The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1923, Page 10

4 ie > the finished film is flashed on the) /Sereen, harmony of coloring and! _ John Jacob Astor and Cornelius “He pointed out that mo Tries Art on Screen De Mille Working on| Theories If motion pictures are “ploture they should be painted as carefully AS an oil and canvas ploture, "That is tho declaration of William de Mille, who recently engaged Wil | fred Buckland in the role of super} ising artist for future do Mille pre-} @uotions for Paramount, the first | being “Don’t Call It Love.” | Mr, de Millo believes that when} y Important, y a highly @ramatic scene lost its value because A Swinging bird cage or a fluttering curtain in tho background distracted Tho attention of the auilience from tho center of interest. De Mille is working out with Buck. Yand a new school of art direction | that will do away with Inharmontous settings, The advance {is demon. strated, ft is sald, in “Don't Call It Taye," in which Agnes Ayres, Jack Holt, Nita Naldi, Rod La Bocqua| ‘Theodore Kosloff and Robert Kdeson aro featured players, Clara Beranger Adapted the story from’ Julian Street's novel, Rita Coventry. Marion Decides to Stay Another Week Held for another week at the Blue ‘Mouse theater, Marion Daytes’ pres- entation of “Little Old New York” Dids fair to set’ an unprecedented Fecord In attendance and interest of Screen fans in Seattle. This picture, laid in the time of Robert Fulton’s notable completion | ‘ef the Clermont and the days of | ‘Vanderbilt, abounts In action, with a Strong love theme ag an added ut. fraction. | Lon Chaney Film SHE’S LEAVING SU { NDAY soem ecANaN NNER / THE SEATTLE STAR Heilig to “| Be “Dark’’ ‘The Call of the Wild’ Coming Next Pending completion of the $50,000 in improvements begun when the }house was opened last June, the |Hellig theater will close Sunday | night for five days, following a phe no nally successful engagement of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame," it ls announced, On Saturday, December 2%, the Third ave, house, completely reno: | vated and re-entublinhed an the coat. |iewt theater on the Pacific coast, {will again swing open its doors and offer Jack London's celebrated dog story, “The Call of the Wild.” "You may assure your readers | that the high standard of entertain- |ment set by thin organization tn bringing the Will King Revues and |the ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ ts |to be maintained,” manager C, W. McKee declared Saturday, Hal Roach, who directed and Adapted “The Call of the Wild," has not wandered from the original text, which means that there is a great |deal of heman stuff all thru the |noenes and very little mush, All the spirit and vigor of the London classic has been retained, and {t ta | a thoroly Interesting and novel pro-| duction, | Roach Introduces a new dog actor to the screen who in going to be |popular, He fs well trained and jacts intelligently. Jack London |would have liked this dog, even a jhe loved the dog of his story. Buck | not only takes direction with mar- | veloun readinens, but seems to enter {nto the spirit of the picture and | enfoy it, C. Columbus Finds Long-Sought Route to China—In Film Cristoforo Colombo, adventurer for the queen of Spain, set all “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” will leave Seattle after away pack in 1492 secking a west to Close Sunday | the last showing Sunday night and with it will go Patsy \ern route to find the Chinese em Yirwo more opportunities of view.| Hér characterization in the “The = Hu « of Notre Dame” wit te given Seattie nies| “MAN FROM BRODNEY fans and Victor Hugo readers Saturs | day and Sunday. The serven classic) TO MAKE GOTHAM BOW | Will be held over to Sup evening &nd the Heilig wil after dark until Christmay w David Smith's latest picture, presenta- hunchback"* ° drama, Rialto theater, New York er study and nd appea! ach performance during its cast, among whom are Alice Call | Man From Brodney's,’* a picturlza-| ing December 16. J. Wi Kerrigan heads the all-star veteran} The Hunchback.” 1s” | ————— “Fury” Ship Has “The| The ship and crew tion of George Barr MeCutcheon’#!