Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 57

AMUSEMENTS. Lou TELLEGEN ~ Rialto ~ BEVERLY BAVNE News and Comment By W.H. Lam{vo;gt. K.” preceding Easter Sunday, has long been recog- nized in the theater, not with the religious spirit that seems to flood the world at that time, but rather with a commer- cial prudence that tempers production and reduces the cost of entertainment. Costly amusement is withheld, and in many theaters * the lights are dimmed even to darkness, because the season seems to be the one time in the long year that humanity is disposed to set aside for meditation upon the deeper things of life and for penance for its short- eomings. Even the lurid pen of the press agent succumbs to the depres- ston. “This, however, is not the introduction to a sermon, but rather to a bit of serious contemplation of what has been happening lately in the movies. * % WILL H. HAYS, formerly Postmaster General of the United States, has become the symbol of reform in the photoplay world. Mr. Hays did not jump into the arena and grasp the photoplay industry by the throat with a demand that it clean house and behave itself. He was called to his present high and responsible position by leading producers of the country and was by them invested with authority to lead the industry out Jof the wilderness and into the promised land. Moreover, these producers have reinforced his personal efforts in every direction, sometimes when it hurt and hurt badly in a financial way, because they themselves saw that the drift which has now shifted to the stage was not a good thing for the moving picture business. From time to time Mr. Hays has pointed the way and announced measures that have been adopted to better con- ditions. It was a gigantic task and there were many obstacles requiring time and caution and a very large amount of clever discretion, but the results are clearly apparent toda * ok ok ok NOTHER conspicuous figure with an eye to the purification of the photoplay and an ardent advocate of policies that are aimed at de- veloping its fullest possibilities, both in an artistic as well as in a com- mercial sense, Carl Laemmle, president of the Universal Pictures Cor- poration, and his accession to the causc is conceded to be of telling value and importance, for Universal pictures, especially the comedies, have not always been of the type specially to commend them to a discriminating public. Be that as it may, Mr. Laemmle has lined his corporation up with others who propose to make clean pictures and to demonstrate that Wwholesomeness is not a detriment to screen drama. In a recent con- tribution to the magazine of the National Indorsers of Photoplays Mr. Laemmle declared: “Whether you call it applying the golden rule to modern business or not, I'm trying to keep the Universal clean-handed. If the golden rule is good enough for Sunday, it's good for other days. So I place it first and foremost in the list of Universal assets.” * k ok k TILL another notable help in the effort to uplift the photoplay has ar- rived in the organization founded in Indianapolis, Ind., as the National Indorsers of Photoplays. This institution, composed and directed largely, if not entirely, by good women with level heads, has chosen constructive work as its field, believing that better results will follow than from the plan of scolding or the harsher hand of the individual censor. These peo- ple are devoting much time to studying the photoplay as a civic asset as well as an entertainment. When they find a commendable picture they spread the news of its merits and endeavor to further its patronage. If they find something they do not like, their method is to prevent its repe- tition by suggestion. Among their suggestions they have advised that educational or instructive pictures be submitted first to educators to insure authenticity; that Bible pictures, especially, should be made under_the supervision of authoritative students of the Bible who have the real vision of the characters and ideals that should be shown on the screen; that the sense of humor should be cultivated in comedy, a crying n.ced of the hour, and that more good comedy drama be produced. The5e all tend to the improvement of photoplay