The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 12, 1924, Page 9

~~. AWIUSEMEN THe Seattle Sta TOMOBILIEG COND SECTION SEATTLE, WASIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924 PAGES 9 TO 16 "CINEMA ATTRACTIONS OF PLEASING VARIETY |} | Vamps On Screen Only ( SLL HERE alls for Woman-Hater . | 2 s wht a Wd ea | Our adjectives are all used up describing Lillian Gish in| “The White Sister.” The picture is now playing in its third | week at the Blue Mouse. This ought to be recommendation é |enough for those who have no not yet seen the picture, | Barbara La Marr can't keep away from the vampy roles. As Agnes Hunt, the 8 Ee Sar lainess,” in “St. Elmo,” now showing at the Heilig, Barbara wreaks havoc with two men, with whom her life is entangled. Barbara mustn't be judged by the characters she “ ere enna. °y White Sister plays. In real life she is happily married to Jack Daugherty, Universal's happy-go- ae overt: oma Over; “St. Elmo” and | Hart Splits fia Fane DRE : Now w ‘ leg Watching the Screen |p. 7.4 | “Storm Daughter” Here with Famous TD aS, St ere [Beyer DEAN, who hasn’t been seen here in pic-| ‘R 3) obin Hood BY DAISY HENRY ; eit ™ ; é 4 Players- Lasky eae i rich, magnificent spertacle sot a i ; ; ? ures for two or three months, is among the stars 0: will be dished up for the delectation of motion pic Ea em pociiiag ies teed crop: of: baby: stare? Three.ct at South Pole jthe new photoplays now on tap at Seattle film houses.| ywitiam s. Hart will not renew his| thruout the workd during 1924. i show signs of these girls (there are 18 altogether) already show signs o Douglas Fulrbanks now hotds the| Priscilla is always a favorite, and in her latest picture,| contract with the Famous Players-| This is the declaration of Cecil B. DeMille, famous. Parse | Can't you just picture this vivacious girl as a self-asserted ‘ ‘skipper” of her own. sai H ld craft? So can we, and that is the role Priscilla Dean is called upon to ‘ray .in © e |Storm Daughter,” showing for the first time today at the Columbia, isctlla : falls in |\love with a windjammer skipper, who is also a woman-hater. ’Nuff sed. i F w, a vivacious little bru- «an “eateggentNe! Ml ess Fang Pr Nah to the Sea jn|fecord for “business farthest | “The Storm Daughter,” she has a great role. Barbara La|tasky corporation. Altho it is not} mount Pictures director, commenting on the oft-repeated ” Lucille Rickson sa hay Ke grown up in the movies, south.” This became known today| Marr, Bessie Love, John Gilbert and Warner Baxter make| known what his future plans are, a/ query, “What is to come next in motion pictures?” Ey: es 7 : »|when Doug recetved « letter trom|up the prominent cast of “St. Elmo”; Lillian Gish is still| telegram from Mr. Hart, who is now ee oy McKaill, former New York musical comedy B. H. Benson, hla representative tn here in “The White Sister”; Grace Darmond has a new|in New York, states: ‘ ARB now at what might be yi e. aps thextye pe Suite ace among the film piayers—and ho |: sche ood ed recibaat ar. house | Starring vehicle i Alimony Herbert Rawlinson, another| “1 have always made my pictures called the dead-center of the |e (muon J ae erent WERY year a group of celebri-| is m vegetarian. records at His Majesty's theater in| lively crook role in Stolen Secrets,” and Richard Barthel-| independently, and as I cannot do so| Progress of tho film businest,” @>-/anq the gunman. {p- gone:, DUR” tes interested in the welfare of Sits Hobart, Taamanta, which bears the| Mess is back 3 again in “The Bright Shawl. jany longer on the Paramount pro-|cording to DeMille, “For several|romance of the West..ia\ not a budding young picture stars stage EVERYBODY'S DOING IT! distinction of being the city closest | gram, I cannot see my way clear to|years the costume picture has been |Back in the {solated regions: tl Ee | an elaborate ball during which 13| PRINCESS MARIE, of the Royal)to the south pole. HEILIG BLUE MOUSE lanter into a new contract with |! the ascendant, Recently the sim-|still a picturesque, colorful 4 young girls are named as “comers.”|4+ House of Bourbon, and first]! Upon the completion of the en HOUSANDS who are familiar! “The White Sister,” F. Marton | er pler story has come out of retire-|where adventure always hovers. They are referred to as “Raby |Cousin to King Alphonso of Spain,|gagement of the picture, Doug sent with the story of “St Elmo,” the | Crawford's sentimental story, which | ment. the mountain ridge. I : ” ® will make her debut tn motion plc-ja congratulatory cablegram to C. J.