The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1921, Page 3

United Artix (united Atougias Fairbanks leon Barry jeorge Be! rite de La Motte 1—Charles Chaplin, Liberty. 2—. banke, Strand, 8—Lila Lee, Coliseum. BUNDRED THOUSAND! ls ‘was spent for the ‘alone for “The Three Mus. ws Douglas Fairbank's latest Saag venicle, which is now show: | tp crowded houses at the Strand é < ck spent months pre- | the scenario. ‘Art experts to design sets that would | aat'ga closely as posisble the @f the original story. shade bi crags, a shock of hair forever uncombed, cheeks gullied by he experiences of an active life, shoulders heavy as tho with a bur- of ages—Fawcett appears as the ‘beaten crest of a mountain, A growl in his throat—and poetry i i a i i if | Wins Fame as Character Actor | ments at the studio you may see him strolling about the studio muttering some such line. He ia the Trouper Incarnate. He walked from the front door of the University of Virginia, diploma in hand, to the stage door of a theatre. Before long he supported the elder Salvini, Italian tragedian, He trampea@ the boatds of this country and England. Not until 19 did great recognition come to him. That was in London in “The Great John Danton,” after successful ap- pearances as Big Bill in “The Squaw Man.” Now Fawcett ts recognized as one of the foremost character actors of -| the screen. He has portrayed men William Russell hag started “The Roof Tree.” eee Larry Semon ts a sound sleeper. He uses two alarm clocks. oe A one-reel sport review will be fesued every other week by Goid- wyn. ee Shirley Mason is now working on hem | “Little Aliens.” Gaston Glass will be her leading man. | j . Ethel Kay will have the leading : le in “Hungry Hearts,” to be di- ithe Coliseum for the coming |... He # Lee plays this role, and |"°"*" °Y © Meson Zoppen. tle actress has a chance a omises us that rea! tie talent. Cecil DeMille pr there will be no bathroom scene in “Saturday Night,” his next produc- ‘tion. eee Patsy Ruth Miller plays opposite Cullen Landis in “The City Feller.” eee James Kirkwood goes to London to play the title role in “The Man From Home,” directed by George Fitzmaurice. has @verything his own Western feature, Off.” Mix falls in love with 11, outwits the villain and & whole routine of dare on the aide. Off” is the featured picture " taal Program at the Colonial Richard Barthelmess’ next picture will be based on a story by Porter Emerson Browne, author of “The Bad Man” and “A Fool There was.” cee Mrs. Raymond Hatton Is to play an important part in ‘The Sign of the Jack o’ Lantern,” directed by Lioyd Ingraham. POPULAR PLAYERS IN GLORIA SWANSON FILM "ys James Neill and Mrs. Neill (Edith and Thomas Sant-| Chapman) are back on the Lasky lot ‘of the screen's favorites, on the new program at the is featured in his lat- Be Done,” a story & combine of tood ed have been gouging en = Mmall American city. ve Matring vehicle is “The 48 which h Both are appearing in “The sence. of which Husband's Trademark,” Sam Wood is directing. The entire cast {9 notable and includes besides Holmes, Lucien Littlefield, Richard Wayne, Charles Ogle and Clarence Burton, at Hollywood after two years’ ab} the star and those mentioned, Stuart | of every race seen on stage or screen. His last big was es the crusty Scotchman In “Sentimental Tommy." His next will be as Du- quesnois in “Peter Ibbetson.” rm Pretty Betty Blythe, who will be seen in the title role of “The Queen of Sheba,’ the big spectacular William Fox offering, which will be the at- traction at the Blue Mouse theatre, starting Saturday, October 15th. DOROTHY DALTON Dorothy Dalton has gone to Call- @ Gloria Swanson is the star and which | fortia where she will work at the Lasky mudio in George Melford's next production for Paramount, ‘Mo- ran of the Lady Letty,” from the novel by Frank Norris. Miss Dalton and Rudolph Valentino will be fea tured in the leading roles. THE SEATTLE STAR |EXPERT FENCERS IN FAIRBANKS FILM) Four of the world's most