entertainment, and the fact that the suggestions come with a constructive purpose and that good work ac- complished is encouraged, even as the bad work is pointed out, in a spirit of kindness, is certain to meet with a favorable response from producers, * k% ok IT THE SUNDAY N MEIGI'[AN ~ Two il ) Chronicles of America. Tuesday at Crandall's Ambassador Theater the fifth presentation of the Yale Chronicles of America will be given at 4 pm., doors being thrown open to the public at 3. The two pic- turized historical topics chosen for showing on this occasion will be “Peter Stuyvesant” and “Wolfe and Montcalm.” These exclusive Washington show- ings at the Ambassador are reported to have met with extraordinary re- sponse, being attended weekly by ca- pacity audiences, including ep sentatives of official, social, diplo- matic and literary circles. Visual Instruction in SC}IOD}S- HROUGH the courtesy of Managers ‘Wilson and Murray of the Rosalia and Dunbar Theaters, respectively, eighth-grade pupils of the elementary schools and pupils of the vocational and_ junior high’schools of divisions 10-13] were enabled to see “A Tale of Two Cities," during the week just closed. Motion picture lessons are being given weekly at these two theaters and at the Lincoln. The managements of the Blue Mouse, Foraker, Broadway and Flor- ida Theaters also have assisted in this work and pictures used at the theaters are used also for lessons at Mott School, that bullding having a motion picture machine in its audi- torfum. - “An Hour in Argentina” was used for the sixth grades last week, as was also a Ford Motor Co. plcture, entitled “Milk as Food,” for third and fourth grade pupils at Mott School. The total attendance at motfon plc- ture lessons for the week amounted to_more than 2,200. Visual instruction for divisions 10- 13 s in charge of Mrs. Rebecca J. Gray. is not intended to give all the credit for the effort to improve motion pictures to those mentioned here, for there are scores of others—pro- ducers, directors, actors and others—who have contributed and are con- tinually advancing earnest, honest effort toward the so-called uplift of the movies. Great reforms are not achieved in a day. It takes time and patience, and one is not disposed to grudge both, if but the sincerity and honest purpose needed for genuine reform be apparent not only in pro- testation, but in actual effort as well. A New D-cparture. 'HE Crandall-Hahn children’s car- nival, a joint merrymaking enter- STAR, WASHINGT ek AL . Dusci L & Metropolitar_s e MARY N ASTOR Tincolr Photoplays " METROPOLITAN—"Frivolous evening. COLUMBIA—"“The Way of a evening. RIALTO—Twin bill. Shown this PAL. ontraband.” Shown EARLE—"“The Dressmaker From evening TIVOLI—"Oh Dor AMBASSADOR- evening. S Sal evening. and evening. Metropolitan—“Frivolous Sal.” Beautiful natural settings filmed in Glacier National Park and an im- pressive cast are features of First Na- tional’s production of “Frivolous Sal” at Crandall's Metropolitan this week. Eugene O'Brien, Mae Bush, Ben Alex- ander, Tom Santschi, Mitchell Lewis and Mildred Harris have {mportant roles. Added attractions will include an Al St John comedy, ‘“Dynamite Doggy,” a new two-reel laughmaker; the Metropolitan World Survey and a delightful musical program by the Matropolitan Orchestra. under Danel Breeskin. “Frivolous Sal” i{s J. K. McDonald's picturization of his own story, a love tale of the old West. which concerns an orphaned girl in a Western mining camp, whose only heritage from her father is the combination saloon, dance hall and gambling resort; a stranded prise conducted by the Crandall the- * ok ok ok "T'HE photoplay is not yet out of the woods of suspicion, but close ob- 4 servers are of the opinion that it is rapidly getting there. It is quite natural that in so extensive an industry as the making of motion pictures has become there should be ignorant and unscrupulous scramblers for the money there is in it, who, to secure quick returns, will ruthlessly sacrifice anything and everything. Some of these people are rich and in- fluential. They are also very stubborn, and the difficulty has been to reach them without injuring producers who do have a sense of decency and re-! finement. Mr. Hays' organization