The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1924, Page 14

be THE SEATTLE STAR a aR 2. ara ° : ‘lena NESE as! Bras ~~ \| Norma Talmadge aie Quiz Laemmle Off fo, | Actress Contradicts Author Watching the Screen | ...../si#ved __ Movie Quiz Europe Liar SCR PIRI FE a pers Bane > oC RR aE a —, —— BY DAISY HENRY ————— z " but it that I me | bi tae Dow entpala eee taly. © Fepla® |seTT A: GOUDAL. IN : : a this noted play. While Walsh] thoush VALENTINO FILM |. | KADIO: much the best tion. Thi Wie aegis y- * ‘ ; shad 4 young actor has riser y with Ben Ly aes ‘an ‘ \ ° i front ranks in a short nl. tay me | He is a splendid actor and a p k will 7 a <2 > | and athletic type ae : . bet i, soomets pa 4 Pad appeared t plates’ ¢ t tor this 5 A. Rudolph Valentino has just) WILL J. LOCKE'S story, « he ab F be. releases bout t Ler e . pict Nig rl i ie ‘ed: € bss = a Ps G bs the f . t = < ‘ B 1 B husband) ‘"D i | Hu Loew f ' Be |ers of the producti 1M By | Meredith ‘ ‘4 wr & June Mathis is at present ra writing the Ben Hur scenario. & Whether or not Mins Meredith Te | is to replace Miss Mathis or co FE) | operate is not stated ORDINARY! Special Advance Appearance ELMER FLOYD presents THE BAGDAD REVUE “ALADDIN’S LAMP” —with— Ray Robinson’s Orchestra Bagdad, “The Arabian Nights Cafe,” soon to made, It was a and think of the staging th Jacenes before t EVELOPMENT of the “Ben Hur situation will be watched with In L THIS WEEK erent HE Peter Pan role remains « much a mystery as ever | f the fact that severa ave, been named as ha | chosen for the part. ( s among the few whe ng considered poe ake tee q Another Triumph by A. S. M. Hutchinson, Author of “If Winter Comes” IS Tee Can an ectress convincingly portray a character on the stage or screen and not be- lieve in: the role assigned to her? Yes, she con. Fay Compton, the noted English actress proves this in the picturization-of “This Freedom,” which is showing at the Heilig.. Miss Compton enacts her role convincingly, tho she does not agree with A. S. M. Hutchinson, the author that a woman cannot be successful both in business and with her family at the same time. 5 comedy } with the best of th the producers wrong in giving Miss Mc chance to really prove her a NV ARY PICKFORD was tho ¢ 4 it choice for the role but dec! Just how anxious Famous Play Lasky are to make r Pan worthwhile produ may m | judged by the fi y have asked Sir James M thor, to personally sele the role which Maude Adams made famous ACK of a first name threatens een career of the Pont. She has lost fayor with faq | ion picture fans, she says bec entertainment that is rare they believe her failure to use @ ag in The movies.”—N. Y. Even- first name evidence of a feeling ing Mail. an act ne di amend beget ga 3 aac acterization of the novel and sidered conceited or superior,” Mins Gila noiltnnir ould ad du Pont declared. “It will send her y N.Y: pepe Ae oe a into oblivion quicker than anything 6 else. I’m not trying to be different I didn't even take the name of Mixs du Pont. It wes thrust upon me wh was selected to play in an exceptionally fine char East and West Battle Over Movies OLLYWOOD, July 12.—The bat-| tle of East and West is still) waging in motion pictures. | Film folk are always ready to discuss it. Will the bulk of pictures | be made in New York or in Los! Angeles? Will Hays, in his gfficial” pronun ciamentos, has been in the habit of referring to Hollywood as the center of 90 per cent of American film production. PRODUCTION DROPS ber there was a drop! nt in Hollywood pro- duction activities, and altho there § a half-hearted tendency toward y in March and April, about number of companies (in o of separate producing ded by a director) have been working ever since. This deor in Western produc |tion doesn’t necessarily mean that the East has gained in the same proportion. However, it is apparent that the Kast has not lost any units, as the West has. ‘The proportion of production in the West is now 75 per cent. Actual —and the Heilig special attractions— TE eee } |e Mente now 28 er ent Act THOMAS CuBBIN § Kiddies 106 ‘ stat 35 | June showed 73 pletures in produc- Xylophone Soloist Loges 50c j tion on the west coast, to 22 In ‘the . Playing “Raymond Overture” LEON GREENMAN’S MELODY MAKERS Playing, “The Naughty Yodel” | It is not probable tha’ Southern! P | California will ever entirely lose the movie. industry In fact, the element climute and Cameraman caught Florence Vidor “listening in’—conversation must be unusually |e verlety of natural scenery, to amusing judging from the expression on the pretty star's face. Miss Vidor has a SAC ete Molt Phas ey Ay charming role in “Borrowed Husbands,” the new photoplay which is showing at the\maxo Regsliter de Roe ba nar Columbia. You remember her fine acting in “The Marriage Cirele,” at this popular | southiand impossible, Prae hs Second ave. theater a short time ago. Her new role is equally as entertaining. But—It probably will never have Caroline, ee a ———— — _ ————_ee | #0 per cent of production again : NAN) EAE Ws Bi ee } j jl 5 i eee If \t maintains the present propor Mary Roberts Rinehart's “K—the| Warner Brothers secured the POLLY FREDERICKS |tlon of 75 per cont it will be Unknown,’ recently completed by|sereen righty to Kobert iKeable's| Pauline Fredericks has been en-| grounds for congratulation Harry Pollard, has been pronounced |"Recompense,” a nequel hit| gaged for a picture by Universal | by Universal officials one of tho|“Simon Ca‘led Peter,” by sending an| written especially ‘for her use by | greatest pictures of the y Pollard | envoy on a four days’ trip into an | Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin.|star for several years, makes her is now preparing Harry on Wil) African mountain retreat where the| It is entitled “Smouldering Ihres,"'| firt oppearance in serious drama in kon's story, “Oh, Doctor,” for pro-|author wav vacationing, thus steal |1t will be released next spring as alHugo Ballin'a filming of “The Prat éuetion ! Universal-Jewel, rie Wife," BUSTER LORENZO, TENOR Singing, “Can't You Heah Me Callin’, ” and “Lazy” Dorothy Devore, Christie comedy. ‘ing w march on competitors, “—a climax that overwhelms with its punch.”—Motion Pic- ture News. undeniably a powerful char~ acter study. Out of the ordin- ary.”—Motion Picture World. NEXT FRIDAY COMES— “The Right of the Strongest” —a terrific melodrama of the Alabama Mountains with ane: eluding ‘Tom Santescht, Marshall, June Blvidi and Helen Ferguson, rdinary cast, in- <. Lincoln, Tully jorge Siegmann