The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 1, 1923, Page 11

“ is iO - aaa ~eoprmemtanepeeremenycr eerie eee een geen: tne aetna lala ohana tenement “+ se wre apne te SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 192 { THE SBATTLE STAR Shiva ONE OF OUR VILLAGE GIRLS Stupendous Picture \| Starts Second Week Chaplin Directe His ‘Says Wage in Mirst Serious Play i Must Fall © It is the unexpected, unforeseen | happenings in life that tend to make |iiving interesting, In “A Woman ot Schenck Reports on Paris," Charles Chaplin's drama ot Cinema Salaries life, coming to the Strand theater, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame," tho massive and much heralded film production of Victor Hugo's tory masterpiece which swept in | to oversnight fame in New York will go Into Its second weele at tho Hollig theater this we | are tho unexpected happenings of| Salaries of film stars and players Fae | Nover before, it x said, has thore | 6 photoplay, showing somethi! must tumble! ay beon offered a pleture ah al and different in the motion p ‘This was the sad news brought A reprosonting #0 stupendous a cost ture, creating new and added inter 3 ‘ 4 $1,600,000-—never a film presenta Jest to thix form of the public's en-| ck by Joseph M. Schenck, leading } | tlon so exact in tx dototls, ®o ar | tertainment and recreation Independent producer and maker of tistlo in its cOneeption, so wonder {ful in the acting of ite 75‘ prinel-| pala, 200 sub-principals and in the |handling of the mob scenes in which more than 9,000 persons take | Norma and Constance Talmadge and | pected that the justly famous Charles | Buster Keaton features, on his re | Chaplin should even temporarily de-| turn from New York. vert his comedy roles for the produc-| Frenzed bidding for the services tion of the serious drama It had|of a few stars has boosted salaries beem unthought of that he would pro-|to an unwarranted high noteh, tn duce 4 photoplay in which he him-|Schenck’s opinion. The readjustment |yelf did not appear, yet these and|tho industry must go thru, he ber | more unforese happenings have | lieves, will result in the elimination come to pass and it is the unexpected |of this bidding competition and @ incidents t ear In ‘A Woman | consequent lowering of salaries, ot Paris that it one of the} Ay a result of conferences which most interesting photodramas pro-|the ‘Talmadge-Keaton producer at- duced. tended in New York, @ tacit under- Adolphe Mejou plays opposite | standing was reached whereby pro- Chaplin's one-time leading lady, with | ducers will abide by a priority rule others in the ast, including |in engaging players. Each producer Carl Miller, Lydia Kno will record notice of his negotiations | French and Clarence Jetty with players thru the Will Hays Morrissey and Malvina Polo bureau. In case of conflict with other producers seeking the services |KERRY FINDS FORMER _ | °f the samo player, the one first ap- 3 | proaching the player will have prior | STEED FOR PICTURE claim to his services, thus eliminat- Some years ago Norman Kerry, |'"8 Pdding Bs who is playing one of the featured| Schenck also predicted a rise in the rdles in George Archainbaud's pro-|Ptice of admission to pleture patrons duction adow of the East,”|4nd a concentrated effort on the | now bi at the Willlam Fox | Part of producers to reduce produc West Coast studios, Hollywood, pur- | tion costs, These are necessary to Z | |chased a riding horse. During the | !nsure the producer a fair return om With “The Hunchback of Notre % i time that Mr, Kerry owned the steed | his investment, as a result of the 4m | Dame," it is sald that “different ee : |he was used in every picture that | Present trend toward more elaborate i picture” has arrived, 1 that : st | eee Be aI ction, sald Schenk. | Marks the dawn of a new era in| Bereft of his comedy mustache, bias feet annd funny | °alled for Kerry's use of a horse and Production, sald Schenk. | “arth mado} walk, Charles Chaplin, having forsaken the ven himself, | °%2iored @ distinctive camera sense.