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FILM REVIVAL OF
ROMANCE IS NEAR
Sees 'Forerunner in
Coming Prisoner of Zenda, Says Robt. Edeson
Robert Edeson,
playing the important role of Colonel Sapt in Rex Ingram's latest production
for Metro.
"The Prisoner
of Zenda," an adaptation by Mary O'Hara from the famous Anthony Hope story
declares his belief in an imp ending revival of romance upon, the screen.
'The Prisoner of
Zenda; " he says, "I believe to be a forerunner of a general recrudescence
of romance upon the screen, Every romantic picture has proved itself,
overwhelmingly with the public. 'The Three Muskateers' is an outstanding
illustration of the point. 'The Prisoner of Zenda,' with Lewis Stone, perhaps
the finest romantic and kingly figure., on the screen, in the loading role,
bids fair to outdo it.
"I tell you the
people want romance, something to lift them from the reality of things. A
romantic picture is, in a sense. a materialization of their dreams. Prince
Charming always will figure in the hopes and imaginations of the younger
generations. The Prisoner of Zenda realizes him with a vengeance. There are
princes and princesses in plenty, brought to warmth and life by the Inimitable
touch of Mr. Ingram."
Moro McDermott and
Reginald Denny share honors for the leading male role In
"Footlights,"
which Eisie Ferguson has just completed.
CLAIRE ADAMS LUCKY
CAMERAS DO NOT SHOOT
If cameras shot
death-dealing but-lots, Claire Adams would have been a muchly-riddled piece of
human wreckage after the taking of the rodeo and race horse scenes in Benjamin
B. Hampton's production of Zane Gray's "Wildfire,' Just completed.
The rodeo and race
was staged in the famous San Vicente Canyon on Armistice day and Benjamin B
Hampton invited the elite of Southern California
to participate if they desired. in the film. Nearly area 3 thousand persons
accepted the invitation and at leant six hundred of them came armed with their
pocket kodaks all of which were trained on the Hampton heroine during the making of the race
horse scene.
CACTUS DID NOT MAKE
GOOD SHOES
Film Comedian Makes
Discovery He Will Remember For a Long Time
"Boy, page Luther Burbank.”
If easy California film
producers desires to use cactus in their future productions and Frank Hayes,
the film comedian, has any role in the picture, he is going to insist that a
standing order be placed with the famous naturalist for the spineless variety.
Daring the making of
a picture recently Hayes discovers that his clothes have been stolen during a
surreptitions plunge in the wayside pool— He manages to clothe himself with
twigs from the surrounding trees, but found that the California cactus-plants made ideal sandals.
The ones used in the picture were supposed to have been denatured by the painstaking
assistant director, but when Hayes applied them to his pedal denaturing process
had discovered been most inefficient.
Flappers Can Flap
In Any Style Garb, Says
Gladys Walton
Milady's skirts are
getting longer; her jackets are getting longer; her hair is being done higher.
Altogether she is a much more dignified person than she has been for some time
— due entirely to Dame Fashion,
Now, the question.
is can a flapper still flap in long skirts?
Gladys Walton,
luminary and typical exponent of modern "flapper-Ism," believes it to
be a state or mind and absolutely independent of dress or any other exterior
influences.
"The 'so-called
flapper will 'flap' just an strenuously in long skirts and high hairdress as
she has in the past two years with her briefer skirts and bobbed hair,"
says the star—which suggests that when does a flapper flap?" ought to be
an interesting subject for psychologists right now.
Winsome Canadian Girl
Makes Rapid Strides in Filmdom
Norma Shearer-of Montreal Has Beauty,
Youth and Charm, Too
Eighteen Months Ago
Was
Worrying Because She Didn't
Get on at School
ONE of the most
promising of the younger screen players and one who has come far to the front
in little more than a year is Norma Shearer,
a winsome Canadian girl, who less than eighteen months ago was
more concerned over what her teacher would say if she didn't know her lesson at
a Montreal high school, than she ever has been since with the grumpiest of “movie”
directors.
Beauty, talent and
that indefinable Something called "charm." which is also often
described as "screen personality." have combined to bring this
youthful miss to a point where years of toll and earnest effort have failed to
bring many less fortunate than she,
WENT TO NEW YORK
Miss Shearer went to
New York from Montreal, Canada,
about two years ago, determined to make motion pictures her metier.
Her radiant
out-of-doors beauty and piquant charm soon won her recognition et the studios,
although at first her engagements consisted only of small parts
She did so well,
however, that she Soon attracted attention elsewhere and when William Christy
Cabanne was casting his big special "The Stealers." in the summer of
1920, he engaged her foe the leading ingenue role.
FIRST OPPORTUNITY
This was her first
opportunity to show what she really could dc and she rose to it splendidly
scoring a notable success, and sharing the chief dramatic honours in the
"reduction with the veteran actor, William H. Tooker, who had the
principal role.
Since then Miss
Shearer has had loading or featured roles in several important productions. the
most re-cent at which are "The Man Who Paid," and "The Trail of
the Law." both Oscar Apfel production, in which she a co-starred with
Wilfrid
Lytell. She recently completed "Channing of the
Northwest" for Selzniek in which she played the loading feminine role with
Eugene O'Brien.
HAS NEVER SEEN SELF
ON SCREEN
ONE of the actors in
"The Little Minister" asked Mary Wilkinson, who plays the role of
"Nanny how long she had
been in the films.
"Eight or nine
years." she answered.
"I suppose
you're anxious to see yourself in this picture?'
"No." was
the surprising answer, "I've never seen myself on the screen!"
This is a remarkable
admission considering that thousands of persons would give much for the
privilege of seeing their own faces on the silversheet.