expert | fencers take part in nearly every one lof the principal due scenes int Dougias Fairbanks’ great film ver: | son of “The Three Musketeers.” One is Professor H. J, Utenof, formerly | the world’s champion; another is| Count Luminere, for years ua fencing | instructor in the French army, and} & third i Emile Woltz, an instructor | in this country. The fourth is, of course, Douglas Fairbanks himself. | for #0 apt a student has he been that his instructors nays he is almost as | good as they are. | JACKIE COOGAN IN “MY BOY”! “My Roy,” Jackie Coogan's new picture, is in its ninth week of production. According to Victor Heerman, his | director, several more weeks will bs required to complete the feature. | Those who have had the pleasure of | sitting in the little dark projection room at Jackie's Hollywood studio, j it with only the highest praise the little chap’s work, y Boy” will ontirely foradey in production to “Peck's Bad Bo: and will give Jackie an abundance vf opportunity to display his many talents. VICTOR HERBERT LEADS MOVIE ORCHESTRA| There ave few of the great writers | are not connected with the mo in some way, the most prominent exception being George Bernard Shaw. of the day wh David Warfield is the most promt: | nent of the stage stars who have not been Mured by the screen play, Great painters and illustrators in creasing their incomes by working for or as movie directors are legion. Now the names of famous must clans are connected with the movies, ‘Tho latest is Victor Herbert. He is Koing to lead the orchestra at the} Strand, a New York movie house. GENIUS dvertiving gen f a Washing ton barb: a his wares. He bought the rights to the ceiling and then pasted a poster advertis ing his latest movie smash directly over each chair. The helpless indi vidual getting a shave either has to read the ad or go to sleep, Dwight Crittenden has been confined to his bed for the past fow days, suffering with a bad siege of grivpe, which, luckily, camo bet 7 tures. ‘Thomas H. Ince is doing WALLACE REID IN “THE CHAMPION” | Wallace Reid will next do “Tha/ Champion,” under the direction of Chester Withey, who has just been #creen by J. E. Nash, from the three- fact comedy. by Thomas Louden and | A. E. Thomas, in which Grant Mitch- ell recently scored a stage success on Reid has finished “Rent Free,” which he has been making for Para- mount at Hollywood, under the direc- | tion of Howard Higgin. Lila Lee was Reid's leading woman fn this comedy-drama, acenarized by Elmer | Rice from the story by Isola Forreat- i and Mann Page. NATURE FILM PRODUCED Raymond Ditmare, curtaor of the |New York Bronx Zoo, i# a scenario | writer now. He hag conceived a pic- | ture called “The Four Seasons.” | showing birds and animals and fish |—as well as flowers and trees—as they appear from spring to winter, , I i 2 } | Pan—Viola Dana’s newest picture jis “Life's Darn Funny.” Bhe plays | the part of a French violinist. | oyster played opposite Wallace Reid “The Valley of the Giants.” | had several years experience on the stage. Her address is 7216 Frank- | lin ave., Hollywood, Cal. Frivolity—-Dorothy Davenport is the wife of Wallace Reid, She was | well known on the en before her marriage. Marjorie Day was born in Colorado Springs in 1902. Pauline Curley does not tell her age. Dor- othy Devore was the maid In “Forty- five Minutes From Broadway.” She has brown hair and eyes, “A Fallen Idol” some years ago. She fs not on the st@ge or screen at present. She is the proprietor of @ tea shop in New York City. Eileen—The last picture in which Dorothy Phillips was seen was “Men, Women, Marriage.” The name of her new picture has not been announced. She te» married and has one child. Din—Yes, “Ben Hur’ ts filmed very soon, Marshall Noflan chose Wesley Barry from a group of youngsters playing on the street You will soon see him in “Penrod.” ELLIOTT DEXTER NOW IN LONDON Fliiott Dexter and Dorothy Cum- ming, Paramount players, have ar- rived in England to appear in some of