| ‘The producer expressed the opin- jeclnema art, and ono that has mado ey § aplin, having forsaken the screen himse(s,| when engaged for the role in “The fon that the depression into which j Carl Taemmlo's slogan of “better! comes out with his first production, written and directed by| shadow of the East” and told he|the industry has slumped, and which [pad finer productions” an absolute) himgelf, at the Strand for the week. It is “The Woman of | was to use a horse, Mr. Kerry quiet-|has culminated in the closing down : | Paris,” starring Edna Purviance, and strange as it mary | eee a sleted Saas tes ypirsmngeriris bei ie ditties, Aca , Str , o | former prize and completed arrange-| versal studios, is just a tempor roe = seem, there's little comedy—no farce—in Chaplin's new ef-\ sents tor the use of the horse in the lull preparatory to a readjustment. Nations May Fight fort. but Don’t Forget Love In the first place {t was une: part Lon Chaney, one of the finest In torpreters of unpsual character roles on either stage or screen,| plays the stellar part of “Quast. | modo," the deformed bell-ringer of} Notro Dame, with Ernest Torrence | as "Clopin,” tho underworld king: | and Patsy Ruth Miller as “Exmer-| alda," | It addition to the cathedral, other historical sets include exact repro-| ductions of the Court of Miracles, | Placo du Parvis, Palace de Juntice, |interlor of the Bastille and the sev en Noble Mansions, ‘This may givé |a faint fdea of this important | screen production, Wallace Wors: Jey was tho director Among the other | tho big cast are: who plays "hoebu: | shall, as “Loula f Raymond | Hatton, as 1 di Bruller, an " | Gladys Brockwell as tho er dule." principals. in nan Kerry,| fully Mar-| M. Hull story. of the entire moving picture field. a | es) A IAVE STORY OF INCOM am PARABLE GRANDEUR AND GRIPPING ROMA) : Altho Erich von Strohelm has ‘The greatest of buman emotions,| Bech working Indefatigubly for love, Is the theme of Emory John-| tye past month cutting and non's “West 4," which| editing “Greed,” a literal screen wainieer * $ theater. | translation of Frank Norris’ he hated “a: “McTeague,” his task is still in t pean complete, Among screen folks each | more Interest has been manifest 1 its} over eed” than any other production of the year companion picture to ‘Merry Go Round.’"— Washington D, C. Post. today torn joun F ro- | tle with ite sweet great trains} - onward with automobile and express train, comes wor Doris May, once a double for Mary Pickford, is a former. Seattle girl, and has en- deared herself to millions with her expressive eyes and piquant acting on the screen. She plays “Stephanie” in Robert Chambers’ famous novel, “The Common Law,” coming to the Coliseum screen this ensuing week. It’s a classic picture with a classic cast of all the old favorites and a sprinkling of the new—Elliott Dexter, Washburn, Hobart worth, Conway Tearle—names to conjure with—are in the : fith in this play. famous story of New York's “Greenwich Village” —“THE DARING! AUDACIOUS! LARRY STI GOING “Kissing Eyes?” — Picture fans have enjoyed She Ought to Know comedies are not to| She 1 this season. V graph already has released “The htning Love,” Gown Sh Laemmce Presents VIRGINIAVALLI with MILTON SILLS in . The Magnificent Production of FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT'S Glorious Romance 1 follow -FOUNnTH STARTING SUNDAY mouth or complexion tly—make | em, vamp rgets that Really, | or ® All she to use her eyes ¢ 1 ‘em, nd v Half the thrill and ve and he © BAYS, 1 rather her A UNIVERSAL HOBART HENLEY With Is the day close at hand Corinne Griffith when the “common ~ law” | govern the mar The had thlorinda Wilda BA be i ; ‘ Bryant Washburn poy , ia Phyllis Haver airs, Elliott Dexter reigning beauty of the ’e BF 4 Conway Tearle Also world’s most magnifi- Joe’s Face Should Hobart Bosworth “Hot Sparks” cent court, desired by [ Get Him Thru Mail Ct DE ies REIS, Miss du Pont Wally Van Doris May Harry Myers all men, she concealed A Cameo Comedy and, I afiery passion for one “Fun Fr man that led her into the most thrilling struggle for love and honor ever: fought ! FELIX - THE CAT | ttc DOUGHTY, in “The Goat Getter” | Contratio The Most Beautiful Love Story of All History! 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