|/famous book by Augusta J. Evans, |; fe ssh’ |The popularity of the William S. “Twenty years ago this situation |the Western photoplays, of : Bi cnciion Gila ek ane, techies tos tures in the role of Marie Antoin-/Shannon, manager of His Majesty's | will realize readily how well fitted it | n screen form is Lillian Gish’s great-| siart productions or the star's draw| would have meant only one thing, |ture will depict this new | three mentioned above, Carmel Ger-|ette fn “Janice Meredith,” the new|theater, and also forwarded him a|is for adaptation to the screen. The| st artistlo triumph, started in Ita/ing power does not enter into the|7t would have meant the pessing of |the country. | ow ees = Marion Davies starring vehicle. | silver clgaret case upon which was|great dramatic situations which plac: | third big week at the Blue Mouse to-| question, it is said, as ‘Wild Billlone cycle of production and the de- aghty, Marion Nixon, Gloria Grey, eee engraved tho algnificant line, “Hoo-|ed the novel among the most widely| day. It is a fine picture, considered | Hickok," the star's first plcture/ velopment of another in absolute |¢ public taste for historic Re Hazel Keener, Blanche Mahaffey, June Mathis, editorial director, | ray for the South Pole.’* |read pleces of fiction for 75 years |since his return to the acreen, shows | contrast. Westerns has subsided, along: Julanne Johnstone, Elinor Faire, Al-| pate en meh ae attending “Robin Hood’ has been playing In | have given Willlam Fox the material | by many to be infinftely superior to | | gross receipts of $184,000 In 12 weeks. Pex er | with the general turn from costume berta Vaughn, Margaret Morris and pictures every day and that [cities thruout Australasia for the|with which to produce « photoplay |the novel from which {t wag taken.| ‘Nearly three months ago Fa- “Today, because the produo- ([Pictures, Western photoplaya ¢ Ruth Hiattt. their attendance {s affecting the |Past year and han established many|as compelling as the original works, | Henry King {s largely responsible for | mous Players-Lasky and myself ter. tion of motion pictures is not [NO longer be made with a bunch ef eee Kind of films produced. Men |New theater records. | Barbara La Marr and Bessle Love|the success of this offering. He is|minated our then existing contract," Contrtied by a group of men, |Ponies, a lot of hard-riding cowboys Of this group Elinor Faire ts demand more virility of theme, |play the two sweetheart roles, and/one of the screen's most dependablo | ®¥8 Mr. Hart. but by a constantly and freely [and a few desperadoes. The West: the best known, She has been aia eatin Ss tt Lot Look: |John Gilbert is starred as St. Kimo! directors. “As It then appeared possible 2] Zirwased public opinion, com- jen picture of tomorrow ts. ee in Fox pictures quite some time, ere 1e ennett Lot Looks In this picture, which went on view| Tt is unusual for an “unhappy ena-|e¥ contract would and could be] fae from goime 60,000,000 spec- fa eke as big a i but her only noticeable acting ICT! Li s@ | for the first time in Seattle at the} ing” picture to have such great draw. |™d0, no statement was given ou tat it i ible for the cos- thor, director and actor as | {7ICTORIA FORD, who will be re- ike a Menagerie Es ; Svaa ‘isn iators, It is poss a. eed ve “Driven,” tt g ita Saatarday. ; aad : »y either side and negotiations for rat pretentious society drama.’ i 4d |comedienne of many photoplays| skunk have been ndded to the talent since, Many obstacles had been ry : Brabin (Theda Bara’s husband). |several years ago and who retired|"evrou of the Sennett stadice, Meck cou film been given the public, wercome. But the main proposal| few characters to exist suecess- ONE-MAN PRO ihe Johnstone has her | trom the screen to become the wife! gannett bellaves as implicitly in the| The dramatio intensity of life at LP ded made by Famous Players.Lasky I fully at one and Be same time Hollywood has va ea < percage ome Thiet of Bag- |o¢ rom Mix, !s tho latest member| value of animals in comedy av doos|sea.in tho day of the salling vessel COLONIAL | find impossible to accept, as it means | to versatility, but Dimitri) Buoho- i fenints ot hapa the hoo