The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1923, Page 10

“novel of the same name, John Gilbert, who recently won much favor here as the romantic hero of “‘Cameo Kirby,” is coming back in a nei>| picture, “The Exiles,” made from Richard Harding Davis-| well known story. “The Exiles” will open at the Winter| Garden Sunday. Watching the Screen BY LELAND HANNUM ‘OU’VE seen Lon Chaney, character actor par excellence, for many people, as a footless and legless cripple, as a humpbacked beggar, as a Chinese outcast, as almost every known character other than his own. Now you're to get a chance, soon, to see him as he really is, minus eccentric makeup or physical distortion. He is playing one of the} feature roles in San Wood's production, “The Next Cor- ner,” for Paramount. It’s an adaptation of Kate Jordan's} in four . [stars features from the ee Start N ew Burr Film Producer Is Working Independently Maying finished the first in the series of tho big four specials, which he has been engaged to pro- duco for the Burr-Rogers Produc ing corporation, C, Burr an nounces that he ts ready to go Into Production at his Glendale studios with the second picture of the 102% 1924 series, “The Average woman." The story ts by Dorothy De Ja- gers. It appeared tn the Saturday Bvening Post under the same title, The scenario is by Raymond 8, Harris, A cast of screen stars headed by Harrison Ford, David Powell, Paul- ine Garon, De Sacla Mooers, Burr MoIntosh, William Tucker and Rus- sell Griffin, has been selected to eavay the leading parts ‘In average Woman.” William Christy Cabanne {9 directing the picture, The production has been com. menced at the Glendale studios The remaining pictures in the big four series, “Lend Me Your Husband" and “Youth to Sell" will be filmed as rapidly aa possible, Work at the Glendale Studios will be considerably Increased, cording to Producer C, Burr, Ho will personally produce threo pic tures for ora who are venturing Into the producing business. The release of these pictures will later. The first picture of the now wories is entitled, “The Unloved Wife,” from the play of the same name, Raymond 8. Harris will write the acenerio. What Happens When East and W ‘est Meet? John Gilbert, handsome, eyed and the idol of more than a fow matinee girl movie fans, is starred in "The Exiles'’ opening at the Win. ter Garden Sunday, to close Wednes: day night. “The Exiles,’ a William Fox pro- duction, is a Richant Hare story, and in declared to ar age-old query “What hap savagery and civillzat The transformation world citizen In the exo! vides a gripping drama. MIX IN NEW ONES Tom Mix is now at work ona Rew Fox production with the sur prising title, “Ladies to Board.” It [is barely possible, however, that the hero of the story opens a » to teach the gentle nex how to shoot and do stunts tn rogulatio cowboy fashion. The writer of the |tale is William Dudley It is |being directed by Jack Blystone, “Tho! no-| individual theater own-| be announced) dark. | | A “wild cat” of the Canadia shows, fists dant sta ge e play. | 18 FILMED) Maurfce Tourneur, famous French j director, arrived In New York this | week with tho finished print of his }latest production, “Torment.” The production ts sald to offer one of the most novel dramas ever attempted by Tourneur, Figuring prominently in the plot are the |Japanese earthquake and the Rus nian crown Jewels, gtving the story y in ite timeliness yers in the cast are | exsla Love, Maude Kilgour, Jean Her- Joseph ADAFT STAGE PLAY screen adapta jo play, this time Maravene th the od woman for a of a remarkat Thompsor lens love of a wastrel, has been produced by Wil! Jiam Fox. Barbara Castleton has the leading role. “TORMENT” _|NE | mand,” nm Northwest, That's the part Lenore Ulric plays in “Tiger Rose,” now at the Strand. And ehe certainly plays the part strongly, as this picture Miss Ulric played the same role for David Belasco's NEW STAR IS SIGNED As the resuit of his excellent work In the role of Captain Rich- ard Decatur tn “The Silent Com- Edmund has signed to a five-year star in William And, Mr, being a acho or nomething else ine Lowe been contmet to Fox attractions. me very r, or a lawyer, consequential Lowe will begin work under his new contract in “The Ptunderer,” the Fox spect this season. made from novel be fee tured in this pictu fol low this an the star of several Productions to be made for the season beginning next September OFF FOR EUROPE and V, Lee, Fox director, completed editing and titling of Booth Tark Gentle Julia.” has started on a