/ the story of “Furs romanti¢ novel, has been booked for | thelmess" picture, now at city, | theater, evolves, abounds | w Romantic History arty | Ruth Miller, who has won a@ great many new admirers with | pire. Hoe Americ ead and ¢ Chinam¢ has fe jOrlent and ia anso [Chinese—on the sereen at the Thunderg on picture thriller of in co-featured with t of the series of 33 ory moving Chronicles America” thin reason ‘arren | "me kind of romance ax tx found in books, hou: “The Lady Spray" ts her n the picture, but she was the SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1998, Peeress in Films; Color Movie Here Gwendolyn, the rabid digestor of woclety novela, and Clothilde, who has developed a taste for the “upper | crust,” may have thar life's di almost. Th Winter Gur theater ts bringing a real mem of the ngllah nobility—Lady | & Manners, to Seattle--on the | n the coming week, in “The | rious Adventur he current attraction ts lald in in Paramount's the time of King Charles 11, of Eng. land, and in notable, not only for having Lady Mann In the dat of brinclpals, but in the fuct that ft Iq the first featurelongth film to be photographed in the Prizna color process and duchews of Rutland, Ju credited with being the most beautiful wom. an in the “tight little tale,” and she is ably supported by a cast tnelud. ing Rudolf de Cordova, Miss Flora Le Breton, English wereen and stage wtar, and Gerald MeLaglan and Willis Now Tickling All Seattle— THOMAS = MEIGHAN Lady Diana, daughter of the aura Owas the fi and Idal to take was hel While thru th were sii govern! and oti still oth dealers of bu were et a thi Tue en the Co. at It was vice pil fore thi resented The the Di Weeks’ engagement in Seattle } testified to its caliber | Wanda Hawley, Miss Du Pont, F Owen Moore can't read the characters on hi. O'Mally and Kathleen Key cters on his laundry when it comes home from the Chinese laundry, but he ca act “Chinese,” and from his appearance in “Thundergat. at the Liberty this coming week, he has better luck reading Chinese character and characteristics than he does in read- ing Chinese characters, commission dere: — ‘ as OREM SA “a fourmasted German ading, the Yale Unive ru the Pathe Exoh ng & neries of hi the life of Am » Seattle debut at t r Saturday r MADISON, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND JACK KAUFFMAN fain Sietas continued with her,|ture in at fea-| It's the tale of a little white gir! Fell Bopp tid ord or cae lial } fa little white girl ‘ Wells, the double since 1902, when shipped as a| Br embeds cabin boy out of Hamburg and had | Marshe ert. McKim, salied under almost every flag. , ing enough to jaded appetites of the [Cummings and Ynez Seatu Presents Moore also plays | screen thrill seekers Dick Hyland & Co. IN THE “MUSICAL COMEDY OF ERRORS” MATINEES DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY AND FRIDAY rm § | f | aaa | om Pa W fil fi + NM ATR E) ‘ | “MERRY -GO-ROUND” 20¢ UNTIL P. 25e AFTER M. auwars 10 FLORENCE THEATER SECOND AT JAMES STREET TODAY AND SUNDAY ONLY— ALICE TERRY in “WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS” NOW PLAYING A THRILLING MELODRAMA An action picture of life and love in the great North country. y with a great cast, including LEW CODY, SHELDON LEWIS, MARGUERITE COURTOT, EDMUND BREE and others “Chasing Wealth” International Neeley Edwards and Bert Roache in a News Scream of Money and Mirth Liborius Hauptman’s All-Artist Orchestra In Concert ‘Overture, William Tell” Rossint with LILA LEE, LOU ASTOR. Also—Literary Digest's “Fun From the Press’ will play the following on 0 “Les Preludes” . from 1 from the ‘Comic n” ORNE PUTNAM William Russet! will be shown for the Inst times today im “Times Have Changed,” and, starting to- morrow, Seattle will have its first oppor Kurope’s sm the Fox News, Comedy Winter Garden Orehestra— J. STUART A George Ade Story— “WOMAN-PROOF” SAINPOLIS, ROBERT AGNEW and MARY COLISEUM CONCERT ORCHESTRA ISE DRESSER, JOHN [i DAE cy Anes ~ EMIL HANSEN Added Attraction— Playing a novelty group e-hour concert, Sunday, at jock: deeds cote she Laut Alexander-Luigini Puccini ..Verd! «German om Time" (by request) Romberg Opera, “The Prince of ne Luders STEARNS, Conductor ANY TIME— Loge Seats Twenty Cents BLACKTON presents Lady Diana Manners in his ot wn story "The Glorious Adventure” )