jof the screen colony to have her|George M. Cohan in an American|{s drawn upon for “The Storm| Herbert Rawlinson made his|sacrificing my independence." (¢] CONSIDER, therefore, that tt] TPR iivien, to. eurprise. thea this big protec este Doug In |*nose mide over.” Besides Vickey, flag in a musical show. Daughter,” the new Untversal-Jowel |Teatest hit in the role of a crook in | a 1s foolhardy to claim that the tated HEE s big production. Helen Ferguson, Mrs. Sydney Chap-| Three comedy units working sido| >" y “Como Through,” several years ago,| HELEN CHADWICK OUT | Present appearance of a number of jof its citizens associa mo- see In and Lucllle Carlisle (formerly| by side on the big covered stage at|Production, with Priscila Dean as) ang in crook roles he has scored | modern, unspectacular stories means | tion picture production. ‘The fact LARA BOW has already shown|Larry Semon's leading lady), are|the Sennett studio are all using anj.|the star, which opened at the Co-|most heavily since. Now ho again OF VALENTINO FILM |the passing of the claborate, ey® |that he arrived there recently with : a becor vor-|sald to have undergone such anjmals. While Director Harry Ed-|lumbia today. Miss Dean has scored |appears in a role that Is typical of 4 r . {filling spectacle which has been so “ ” ie a ming a real favor. = finely! sigs Se Hirer the kind that 1s so liked by the mo.|, Because of delay in the produc ae eee tne tow years, |® story of his own, “Men,” to, film te. She was last seen here am the | operation. war making he Lion an hea number of triumphs in her ca- tion of “Monsieur Benucaire” at the flapper in “Black Oxen," with Co- eee Souse,”” argues with Vernon Dent|reer, but in somo of the acenes in|tion picture public, His character. |!" - Island studic, Misa |The Spectaclo will continue to exist. |for Pola Negri, was unusual but GC Fs | caking of surgery, we've just|that tho lion won't crush him when|=rn o ter’ sho has the |!zation of the “Eel” in “Stolen Se. amount Long Island studio, Miss /rne simple drama will also lve and | extraordinary. . Later the n i tinne Griffith. Dorothy MacKalll, Bp og of gery, The Storm Daughter Helene Chadwick has had to, give ‘ey Wkewise, is drawing attention, You| heard that Conway Tearle has had) ho sits on his chest, Harry Langdon,lopportunity to give nm convincing |cFets.” which opens at the Colonial Spithe. fle: of fLady"aearg: ia thao or of his methods attracted attention. — no doubt remember Dorothy as Bar.|the famous mole on his face re-\on the next set, worries the skunk.|interpretation of tragic. emotion. |for a two days' engagement, begin pene Pano p area neste . Now he has reached the cllmaxcet thelmess’ leading lady in “The Fight-| moved, Tho Ben Turpin picture, “Yukon! yfost of tho scenes for this pic-|ning Sunday, 1s said to be one of HT NTG NA stating pictures | J 1S a very fortunate thing| surprise by beginning the ing Biase.” Lucille Rickson aleo| see Jako," makes use of the bear and|ture were made on a vessel which |his finest. fayitin “alle? hus \contrackeaita tne that this is so. Competition |and titling of the production” shows great promise. She played| WHAT NEXT? two goats. Ihad safled the seven seas for more| Irving Cummings directed tho plo- | W Henry Hobart, When Miss |@¢8 More to develop art than any | self. BiG evdiiy tn: atone Nellans | Styne The bathing sirls dlsplay great |than 30 years before st became tho|ture, and Rawllngon’s leading Indy Sanene ean play tho rete{other single influence, We will tion. Me hei oatan abo f ~|this time is pretty le Kathleen | © abut: ot The Rendezvoi y courage when called upon to work stage for a moving picture com. | this i ‘ have better spectacular pictures Tack Pickford tn’ mene ea ae | | TREASURED SOUVENIRS [with the tion and the bear, but aro pany. It was afloat under safi | Myers. Ay j of besce apen (HAN penta or {and better nonspectacular pictures | “HUNCHBACK” TO Het acting’ waa’ best in the ad USED IN “TRIUMPH” |*transely timid and sometimes even |much of tho time the picture was ¥ be Triana’ , “S ROC when the two types oppose each| SHOW HERE AGAIN mentioned picture. risers when the goats and|heing mado, eliminating tho possibil- MARKET man it was found that diew{Other, competing houses. There] +The Hunchback of ‘Notre: ped ear Treasured souvenirs of Spottls-| skunk aro brought before the cam-|jty that