the productions to be made at the London studio of Paramount British Producers, Ltd. Miss Cumming, who was seen in support of Mae Murray in the George Fitamtaurice produc- tion, “Idols of Clay,” and’ recently completed work in Sam Woods's spe- {esa all-star production, “Don't Tell Everything,” at the Lasky studio, has been specially engaged to appear in productions made by Mr. Fitz maurice on the other side, Bay~ Grace Darmond | in Bho | Jack K—Evelyn Nesbit played in| to be) j “BLIND HEARTS” A picturesque drama of the North and the Arctic Sea a Tips to Censors Because of the recent agitation against censorship, Herbert Rawi- inson, the peppy Universal star, has outlined bis ideas of what should be barred from the screen. They are as follows: No killing—Exerts a ‘bad influ- ence on old and young. No intense loving—-Might lead to killing thru jealousy. No embracing—Might lead to an intense love scene. No kissing—Might kad to an embrace No shaking hands—Might lead to a kins. F No smiling—Might call for a handshake, No--oh! What's the use? Might as well have no picture! and it be sald to give one of his best oles since “The Miracle Man.” Billie Burke announces that she has permanently forsaken the screen for the stage, Anna Q. Nilsson has an ambition ha. of Ibsen's famous roles. |“DISRAELI” TO BE |; SHOWN FOR HARDING A especial Washington dispatch to w York Times says that ar- a have been made ra showing of George Arliss’ film )ro- | duction of “Disraeli,” before Preni- dent Harding, in the White House. The president always has been a | close student of Disraeli, the states. man, and ha# alporbed readily all | matter pertaining to his remarkable career as @ leader of English thought. ABOUT ARLISS Doris Kenyon has been engaged as |leading woman for George Arliss in his next production, “Idle Hands.” | Arliss is contemplating the produc- tion of “Richelieu” after he com- pletes that picture. After his screen version of “Disraeli” it is difficult to pleture other actor so weill-fitted to bring “Richelieu” to the. screen. Earle Williams completes “Lucky Carson.” C'mon you golfers. and learn way to hit Chaplin’s a pill. _ C’mon you thirsty and learn to. mix a. cocktail— when cocktail... find the C’mon you fashion plates “§; a) s and get Styles a- I le and “Fall” Styles a-la-road. C’mon Everybody C'mon QUICK! JENSEN- VON HERBERG WEEK OCTOBER 8-14 IN HIS LATEST COMEDY IDLE THE CLASS” MALOTTE on the WURLITZER featuring “Tropical Moonlight”—popular song . SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT Al Newman, the Player-Roll Pianist, and Bruce MacDougall, Banjo Artist les Welch, Blue Mouse. $8—Mary Carr, Winter Garden, 4—Earl Williams, Rex, 5—Clyde Fillmore and Marie Prevost, Clemmer. 6—Tom Miz, Colonial. 7—Douglas Fatw Noted Author as Producer Those who look forward to seeing | Rex Beach's film of his own novel, “The Iron Trail,” will be interested in learning that this author wrote his first Gramatic production to get “grub money” when he went broke in Nome, Alaska, during the first gold rush. This was in 1897, and there were two so-called vaudeville houses in Nome, One had rounded up all the actors, so the other wasn't _ doing so well, Rex Beach, in two hours, worked up a violent melo- drama, furnished the cast, and soon had it put on before a big crowd of his friends, After the show Beach left the box-office with a bag full of gold dust. NAZIMOVA Nazimova has contracted for the release of her future productions thru United Artists, distributors for Pickford, Fairbanks and Griffith. Nazimova has selected Oscar Wilde's “Salome” as the companion picture to Ibsen’s “A Doll House” in her first repertoire program. Wonder who gets up the titles for Selznick pictures? “Love Is an Aw ful Thing” is Owen Moore's next. That's awfully sickening. Golf jokes are enacted by Gaylord Lioyd in “A Zero Hero.” Charles Chaplin LIBERTY NEWS Features Seattle Day at the Western Washington Fair Football game between Whitman and U. of W. will be on the screen