is said to furnish 85 per cent of the photoplay production, and it contains some of.the ablest men in the in- dustry. Best of all, they seem to be united in the grim determination to save the moving picture from the mercenary and unscrupulous. There is ittle doubt that they, and 'many others like them, will find the way to do it—and the public will surely help in the good work. * K K K \’T'HL'F. during this “Holy Week,” when humanity is taking stock of ifs virtues and recalling the vices which beset it, it seems fitting that a review, even though cursor; ould be made of what has been done con- cerning the vices and virtues of the photoplay and that consideration be given to the proposed plans for the future, whereby the screen may es- cape further opprobrium and at the same time relieve itself of the blame for misleading the theater into evils with which pictures were not so long ago very familiar. Therc are those who blame the movie for the present perversion of the stage, even though the latter is far, far older and should have known better. But evil communication corrupts good manners, and it is not at all improbable that the little brother has had a hand in cor- rupting the bigger and older brother. The little one, however, seems now thoroughly disposed to reform, and the older one should follow suit, for “Holy Week” is quite as good a time for reform as the first day of the new vear, which is toos far off. Besides, such potent agencies in civiliza- 4 tion as the stage and the movie must behave themselves if poor human- ity is to perform its solemn duty of right living for the good of the world. Educ ation in Films. TENDENCY to make too hide- bound the classification of “edu- catfonal” films is deplored by Cecil B. De Mille, who has cast his lot with the independent makers of motion pleture. “In our great enthusiasm for the re- cent splendid advances of non-thea- trical pictures,” savs Mr. De Mille. “I am afraid some of us @re wont to ascribe to them all the educational virtues, forgetting the great instru tive values which, though sugar- coated with entertainment, are pres- ent in purely dramatic vehicles. “Certainly the non-theatrical film « with its microscopic pictures of in- sect life, its slow motion analysis of difficult feats of manual or pedal dex- sority, Its. medical presentations, of- fers many instructive things it is not possible to include in a film drama. “But, on the other hand, many bits of instruction can be gained in an entertaining photoplay which would be entirely ignored if the unconscious pictures show' ‘students’ were aware they were being taught. “I doubt if any printed page ever drove home the dreariness of prison life in the manner of Melghan's “The City of Silent Men’ In my own “Triumph’ I am sure thousands got & new impression of the sweep of mod- ern industry when they saw for the first time those huge batteries of al- most human machines. “Plays like ‘“Abraham Lincoln, ‘Joan the Woman' and ‘The Birth of a Na- tion’ have lent a new life and vigor to printed texts. With backgrounds on the sea, under watergjn tle air aters and the Hahn Shoe Co. to in- troduce a new chapter play, “Idaho,” in the Crandall theaters and to pro- mote juvenile interest in the Hahn Co’s “Fun Club,” is proving one of the latest entertainment devices of the local theater. The Childrén's Car- nival was celebrated March 28 at Crandall's Tivoli and Apollo_theaters and yesterday at Crandall's York. In addition to the regular photoplay and musical programs, souvenirs, candy and toys are distributed. At the Apollo last Saturday four members of the Knights of Columbus' amateur dramatic forces volunteered their services, and added still another col- orful touch to a series of speclal Sat- urday matines performances that are sald to have been overwhelming suc- cesses. Gloria's Glo'rioua Boost. \WNJADAME SANS GENE,” which has been in the making In France since last August, was shown recently to a select audience in the projection_room at the Paramount Long Island studio, and now, it is said, the entire Paramount organization ls buzzing with the wondrs of the pic- ture, G “It 18 the triumphant climax of the triurhphant career of Gloria Swan- son,” says Jesse