might smack of a “set.” “The Dangerous Age,” a domestic! When sould, hot take the MuSS| will bo more originality tn photo-! has been booked fora return| % woode Aitken, now appearing in| ora, Santacht is the featured/drama with Lewis Stone in tho|Chadwick could not take tho role] ini because a hide-bound cycle of ip Seattle, ‘This will be No doubt the rest of the 1985 eared con Doris: Kenyon: was selected to play |?" : bra dam ene . crop twill hate thelr ch Cocll B. DeMille’s new Paramount male player. leading role hag its last showing | Doris Ieenyor gy PIAY | one brand of entertainment, exclud- | news to the hundreds of film the others have and Tae pet o| picture, “Triumph,” are two ancient | PLAGIARISM SUIT eee at tho Market tonight, along with|the part of TAdy Mary, and sho 18)ing all other, breeds imitation and 1s] ere who ald not got. to, 0ee thfe, ; ath Ws soatches wl thelr Progress\ theatrical advertisements, one of WINTER GARDEN “No Wedding Bells," a Larry Semon | OW busy at the Long Island studlo|ijcoiy to kill new and fresh ideas. | gerful production during its } 9 mterest, “King Henry IV" at the Theatre} Richard Walton Tully, California] 4 new solution of marital diftl-| comedy. in the Ne sequence of Tarking- eee showing here. ; ILA LEE, Ghee Windsor, Pan. | 20ve, Edinburgh, July 14, 1788; the Lie dite onde Heke? An culties 1s interestingly revenled i. For threo days beginning Sunday| ‘MS Story, “The point is plan that we Lon Chaney heads the hotable ei line Garon, Bessie Love’ Mag |other of “The Stranger,” Juno 29,/statement regarding tho sult brought |ino picturtzation of A. 'T. Locko’s| Richard Barthelmess will be the fea have at last reached the much, [of 3,091 players, which {helidlea ' _) Philbin, Wieanor Boardman, Pauline | 120. , Quite & difference can be ob-|by Mrs, Grace A. wheat in which !gomentic drama “Alimony,” which|tured attraction in “Tho Bright} DESIGNER GIVES TIP to-bedesired stage where the | brilliant artists as Patay Ruth } i Starke, Colleen Moore, Lolw Wilang |%ctved. between these and present-|sho charges Tul Mee Bidet of the | coos on view at the Winter Garden| shawl," a picturization of Joseph| hg person who. wears a costume| public as a whole speaks its de | Ernest Torrence and Tully Mai i and Jacqueline Logan a day advertisements, See ae rree | ateiabes areata: (ROREAY! Hergeshelmer’s popular story, Doro-lo¢ a designated period must be as| sires and makes possible the Manager Bender: of the Colui i a iaty wiley te, cant cence — digo," and Oliver Moronco, theatrical |" Ge jtq many good points, the bril-|thy Gish departs from her usual light|much a part of the character of the| diversity of entertainment which | has booked this attraction, ] Be titscerdog: sa. ahiak wagons: | NEW ROGERS COMEDY | roduc r, wit Havias in Haale tian acting of Grace Darmond, cast/vamp role in this production|costume as the wearing appare {t-| the motion picture industry 7 j ing the most spectacular Foe: & portion of her play, “In Hawall.” | Marion Marson, the wifo whose|Mary Astor has the feminine tead.| set, needs In order to rise to the | Michael Dark, who fills one. of the he et No one in America has u keener jinto the oniglial Manuscript of “The | inseifishness holds a happy home pase Hicmo dice Aaa ice 23 So snya Mitchell Lelsen, Mary| still greater artistic heights | foatured roles in the new: ph Francis X, Bushman, the not. |iilght Into tho workings of polities Bled of Paraaliaa’’ | Uintnat in apito of unfavorable In-| ‘Thomas Meighan t9 to appear In a|Picktord's. desiencr, responsible. tor| which ‘awalt_ it.” “pabbit,"* at one time’ studied ‘pe { ef actor who has been chosen |!" y{hle country than Will Rogers. | ai battle of nome 13 years ago, and {fiuences, a an outstanding feature.| itm version of the James Oliver Cur-| duplications. of the Elizabethan cro. sue ing with Frank en Bill has entered politics himself | gal ba y 2 , ces, ° ut te c ist, whose e: . fe play Messala in “Ben Hur,” vin the screon, and his newest plc-|will be heard in New York this) Warner Baxter {s Jimmie, the| wood story, ‘The Alaskan, It will/ations worn !n “Dorothy Vernon of | ¢é7TVHM Wild Western drama has | artist, magazin« covers are One of the best athletes turo is “Going to Congress,” month, delinquent husband, be filmed in Alaska, Haddon Hall,” become modernized," declares | known from coast to coast,