New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 22, 1918, Page 14

EWS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN WESDAY 18 MELODRAMA D HE MET THE KAISER o | known |\a<“ the famous *At Bay, that Wil- | Scarborough author Ia and \ big war play produce. Mr. Sear- been lawyer, re- and dramatist of the Secret he was long as- who met the to do some Thomas Rhod last week, film studio. D. Rhodes. th ! who recently in He is a true and purposely ern Californi | Douglas a “I'm seriou have certified make good m That's een I with as the of is embers hich man en’s mission in Fu- cars ago has always | mystery. but it is obtained an immense mation while in Berlin had several conferences Imperial German offi- culminating in a three-hour in- with Wilhelm II Scarborough recently affiliated If with William Fox's scenario He is already credited with the rship of many important photo- but the great war drama just feted is his master-work n on to “The Lure” and “At Bay of which were the sensation of \eatrical season in New York Mr. Scarborough wrote “The of Wetona” and “What Is fle was born in Waco. started originally to be a drifted to New York and conrt stenographer and as he ex- with life. n Li the zener amount in teach you ta vour The 1 and Young Avenue tailor outfit. How many want to spen Bonds and ge banks’ stunts gai E early part of unteered his Adoo. husy work and He i 2 in the where, hands 1 reporter, s it, "I shook JLON BREAKS AN ANKLE. vard Dillon, who directed Madze n Goldwyn's “Our Little his second Game, exce inigue story, on an icy pavement his ankl Unable to tent demand for more Madge plays S froductior Pollard. and ed on time Mabel Nor rden’s fare considering h taining a seat balcony at t With a broth of rted Danger hopin the d to himself when a might her. She did into the amusement Normand in the she Gold ore o c ta another thé pl ing [PORTFOLIO OF GOWNS. e Goldwyn productions have he- notewor of the ns in apparel worn by the stars reason a portfolio is to showing Madge Kennedv, Ma- ormand, Mary Garden and Mae | wearing their be: gowns he Darger Game.” Floor ind T ner NEW Qu phe Regina world of in the Walsh New Yor prevent { catching jured recently hy because next Miss re National Butter Co., 133 Main St.. New Britain, Ct. Felix Koiodzick, 166 Broad St., C. A. Haij, 238 Main St., New Britain, Ct. H. Tertes, 887 Past 5t. New Britain, Ct. O. ]J. Selander, 89 Dwight St., New Britain, Ct. The Mohican Co., 367 Main St., New Britain, Ct. Order a pou ‘ew Britain, Ct " OFFERS DOUG-A MILLION when The boy's father is James the bank for business proposition grea acrobat how we'll arrange it more wealthy Douglas is scheduled transcontinental Liberty Lioan tour the services to Secretary who promised to SHE DROPPED STITCHES. ‘“The Floor 1ake retr varn TLEADING LADY. ole of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1918. PETROVA IN NEW FILM The Lite ! production Madanie Olge foria sed Hlutely ne several of famous Polish called upon to ties te special on Magh third Petrova’s starring ca premiere in Marcl the introdnetion o photograpnic effect the scene: hich In the artiste o through night-m mental unbaianced of a le pe condition Dur- ch er comes hazy time is murdere th and orde condi- mental I chaotic » Director otographers. hit npon heme. important is shown well in As sleep be- the force its grip takes place 3 arris TLLIE WEST most and ctive At novel e s the beginning of the scenes Madame Petrova seated in a chair placed back-ground of the set. overpower her night-mare makes on the set is thrown h the exception of the central figure of the star herself. Madame Petrova then brought slowly and cffectively directly toward the lens of the camera staring eves and ter jcken mein. Gradually the scene is thrown out of cus again and the mental aberra- on which takes place is most strik- ingly conveved by the befogzed and murky atmosphere of the picture. As the leading character slowly lapses nto normal once more. ihe same again resorted to. this time first throwing the back-ground in and out of proper focus and then cutting sharply to a close-up of Madame Petrova clearly defined in mnatura pose. Tt is believed be the first time that the camera has been put to such a novel and effective use and the resul in “The Life Mask,” are startling and impressive in extreme. The idea is regis- once upon the minds of the andience olutely without sub-titles of any sort and inasmuch as these scenes are the most imporiant in the entire production. the audience is properl ressed at the t time Another unusual and delicate piece of camera work shown In a scene of Petrova's third starring vehicle depictir death chamber. The camwra has been masked top and bot- tom. photographing just enough the picture to convey the impressi of death without showing the body. “The e Mask’” was directed T Frank Crane. producer of Goldwyn's famous masterpiece. “Tha photographed