L. Lasky. “The plaudits which were given her on her return to America will be redoubled by the American peopis when this picture 1s shown publicly. It is a new Glorla, a great Gloria, a Gloria with all the artistry, charm and power which were foreshadowed by her per- formances in “Zaza” and “The Hum- ming Bird” It {s the greatest pic- ture Gloria Swanson has ever made; it s one of the greatest pictures ever made. “I have seen Mme. Simone, Rejane and other great artists of the stage play the role of the laundress who became the Duchess of Danzjg. Gloria Swanson’s performance in this part will live with the greatest of these.” and deep underground in mines, pho- toplays made primarily for entertain- ment, providing at the same time ac- tual instructive backgrounds in so vivid a manner as to provide a most commendable though sugar-coate tie-up with the straight ‘edug film." actor from the East; the actor's small son, who beats his way West to join his daddy, and the lifelong associates of the girl of the hills—some stanch friends and some equally enthusiastic enemies. It is a melodramatic romance prolific in thrills. The ocncert overture will be Bizet's “Suite L'Arlesienne,” in three move- ments—prelude, minuetto and farandole. The theme of the interpretative orches- tral score arranged for the feature ple- ture will be “Dear Little Boy of Mine" (Ball), and the exit number, Isham Jones' “I'll See You in My Dreams.” Columbia—"The Way of a Gil’l.“ “The Way of a Girl,” a comedy- melodrama of & pampered soclety girl's insatiable thirst for thrills, will be shown at Loew's Columbia. this week, beginning this afternoon.. It is Metro-Goldwyn's adaptation of a story by Katherine Newlin Burt and was directed by Robert G. Vignola. Eleanor Boardman appears as the soclety girl ‘who, becoming vexed when her very proper flance avoids trouble at a prize fight and later at the dive they have patronized, goes on a speed spree that brings her into court, where, rather than be paroled under the supervision of her flance, she elects to go to jail. Outstanding highlights of the pro- duction are an artists' ball and a prize fight, the latter a reallstic af- fair between Floyd Johnson and Jack Herrick, two puglists. A short com- edy, “Stop, Look and Listen"; the International news reel pictures, a scenle subject and the musical pro- gram will be added attractions. Rialto—Twin Bill. The Rialto Theater will offer two feature: photoplays this week. The first will be ‘The Age of Innocence,” featuring Beverly Bayne and Elliott Dexter. The story, which is adapted from the Pulitzer prize ' novel by Edith Wharton, deals with the ex- periences of a Russian countess, who attempts to acclimate herself to the conventionalities of aristocratic New York, which seems meaningless to her European code of living. Following will be “Greater Than Marriag from the novel “Joan Thursday” by Louis Joseph Vance. Lou Tellegen and Marjorie Daw are tarred, supported by Tyrone Power, Ragmar Godowsky and Effle Shan- ‘The nturvuh ‘with the ad- NTRAL—“Two Shall Be Born." COLN (colored)—“The Great Divide.” ON, D. C, APRIL 35, 1925—PART 3. 7/ SHIRLLY This Week At the Photoplay Houses This Week al.” Shown this afternoon and sirl” Shown this afternoon and afternoon and evening. this afternoon and evening. Paris.” Shown this afternoon and ~wn this afternoon and evening. Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon and Shown this afternoon ventures of a girl who held a career more important than marriage, and was forced to choose between the two. Musical features will include songs by Miss Velmar Sutton, a young American artist, who has been ap- pearing in concert and with sym- phony orchestras on tour. She will sing ‘Lakme’ and “Berceuse From Jocelyn.” Mischa Guterson, conductor of the Rialto Orchestra, will be heard In solos, his selections including Bach-Gounod’s “Ave Marie.” The International News and other short subjects will complete the pro- gram. palacc—"Contrnba.nd." Alan Crosland’s production of Clarence Buddington Kelland's ma- gazine story, “Contraband,” with a cast that includes Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton and Ray- mond McKee, will be presented at Loew's Palace this week, beginning this