “Thicker Than Water.” It will be directed by King Baggot. on Within the last week Universal has added four screen writers to its biz staft at Universal City, They include Theodore Wharton, known as the father of the serial, and whose first contribution, “The Eagle's Talons,” now in product Bertram_ Mi hauser, author of “Plunder” and other serials; Joseph LeBrandt, author of several stage plays, and Tommy Grey whose specialty is writing laughs und humor for vaudeville. Special dancing instructors have § been added to the technical staff of dwin Carewe's “The Girl of the olden West." J. Warren Kercigan and Sylvia amer are learning dances of seventy years ago in order to meet the demands of the seript. s { 1