The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1923, Page 10

| Watching the Screen BY LELAND HANNUM CABLE dispatch from London reports that the Pathe Film Co. has applied for an injunction to prevent Fox Film Corporation from exhibiting motion pictures of the Zev-Papyrus race. Pathe claims a “special privilege” in filming the famous international race at Belmont park. Securing exclusive — film ts in the United States as been previously attempt- ed in the case of champion-| ship prize fights, if memory gerves aright. Pathe’s at- ie the instance of the : pyrus event, as a pos- sible epoch-maker in the film ~ world, will be watched with interest. It ds the duty of a news reel com: to provide its patrons with qurrent features wherever it hap pens. As well expect rival news Papers to seek injunctions on bits) ‘of current news, Imagine one re porter trying to corner, by injuno tion, a “scoop” on Harting’s death, the discovery of the North Pole or! exclusive rights to pound out 4 munier story and have it printed tn only his own “sheet.” eee Filming of great modern novels ‘and a resumption of so-called “cos- tume plays" are two of the out: Standing features of the present motion picture season, We've had “If Winter Comes" and “The Virginian.” “Gentle Julia,” “Cape Cod Folks” and “The Man Next Door” have been announced, ‘and now comes the statement that “From a Swedish Homestead,” by Selma Lagerof, will soon appear on the silver screen. “From a Swed-| ish Homestead” was the sensational And much-talked-of book which won| The Nobel prize this year, It will Be screened under the title, “The Iy tho large number of 10 and 12-reel motion pictures now being) unloaded on the market an answer to public demand? Or is it a new fad of the producers? John M. Stahl, director of Louis B. Mayer productions, and several others opine that it is a crazo that is going to lead a fow to wealth many to straitened circum: stances, Certain it 1s that many of the latest “bigger and better" films shown in Seattle recently have dragged in spota—because It ts rarely possible to fill more than six reels with logically swift action which has a real and necessary bearing on the plot, And it ts just as certain that there are very fow stories which logically require more) Australian motion picture fans loyal than five or six reels to tell the story, More than a half dozen reels usually will tend to put the watch- ers to sleep instead “of watching the flickers, Historical dozen reels, pletures will stand a it has been demon: | strated, but it isn't because of In-| terest in the action but rather In- terest of the watcher in the repro- duction of architecture, charactor | studies, costuming and ancient color and customs which make It possible. The slogan, “Bigger and Better Pictures," ts all right if “bigger” is an adjective to modify “quality” instead of “quantity,” Betty Blythe is making “The Re- call,” Rex Beach's story, in its authentic locations at Monte Carlo The film will be released by Gold- wyn, \7/ ae T—$9,500!” | | | |Q. Nilsson plays “Cherry Melotte,” | | | Jack Mulhall Is New Street Sheik Jack Mulhall haa turned as phalt Arab! The handsome leading man hax been inhabiting the public dance halls, Somo of the cinema girls have been telephoning Mra, Mulhall to comfort her over Jack's cake- eating behavior, anyway, It was Just at for Constance Tal- new comedy-drama, The Goldfish," in which Jack plays the leading malo role, His part calla for a. sult of clothes fashioned for the co ment shelks and followers of the fox-trotting palaces, And Jac has been “mixing with the boys, as it were, for the correct at- mosphere, Dow't Want Noah to Die in Every Film “Stop killing Noah Boery.” ‘That's the demand of a group of to the big cinema actor, And they mean it, They are tired of secing him made the victim and killed off in every picture in which he ap- pears, Unfortunately—for the feelings of the loyal antipodeans aforemen: tioned—Beery gets an awfully real: | istic. thrashing from Milton Bills in “The Spoilers,” the filmed version of Rex Beach's Alaskan novel coming to the Colonial Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sills plays “Roy Glennister* In this unforgettable picturizations of an unforgettable story, and Anna the dance hall girl; Barbara Bed- ford Is the innocent heroine, “Helen Chester,” and the cast includes Beery as “Alex McNamari,” tho politiclan; Ford Sterling, as “Slap. jack Simms,” and Robert McKim “Struve.* Lambert Hillyer ia tho} director. Six Mules Strike During Film Work Suddenly stricken with an attack of “Kielg eyes’ the dread of every | motion picture player, six mules em | ployed in the making of “Little Old New York.” Marion Davies’ new super-special, became so balky and kicked up such a fuss that the pro duction was held up for a whole day “Little Old New York’ goes into its second week of showing at the Blue Mouse this week. Capacity houses are greeting Mins Davies’ screen’ appearance here and particular attention is being paid to the early<day Gotham story in cos tuming the girl attendants and ush on the screen. GRIFFITH CONTINUES Milton Sills. makes use of “The Saint-Hill” special, a wrestling hold credited to Ad Santel, widely known Idaho ers in frocks of the period depicted | @"4, California matman, in his thrilling and gory battle with Noah Beery in the film version of “The Spoilers” at the Colonial this week. The battle, aa described by Rex Beach and enacted by these cinema favorites, is the big sensation of the picture. “AMERICA” FILMING D. W, Griffith has returned from Virginia to his Mamaroneck atudion,, 5 after photographing scenes on 11 his- | torieal spots for hia Revolutionary | War film, “America.” KERRIGAN TO BAST Warren Ke ney rigan, who plays the in “The Man From he picturization of the | ‘The surrender of