Messrs. Lane 3¢ The story has been scena- riorized by Mrs. T. Case Russel. re- sponsible for Madame Petrova's sec- iond vehicle. “The Light Within.” Tt | is scheduled for ase through the | exchanges of the First National Ex- hibitors Civenit during the month of h, number three of the productions in which will appear during vear. ging to and of the felt every object out focus w BLIC” of of your es to Doug visiting id banks latter stunt Fa: the e Pittsburgh millionaire, put four million dallars his 16-vear-old boy blue Fairbanks admirer, made the trip fo South- a so he could make to 1s, Mr. Fairbanks. ana the checks in my packet to ofter.” replied the “but you're too lit money. Tl tell you You invest thai berty Bonds and 1 will stunts as a compliment osity."” n soon completed Rhodes wired his Fifth o malke him an athleiic i ot tered ¥ famo ar was is a voung men = for Liberty course in Fair- 4 a t million a free 1 to start on his April. He recently vol M p him ve. vernment by ke interest of Ma hais,” mand attended well matinee of erseif fortunate in oh- t in the first row of the he Lexington theater er in the army. the star Below” thought that her knitting And dropped it down estra. Much the hig audience, feved the by g heing starring famous star current film MARKOVA AT S Markova's which now am Tox at B t suited talents. call it WL e second starring being made for rd's Mass., to the vounm It has just “A Heart's Re- cle is the . § Mi ar. to : 2y icu sock heen dec d to venge."” | | | | | MIX IN CUPID'S Work Mix's fi the nn. well know otop will be leading lady in George m, The Pride 1t was in an effort in the ROUND TP on Tom am Fox. thriiling - (Golden West. The pho- Quinn’s _ dress from | tgpjay has been titled “Cupid’s Round that Mr, W WEEEAELS | Joge cdward J. LeSaint and Mix A IBmselr ive stasinxilnabrodtction seen to pi elis a stoy o Dealers Sell Swift's Chas. Jedzniak, 814 Staniey St., New Britatn, Ct. Benjamin Dubowy, 57 Smalloy 5t.. New Britam Ct. E. H. Gaines, Main St., East Bertin, Ot. Robert Cole, Fmst Berlin, Ot Enterprise Provision Co., 126 Jubflec St., New Britain Ot. Wm. Cowlishaw, 439 West Main §t.. New Britain, Ot nd carton today Swift & Company U. 8. A, in: and | and | GALLS ON ACTORS T0 SELL LIBERTY BONDS Secrefary McAdoo Asks Stars to Become Salesmen Hollywood, Cal, March el looks very much as if the Hollywood film colony will have to suspend ac- tivities shortly to do even a greater bit than they have heen, and doing for their country. Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo. has called ‘upon Pickford, Bill Hart and Douglas . Fairbanks to campaign for the sale of the Third Liberty Loan, which will ! he open for subscriptions about the ! first of Apri All three have accept- ed. has dainty iittle Margueri Clark of the New York studios, and have ro adjusted their affairs that { they can devote from two to four | weeks apiece in stumping the coun- try on hehalf of this Liberty Loan. Our Mary expects to tour through the south and will probably be- | gin her onslaught for government funds in Washington. Doug will take | ! the middle west. and Bill Hart will stump around through his admirers iin the north centiral states. The three of them had a littie pow- wow at the Lasky studio several days ago and have agreed that they shall all go out for hlood and that the one twho seils the least number of bonds shall treat the other two to the best dinner procurable in southern Cali- i fornia. Bad Bill says he is going to take two gups along and if ne- cessary stick up the crowds and go through their pockets. Doug has re- quested to he allowed to spealk from a good high platform all along the line o that if necessary he can turn | a somersault into the crowd and dur- ing the excitement grab a lot of! subscriptions. Litile Mary refuses to { explain her plan of attack, hut smiles sweetly and looks wise The loss of time thi will entail pieans quite a substantial financial loss as well to each of the stars. It means that they will be de layed in making a production and that it will be practically impossible fo catch up again as each one of them is contracting to make so many ' | pictures a vear and three or four weeks of idleness makes a vast dif- ference. While th three stumping the country other stars will be ra in the neighborhood of Wallace Reid. Dorothy Bennett, Vivian Martin, and others have all agreed short tours And Wallace Reid has found a new ' job for himself. Outside of being a famous screen star and musician. he received an order from a prominent magazine recently for a series of car- toons. Reid has acquired quite a little reputation among his circle of friends as a paintér in colors, and if is only recently that he has taken up pen and ink work. Upon an eastern magazine seeing one of his efforts, they promptly gave him an assignment and therefore the midnight electric light has been brightly burning at the Reid home while Wally wrestles with Bristol board and India ink Stepping from his station as an artist to that of a fllm star, Mr. Reid also stepped into a black eye which received in the conflict staged duri the filming of a forthcominz Par mount production, in which he Is to ' star shortly. supported charming Ann Little. Wally has bheen advised ' by a score of admirers to transfer his skill with the brush to his own face and paint the eye so that the discol-. 