afternoon. “Contraband” is a sparkling story of adventure and romance in a real American setting. It reveals the ro- mantic and successful attempt of an American college girl, who is sud- denly bequeathed a dying small-town newspaper, to make her journal suc. cessful and to expose and run down a smuggling and rum-running con- spiracy, backed by a crooked po- litical boss who has ‘previously dom- inated the newspaper's utterances through financial control of it. In- cidental to the main theme is the romance that springs up between the girl editor and an absent-minded pro- fessor who becomes her chief assist- ant. A short comedy, “Tons of Trouble"; the Pathe news reel, Topics of the Day and an orchestral overture under Thomas Joseph Gannon will be added. Earle—"The Dressmaker From Paris.” _ Leatrice Joy will be featured at the Earle Theater this week in “The Dress- maker From Paris,” a Paul Bern- Paramount production. Ernest Tor- rence, Allan Forrest, Mildred Harris and 14 international beauty models are prominent in the picture. This story of the World War has to do with a little French midinette who becomes a prominent designer. As Fifi, Leatrice Joy has her first screen role in almost a year. Tofrence plays a Scotch department store’s pro- prietor, and Forrest is the American captain with whom “the Dressmaker from Paris” falls in love. One of the high spots of the pro- duction is a gorgeous fashion review. More than 60 different gowns are shown in this scene and many style hints are given. Tivoli—"Oh, Doctor.” Reginald Denny and Mary Astor have the principal roles in Univer- sal's film versfon of Harry Leon Wil- son's story, “Oh, Doctor,” to be shown the first two days of this week at Crandall’'s Tivoli Theater. The story is a genial satire, executed in a manner that preserves all of the tang of the original Wilson wit. Mack Sennett's “The Cannonball Ex- press” and Pathe Review reels also will be shown. Tuesday and Wednes- day, Doris Kenyon, Ronald Colman, Claude Gillingwater, Alec B. cis and Alleen Pringle will be shown Fran -l. MASON~ Strand AMUSEMENTS. NOAH BEERY Dixie's Old Play to be Filmed. PLAY based on a novel that has made al the whole world |laugh has been bought by Warner Bros. as the first starring vehicle for “Syd" Chaplin. It is “The Man on the Box,” adapted for the stage by Grace Livingston Furnis from Harold Mac- Grath's story, written about 1903 and first produced on the stage by ‘alter Lawrence at the old Madison Square Theater In 1905 with Henry ¢Adonis) Dixey in the leading role Thief in Paradise,” also Bobby Ver- non in Christie’s “Great Guns' Phursday and Friday, Thomas Meig- han, supported by Lila Lee, Wallace Beery, Laurence Wheat and Frank Campeau, in “Coming Through,” a story of the Alabama mines, together with Lige Conley, in “Step Lightly, and Grantland Rice’s sportlight, “By Hook or Crook”; Saturday, “Secrets of the Night,” a mystery melodrama, featuring Madge Bellamy, James Kirkwood, Zasu Pitts and .Rosemary Theby, and as added offerings, “Wildeat Willie" and “Idaho, 3. Ambassador—"Frivolous Sal.” Eugene 0'Brien, Mae Busch, Ben Alexander, Tom Santschi, Mitchell Lewis and Mildred Harrls are mem- bers of the cast to be seen in J. K. McDonald’s production, “Frivolous Sal,” the first two days of this week at Crandall's Ambassador Theater, to- gether with Cliff Bowes in “Inside Out,” other short reels and pipe or- gan music. Tuesday @nd Wednesday, Cecil B. De Mille's film version of Wallace Irwin's “The Golden Bed,” with Rod Le Rocque, Vera Reynolds, Lillian Rich and Warner Baxter, and for comedy Charlie Chase, {n “Is Mar- riage the Bunk Thursday and Fri- day Metro-Goldwyn's production of “Cheaper to Marry,” with Lewis S. Stone, Marguerite De La Motte and Conrad Nagel, and Neal Burns, in “Sea Legs”; Saturday, “My Hus- band's Wives,” a Fox production, to- gether with a new “Crossword Puazle” reel, “Our Gang” in Hal Roach's “Dog Days,” a Grantland Rice “Sportlight,” and “Idaho,’ matinee only. Central—"Two Shall Be Whitman Bennett's production of Marie Conway Oemler's “Two Shall Be Born” will be the attraction at Crandall's Central Theater the first two days of this week, co-starring Jane Novak and Kenneth Harland, supported by Sigrid Holmgquist, also Lloyd