three months’ tp to Burope the s Ington’s reen vers Seascapes j tle, to Feature “Cape Cod Folks” to| Be Filmed After three weekw location work on Catalina island, the Heminald on Catalina island, the Reginald Bar- B. Mayer studios to resumo filming of interior scenes on “Cape Cod Folks," a picturtzation of the tm mous New Inglind stage clanato, | which will be released as a Metro} Special. The isthmus was the rceno of the company's activities at Cata na, where an exact replica of an old Massachusetts fishing village Was built expecially for use in the ploture, Vamous for flying fish, the bays around the; island also produced sharks, devil-fish or octop! and sting: arees as playmates for the film play- ers during their work in the tropical waters. Some realistic and pleturesque scenes of seashore life were secured for the picture. These were made to match up with a number of thrill- ing storm scones and sword-fishing episodes obtained recently as @ re- sult of @ camera expedition sent out by Louls B. Mayer for a three month’ erulse in the North Atlan- band more man An unusually big allstar east tn- torpreta the principal roles in “Cape Cod Folks.” Included tn the Hat are: Reneo Adoree, Barbara Bedford, | Frank Keenan, Robert Frazer, Ed die Phillips, Margaret Seddon, Jo. seph Dowling, Joan Standing, Vic Potel and Billy Eugene. Perey Hil- burn Jackie King Is Latest Screen Feature Drama As ts known to millions of readers, “Long Live the King’ was adapted for Jackie Coogan from Mary Rob- jerts ehart’s novel of the same name. The plot is set in the mythi. jeal Balkan kingdom of Lavonia and hinges around the escapades of the {little Crown Prince (played by Jackie), > in beset by a band of terrorists > threaten to selze the govern- book is fascinatingly told, d with romance, and excitement The producers of the film of “Long Live the King’ havo retained these essentials of a romance and Jackie Is said to greatest role of his career iventurous Otto, autiful sets abound tn this pro- iction t reat cont the w ‘These and Jackie and ory and the cast round out a great and thrilling picture which jnone should mins, Rupert Hughes has completed the continulty for his next production, ‘True as Steel." Ny: E A great holiday show with « he appeal for the whole family ‘ HIS FR EEDOM, ” which | Hodkinson offices: The ‘first is) a lot of Seattle book-|“The Painted Woman,” virtually} |complete. The honeymooners loving citizens are going tot. hiny-opponite en. 0 find in their CHEN aoeisa, en pers theres Se is the latest popular novel to|tion by allowing each find its counterpart on the | many Closeups as the screen. Fay Compton, noted| "es irrespective of English actress, has the lead in this adaptation of A. S. M. Hutchinson's latest vol- ume. It’s scheduled for a debut soon in New York and will be shown here some time| | later. other as “other halt" | individual ideas as to popularity, Caesar Helped in Movie Set ee Julius h and better pictures’’| the original of the money to|the most imports 4 to construct tting for one of cenes in the (6 DIGGER may mean more the scenarists lucky enough to get | Jos eph Henabery production, “The their brain-childs adopted by motion | Stanger,” according to A. Morseby picture producers but It also means| White of London, barr an less volume of output. Waldemar |t rian, who is serv techni. Young, head of the Screen Writers’ | Cl director on this Para amount pic-| Guild, and a writer for Preferred | ture. | Pictures, isn’t outside the bars,| Much of the most tensely dramatic either. He says that when he start.| ction of this adaptation of John ed scenario writing eight years ago sworthy’s story, “The First 1 hig first 12 months’ sulted in 13 successful scripts, endeavor re five the of them originat stories, Now he’s const doing well at five successes a year unt's eee 1 Gpcted you thought that when suc The as the bodquets of rected and before the judge and the at of lin, played arms of the city of Lor pm edy king” was thru fore e y sent in the courtroom were eccentric makeup, But not so. omitted, | ing shown that his talent ap.| The original Old Bailey court was) Sites not 16° 6 tiny: wade t on the site of the ancient Oy tocotaptinnn and: a werlad of 0b road constructed by Cnesar’s| tard ples and pathetic facial ex nd part of the Roman ma- a and . having hed 1 of that day was—and still is—~ man of Paris’ publicized as orporated the building whict censored and — well-abbre still serving as the scene of o viated drama in Ohio recently, Chap-|0f the principal criminal courts of lin is going to ar in another|London. The road of Caesar's day of his famous characterization for|W2# called the “Vetustam Ballium, the United Artists’ corporation.