Cornwallis was|famous novel by Goorge Barr, Mc taken in Yorktown on the ground | Cute | New York |than 40 persons, whose ancestors | for several ye where it actually occurred. More heo! 3 consider visit to » his trip Ey The noted screen were present at the surrender, took | favorite hax made his home tn Holly part In the scenes. | wood for many years. PEGGY NO BABY Pesgy Cartwright, to protest that she Is not “Baby Peg. ay” | have referred to hor. An Mintress Pegry in 19 years old, who playa fn Cartwright, as several writers | other atalie Is to Retire Buster Keaton Has New Lead Now Marion Harlan, daughter of the famous Otls Harlan, ts to be Buster Keaton's new leading woman wife, hun definitely retired from the ereen, Natalie made her last ap pearance in “Hospitality,” Buster's second feature length comedy, which ut its world's premiere In Ban Fran clnco, Was acclaimed by the critles as the bent comedy of early American life ever screened, Miss Harlan will appear in Bus ter's third feature length comedy, which is now belng written by Jean Havez, Clyde Brockman and Joe Mitchell in collaboration with Buster | Keaton, | Buster's recently completed com: ody, "Honpitality,”’ will soon be shown in New York and Los Angeles, It ts a story of life in old Kentucky and young New York and the contrasts | between 1823 and 1923 are sidewplit- | ting. It was for this pioture that Buster constructed an exact dupll- cato of America's firnt railroad train, Virginia Valli in Third Big Feature | Virginia Valli, winsome favorite of | hundreds of motion picture fans—in brocades and fine satins of the days of good Queen Arme— Virginia in knee breeches, silver-buckled brogans and a gold-incrusted sword, It's hardly believable of Virginia, the modern society play actress of the sliver screen, but she does it— and “gets away” wonderfully, ac- |cording to advance notices of “A Lady of Quality," coming to the Co- |lumbla for the ensuing week, | ‘This ploturization is a superJewel | wpectacle and another costume play, | 1t is credited with being one of the neason's three biggest Universal pro- ductions, the others being “The Mer- |ry-Go-Round” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame," both of which have | been given Seattle debuts. | Virginia Valli, in Frances Hodgson | Burnett's classic novel, pictured, has nigned a long-time contract and ts the featured lead, playing opposite | Milton Sills, Miss Valli plays “Clo- rinda, Countess Dunstonwolde,” to Sills’ “Duke of Osmonde.” Others in the feature film are Ear! Foxe, Aileen Manning, Bert Roach, Natalle Talmadge Keaton, Buster's | “UNDER COVERS" SLATED ginia Vance and Cliff Bowes, as Patterson Dial, Leo White and Wil j lard Lewis, Miss Manning as “Queen Anne,” tixter of “Countess Dunstonwolde,” was cast for tho part, advance no- tices declare, from ber similarity to old woodcut likeneades of the famed English queen of 1700, GRACIOUS! IMAGINE LOU AS A PUGILIST Lou Tellegen, famous a “the great lover’ of stage and acreen, who “Lat Net Man Put ree of produc Stuart Blackton for Vita- admitted in a talk over the t he had been a prize fight Juvenile comedies, wishan legen’s classical features match that noted French hope, Goorge Carpentier, Unconfirmed have reports cast she can hardly be blamed for her| George Walsh as “Ben Hur’ and stand, If you were a beautiful young woman and your wealth of | curly blonde hair was your pride and the envy of your women friends—if you were not in financial need—and you were called upon to put a price for having your locks shorn —what would you demand? Arna Q. Nilsson, who is play-| ing “Desmond,” a woman disguised a a man, in “Ponjola,” at the Liberty this and next week, asked—and got—$9,500. Cynthia Stockley's famous novel, picturized, opened at the Taberty Thursday with a Thanksgiving matinee. FAIRBANKS The great hurricane Of joy and excitement, in ‘The Mark of Zorro —with— Marguerite De La Motte, Noub Ueery, Robert McKim, MeDowell, Wa Whitman and Charies Hill Mall AND—IT STARTS TOMORROW THE AY Winter Garden Orchestra Fox News ROTH Sings the original seat’ le ahowing at the Winter G: atre, of “The Mark of Zorro,” which In without doubt Do fa Jeo Oom deseo ome raptures over it. Was in Flower,” you went into It was, and is, a most wonderful picture, but “Little Old New York”’ is far superior. It is so far superior that even the celebrated Eastern critics are amazed! Francis X. Bushman as “Messala.” MARION DAVIES doitle Old NEW YORK (i \ THE SCREEN’S MOST BEAUTIFUL PICTURE When you saw “When Knighthood Combining early American history with love, romance and adventure, has brought before not only Amer- icans, but people of every nation, a most wonderful entertainment. An entertainment that is so clean and impressive that you will never forget it! MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BIG PICTURES—1923-24 Performances degin at 11:00, 12:56, 8:57, 4:58, 7:07, 9:16, aT os bal): ABNR ot Admission Matinees and Holiday Children | NOTE— All other cities are pay- ing $1.65 to see this sensation. We are charging only our regu- lar admission price. of No, you're wrong. Doug rawrbanke hasn't shaved off his mustache. But not so very long ago Doug, didn’t have one, It was in those days that he made his great picture, “The Mark of Zorro,” and fans will have a chance to eee him again minus the hirsute adornment when that picture comes to the Winter Garden on Sunday. Goldwyn will picturize “The The December releases of Cameo | Bandelero,” Paul Gwynne's romantic Comedies will be ‘‘Under Covers,” | melodramatic novel of. Spain. and ‘Film Foolish,’ both with Vir-| Terriss will direct it. Tom The cast has not yet been announced. The sincerity of a woman’s soul in all its nakedness— though clothed in its individuality! 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