Hamilton, in “Hooked,” and Lyman W. Howe's “Hodge-Podge'; Tuesday and Wednesday, Madge Bellamy, William _Halnes, Stuart Holmes and Alma Bennett are fe tured in “A Fool and His Money from George Barr McCutcheon's story, and for comedy the Spat Family, in “The Battle Baby"; Thursday and Friday, Willlam Vaughn Moody's “The Great Divide,” with Conway Tearle, Alice Terry, Wallace Beery and Huntly Gordon; also Cliff Bowes, in “High Hopes"”; Saturday, Patsy Ruth Miller, supported by Niles Welch, Ar- line Pretty, Shannon Day and Bert- ram Grassby, in “The Girl on the Stairs,” together with Sennett's “The Cannonball Express.” : - Lincoln—"The Great Divide “The Great Divide,” Metro-Gold- wyn's film version of the famous play by William Vaughn Moody, fpr Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin, will be shown at the Lincoln Theater the first three days of this week. Alice Terry, Conway Tearle, Huntley Gor- don and Wallace Beery have the prin- cipal roles. The story is of three bandits who capture an Eastern girl on an Arizona vanch. One buys her from the other and forces her into marriage. Then follows the problem of “The Great Divide" that separates her puritanical standards and his own. CIliff Bowes, in “The Mad Rush.” and & new issue of the Kinograms also will be screened. Wednesday and Thursday, the. Lin- coln will ofter Mary Astor, Clive Brook Ian Keith in First Na- in First Natiomal'’s~ productfon, —*A- "'fifim)_ Palace Astbassador New Russian Theater Art. co-founder aysky of the Moscov d sole director of the st Theater, a cow Art Theater Music Leonid D. Leonidoff has arriv New York to confer with Mo looking to the possibility of b this famous new Russian compas- America next season under Mr. Gest's direction. The Moscow Art Theate Studio of Viadimir Nem Dantchenko was founded and first performance in the Spr 1920. In the five vears that elapsed it is said to have grown and developed into one of t tant and most disc theatrical organizations of R Dantchenko’s dramatic said, always looked toward wha calls “the ithetic theater, which music, as well as the spoken word and the plastic body, plays a leading role. The Moscow Art Thea- ter Musical Studio not aim to compete with the great grand op. companies of the world; instead, it a superbly trained acting compa which can sing as we act in “Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch” and other Moscow Art Theater produc- tions where the crowd is the hero, th to ust | Yor n of Bakhchi- tian Fantasy pr rdu miere remiere in New pany comes to Am i never yet FILMOGRAMS MORASS” like “Nanook of the North,” is commended by t National Board of Review as a ph tographic record of real peopls in actual combat with nature—a real photoplay whose range of action is the world. “The Miracle of the Wolves” also is vouched for as a noteworthy French picture, done in the classic tradi of the French drama—a stately, cere and serious effort to dramatically one of the important f moments of French history. Emil Jannings’ characterization of Nero in “Quo Vadis” is said to be a new concept of the Roman emperor, and the picture is said to reflect mo- ments of great scenic beauty. “The Lost World" is sald to get its hold upon audiences, not with its love story, but with the monstrous and extraordinary animals discover- ed by an exploring party “in search of a lost world.” In other words, the picture is strong in “cree; Famous Players has started school for the making of motion p ture actors and actresses. Like other schools, it has its conditions and ‘terms, but it is founded on the idea that screen drama %s not differ- ent from that of the stage, and that those who aim to present’ it should know how, as well as be specially talented for that sort of profession. Next week the “Laemmle Jubilee,” which will continue to May 9, will be celebrated by the vigorous boosting of Universal pictures. Cecil B. De Mille's picture organi- zation has affiliated with the organi- zation presided over by Will H. Hays, which s not at all bad news Mrs. Wallace Reid is now about to try her hand on the divorce evil— pictorially, of course. Harry M. Warner thinks the pic- ture industry should establish big radio stations in New York, the Mid- dle West and