|@nd from thia Latin name came the| That's the hot dope trom L. zed "Old Bailey” from which Chaplin’s next be a feat the court takes its name. | length comedy, somewhat on ‘od In the cast of this Para-| order of his “Tho nt pleture Betty Comp punced to 1 y returned from London the old, baggy t the 4 Dix, Lewis Stone and Tully sf y and the tri ane, not for fa 1 Ralph Block and Edfrid| getting his cross-eyed shoes. Bingham Aapted the Galsworthy | ose c 1 | M2 MURRAY ~ | yp Se oe STARS AGAIN gowns x Fresh from his t the ts t 1 “If Winter| re P Marmont s expected | mld be more ing and de NOW PLAYING INTRODUCING THE NEW QUEEN OF MELODRAMA With Gladys Brockwell, M: derful cast of me! THE CHILD WONDER, BABY LORRAINE A PICTURE THAT WILL STRIKE DEEP INTO TH& HEART OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN SEATTLE ax Davidson and a won- lodramatic stars LINDGREN, THREE-YEAR-OLD PHENOMENON ON THE PIANO, PLAYING “SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT” Felix the Cat || in “Felix Fills International lI News Wo sl Scenic the Shortage” ZAYE VERVAIS LYRIC SOPRANO winging “Songs of the Season” SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION Showing Twice Daily A SUPREME NOVELTY A Kiddies’ Midwinter Style Show In o0-operation with Neleon’s Toggery Shop HAUPTMAN’S ALL - ARTIST ORCHESTRA playing “Babes in Toyland” | OIC] sets sald to have been built! be, When 4 Kreatont When sho kisses an actor her lips seldom touch his uniess sho wants them to. “Try to kiss even somebody you love with a director looking on and giving instructions as to the correct pose, a cameraman calling for slower action, an elec- triclan changing the lights, and half a dozen tourists standing by asking ‘if you really mean it’ and you will discover that much of the spontaneity, or whatever you put into a Ides, ta lost in the confusion, “It I ever have a@ real hushand working with me I may feel dif- ferently about it, BE 1 think that a make-believe kien is Just a make-belleve-kiss and a joy to the spectators only.” THERE ARE MANY WHO WOULD TAKE CHANCE When Ethel Shannon recently road the statement of a fellow: player that she was #o glad to play in a ploture with her hus “becnuse neve’ ing always was no real,’ lo Preferred Picture player only lifted her eyebrows in dombt “Bereon kinson never have been than Just t acroen kinses,"" said Wthel, a Kins fo just like a handshake, It fe just what you want it to woman kisses the loves it thing in RR RNURRNTOR TIN 2 on love-make the lit hat to mo~ “Vor becomes the the world, But right now SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928, || Keatonesque Comedy Is Colisewm Fea “Our Honpitality,” Buster Keaton’s | necond feature-length comedy | under his new contract with | is coming to the Coliseum theater on Saturday. This ploture is described as an entirely new style ef comedy, Aside from the Keatonesque situa: | tions, which are a staple part of the | trozentaced laugh artist's comes the story depicts the history of Amen |ica during the railroad building era |—1830—one of the greatest periods in the growth of the country. Much of the humor of the story {% | developed from the quatntnesss of |nocin) conditions of the time, ‘The | picture furnishes ome delightfully quaint humor and offers also # cor. rect historical replica. * The cast of this Joseph M, Schenck-Motro comedy eple ts an alt. Keaton affair, Natallc Talmadge Keaton, Bunter’s wite, returns to the wereen in tho leading feminine role, Buster IL, the Keaton baby, also |takes part. Buster's father, Joneph | Keaton, originator of the famous | “Three Keatons" of vaudeville fame, helps round out the family participa. tion. Sylvia Breamer, featured | National player, has returned Hollywood from New York, will have a prominent role “LAlles of the Field.” | LV BE Ww nba the ruese } mnOWs It Boos 00d Shows NOW— The prince of pictures— in Metro’s holiday special— MARY ROBERTS RINEHART’S “LONG LIVE THE KING” with ROSEMARY THEBY, RUTH RENICK, ROBERT BROWER and ALAN HALE Special U. of W. Quartet ALLACE URLITZER singing Ch at the ristmas carols Also— “Forbidden A_ Cartoon ‘omedy Co led ell et Lbs tLe (Cop HOY Filmd4 confid has fo wood. ‘Try produd a su an im *planni optim! “Bef motiod sulted the bi now plann! startiq CUR’ ONLY “Sel Holly tivity, chiefs. was g formet “Pid advant qualit many, gancey fall's Jessf the F tion, with 1924 o plans, ture ef custom