1t1on will not noticed Flozcoe “Fatty” Arbuckle while he San Francisco decided that he < as big as any twelve men in tha ' Mne Training camp, and took on Marine push ball team against self. Of course he was defeated use if was one man azainst 12, Roscoe had a lot of fun out of it *nd Marine voted him a corking ad scout. Roscoe went up for a |} rcation bt came back to the studio | nd started on a new predustion to a little rest. Fivervone was slad te sce Fannis Ward return to Hollywood and settls iown in her beautiful home for the pring and summer. Fannie Ward ¢ her husband Jack Dean, are two rlendid hosts and their wonderful mansien is a2n ideal place for parties ie to work at the Paralta o for Pathe Sessue Hayakawa the ever-popular panese star gave a real Japanese r to some 1% or 20 of his friends at a Japanese cafe in Los he entire cafe was turned to the Hayakawa parfy and the 1er served in true Japanese style th Japanese geisha girls dancing hroughout the evening. Cecil B ‘eMille attended and announced that ' party for several wag shortly to begin 3 new production to follow o Whispering Chorus.” The next he was out on the lot, and as- {ants and underlings were flying in !l directions getting things ready for ‘hief’ in his new story which will film version of David Graham ips' book. “Old Wives for New.' promlees something even more iartling than “The Whispering horus,” if such a thing is possible ommy Meighan. who came west 1o ‘M'liss” for Mary Pickford, upon completion of that production especially ongaged by Commo- | 7. Stuart Blackton to appear in photoplay version of Mrs. Hum- : ey Ward's novel, “Missing.” Syi- | a Braemer will be the leading wom- v and the production will be direct- mes Young under Commo- | Blackion's immediate super- { are William A. Mary his ampaigning a luminaries are nurmber of cking towns the studios Dalton, Enid Louise Huff | to make he lee. hy ision . on imitated St WEARS FORTUNE N JEWELS In the pearls ring e ten-cent that d mi “price’ the the fil pedien seem real As done. Dplishec production new this most her reft pe ust that half-w Miss mot encire sented ereign dite, ornaments man splend newe super seven she als holds and Rings ! huckle: course the n wio color Madge not cause THE BEST OF PHOTOPLAYS & VAUDEVILLE TODAY — TO Be Sure You See MACISTE Ph otoplays Strong Man MMORROW 6 Reels of Comedy Drama WARD AND CURREN Yaudevi lle’s Oldest Performers ED. GINGER Some Juggler BARRY & BARRY in a Little Flirtation motion pictt of ionaire’s conventiona phisticated detail m E at ones, i might foregoing Furthermore. 1 star innovation radical Pearls second exploitation of Kate Jordan. Splendid of the trappings of “Thais.” rs in habiliments scarcely 1 though of o e t i | given Greek sensational 0 .each w New, “creates’ cording to biec and dare NDAY NIGH JACK GARDNER in “GIFT 0’GAB” personality of the Go some stars, she rays, | name would achieve | than they now than | es, even is jewels, time reads, has ng Or more moro stage, nothing tnan rom white easily estpecially immemorial g} probably from been the lure ! crook to the the in so- passes some d to an pearls 10 pear if not sto the home someone Attaches of { Fort Lee | perpetrate { Lee. one of | Grana’ other,) | caus {to be somewhat of | Katherine overheard {10 “rob” a bank | “fell” for the plot plans of the | Director the films M. i s0 alert William oS dar ey are pay h “joke” William (her now a forever Im pl spectator alw by, hoping that people will resort that will make least synthetic stars s and the: ex- from has be ecxpected the been 2ccom the field Kenean starring warning. Ja newcomers of new company a Goldwyn Is the sponsor of | conspirators carefully the star is that| Later she saw the Mary Garden. | ing a drawing of the mportant part in ;and the paper was written for the ! Where Katherine cou genuine zifts by j telephoned to Mr. called *“The | Was told to bring it t Garden, be- | the way to New ap- | the finder turned it o un- | is by in and play venicie, er Tt is Sinner Mary i matter today part she ess woms a bril the , d of Garden’s fa- own pea - Few photoplays which S : {amount of humor SLAR . baugh has crowded ropean ) Husband,” the mpetus | William made her ' . e e CeiE e Appearance P on receives a letter duly the Paris Opera. hes that his wife wi Srnuic if he does mot ings ites back tomorrow o stri = pre- her v i o n £ recognition of Fox art when the a Sl action, as . 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