in Los Angeles, and believes, if properly operated, they would benefit instead of injuring the movies. After making another Metro-Gold- wyn picture, Monta Bell will return to Famous Players to direct Adolphe Menjou in “The King." Gloria Swanson's *“Madame Sans Gene” may be great, but it is doubt- ful if it would pack local theaters on a 35 admission scale, which shows that New York values the pleasure of seeing things much more highly than some other cities. If reports be true, soon it may not be necessary to go to Rome to wi ness the beauties of the Vatican, even to see the Pope himself. With Elsie Ferguson as star of Victor Hugo Halperin's “The Un- known Lover,” the cast includes Frark Mayo, Mildred Harris and a newcomer, Count Gosta Morner, who is best known as the husband of Pegegy Hopkins Joyce. Adolphe Menjou is a former cadet of Culver Milltary Academy. He also took the military training course at Cornell University, from which he was graduated with a degree of mechanical engineering. During the World War he was a captain over seas. “Time the Comedian,” Kate JoF- dan’s novel, has been chosen for Robert Z. Leonard's next production. The theme is stated in the Shake- speare quotation: “Time's the king of men, for he's their parent, and he is their grave and gives them what he will, not what they crave.” _ Prince Youcca Troubotzkoy, who has been summoned to Universal portray | ’arl Laemmle, with whom he ture contract, will probably first appearance in Larry production of “My Old The nce is taking witl wardrobe made 7 is Trimble" Dutch."” mous ver City umes for signer where he {3 to Metro-Goldw mes, in design ¢ M tlets hol their distinct place, and whers in the st all were considered garish, this is “The brighter and udier the better. Mae Murray has sailed for an ex- tended vacation in Kurops follow- ing the completion of “The Merry Widow."” “Tides of Pa adaptation of B; the Garden of ( was reieased last week. This picture marks the return of Mae Marsh to the Americar screen and her first appearance as a Vitagraph star, Alec B. Francis and George Fawcet! ving important roles in Frank Borzage’s production, “The Circle,” were recently called upon to laugh for almost an hour in order to get one of the big scenes in the picture and, it is said, were exhausted and sick when the scene was finally completed William Collier, jr., as the Prodigal Son in “The Wanderer,” the biblical spectacle now being filmed at Para- mount’s West Coast Studio, is to have for the role of Tisha, Greta Nissen the Dbeautiful blonde Norwegian girl, who became famous as the dancer in the pantomime scene of the stage play, “The Beggar on Horseback.” She is only 19 years old. Vitagraph ! King’s story, Undeg the direction of William X. Howard, production has begun on “The Light of Western Stars) an- other Zane Grey story, based on the admission of Arizona and New Me: ico to the Union and the outlawr: that attended the staking out of cat- tle land. Florence Vidor will play the lead ing feminine role in Paramount's “Grounds for Divorce,” which was written by Ernest Vadja, the Hun- garian playwright, and translated by Guy Bolton. The play, a sophisticated story of modern love, took New York orm. Ina Claire created the role Miss Vidor will have. One of the interested spectators of the thrilling forest mount’s picturizatior story, “Code of the West ter Johnson, famous pitcher of the Washington base ball .team and & hero of the 1 world series. The company worked all night on loca- tion making the tremendous forest- fire scenes, and Johnson sald that the sight gave him as much of a thrill as any grueling base ball game in which he has pitched. Dan Crimmins, one time famous vaudeville headliner, will be seen as a taxi driver in John M. Stahl's pro- duction of Molnar's “Fashions for Men.” Crimmins and his wife, Rosa Gore, made up the vaudeville team of Crimmins and Gore, and, besides sev- eral foreign towns, played the Or- pheum circuit in their comedy act Vhat Are the Wild Waves Saying?" Percy Marmont and Neil Hamilton have been signed for Herbert Bre- non’s next production, “The Street of Forgotten Men.” Mary Brian, who was featured in “The Little French Gifl," is the only other member of tly cast chosen thus far.