WALLY REID SOON TO
START ON NEW PLAY FAMOUS ON THE STAGE
Following the
completion of The Paramount picture, "Across the Continent," Wallace
Reid will next make Richard Harding Davis's play, "The Dictator."
under the direction of James Cruze. This play is the one In which Willie
Collier starred so successfully on the speaking stage. It is being adapted for
the screen by Walter Woods. It Is believed that the leading role will afford Reid
one of the most effective characterizations that he has ever had, sparkling with
comedy and replete with romantic situations.
Meanwhile.
"Across the Continent" is well along toward completion, with Its
exciting race scenes and the dash of the email car In the finish, literally
through fire and water. This picture is being directed by Philip E. Rosen.
COMPLETES PHOTOPLAY
Hugo Ballin has
completed “The Luxury Tax,” an original story by Ethel Donoher, for Hodkinson,
Mabel Ballin, Raymond Bloomer and Craufurd Kent are the principals.
TWO BEAUTIES HERE
Two beauty contest
winners will be seen in William Christy Cabanne’s next production “Beyond the
Rainbow.” Now being made at the R-C eastern studios. They are Virginia Lee, who
won the national prize for pulchritudinous peerlessness at Atlantic City last summer, and Clara Bow, who
captured the laurels in the annual contest held by the Brewster film
publications.
May Allison Has a Perilous
Escape; Gets Plenty Thrills
“If I’m not ruining
my clothes, I’m breaking my neck?”
May Allison, Metro’s
flaxen-haired star, is author of the above statement in discussing her picture,
“Big Game.”
“Why, I completed a
picture, ‘Are Wives to Blame?’ in which I had to ruin a perfectly stunning and
elaborate evening gown, by a midnight plunge in the ocean,” said the win-some
May, “And the first thing that I had to do in ‘Big Game’ was a perilous ride on
a runaway horse!
“And that’s just one
of the many hazards I had to perform for the sake of realism. But, really, I
don’t mind, though sometimes I catch my breath, and wonder how it will all end,
when I undertake some risky stunt
“In my last two
pictures, ‘The Marriage of William Ashe,’ and ‘Are Wives to Blame?’ I was
called upon to wear quite elaborate—at any rate. Vary good-looking gowns—and
nearly every one of them was worn in a scene that meant utter wreak to them.
And ‘Big Game’ started me off with a wild ride at breakneck speed. And that’s
not the least of tricks I performed during the course of production on this story.
Nearly all the action took place in the Northwest Canadian woods, and after my
race on the horse, I went to the Canadian backwoods and had a race with a dog
team!”
David Werk Griffith gave Mart Alden her first screen part
with the A. B. Company in 1911.
NOTED SWIMMER DIES IN
STREAM
Lyle Ferguson,
Daredevil on Screen, Meets Doom in Southern Waters
Lyle Ferguson. A
daredevil swim-poet, who appeared in Gasnier’s production. “’The Call of Home,”
doing acme spectacular feats in the great flood scene, bas at last met his doom
In the waters, according to advices from Tams. Arizona_ Ferguson, soon after
completing his work with Gasnier in this R.-C. Picture, was engaged by another
producing organization, and while attempting to ride through one of the dam
siphons at the Laguna dam, Yuma, Arizona, his had struck
a concrete coping. His skull was crushed and he died instantly. His body was
recovered several hours later.
Ferguson
was a graduate of the University of California former army officer who served in France. And a
scientific farmer with a big ranch property near –Yuma.
After Gasnier’s
arrival in Yuma
to stage certain of the big flood scenes In `The Call of Home.” He heard of Ferguson’s prowess and
immediately engaged him to put on a number of, intensety thrilling scenes
called for: by the script lie had several n
row escapes from death in this work, and more than once the
cameramen and spectators thought ho had gone down under the flood waters for
the last time.
When the work was
done Ferguson
told Cantor that it was the toughest struggle he had ever bad in the water. But
his next venture proved his lasts
PAULINE’S HERD OF
COWBOYS MADE TO WEAR A CRUEL GARB
A warrant charging
cruelty to cowboy’s is reported to nave been sought recently for Colin Campbell,
who directed Paulin Frederick In her latest production. “Two Kinds of Women.” Adapted
from Jackson Gregory’s novel, “Judith of the Blue Lake Ranch.” In the photoplay
Miss Frederick. As Judith, gives a formal dance at her palatial ranch home and
invitee the cowboys In her employ to attend.
For filming the
dance scenes Mr. Campbell had the cowboys — real cowboys, by the way, many of
whom had never before appeared before a camera – get into nondescript dress
suits. The men retained their quarter-boots, spurs, Stetsons and forty-fives
with cartridge belts, but the “boiled shirts,” the “swallowtail coats” and
white waistcoats were al-most too much for them. They felt about as much at
home In them as they would have In diving suits!
Rudolph Cameron Anita Stewart’s husband, will play opposite
her in her next picture.
This Really Looks As
if It Might Be Very Fair Question
The announcement
that Ernst Lubitach, the famous German director responsible for
"Deception,' "Passion" and similar pictures, had brought
"Pharoah's Wife" to America.
suggests the query as to what the immigration officials were doing at the time
the boat docked?
WALTHALL AND 'WINDSOR
Henry B. Walthall
and Claire Windsor, noted screen beauty, have been engaged to head the list of
players in Francis N. Green's story "Ono Clear Call," which Louis B
Mayer has just purchased for First National release. John M. Stahl will direct.
ANOTHER TARKINGTON
Vitagraph is to
picturize -The Magnificent Ambersons" by Booth Tarkington later thin season.
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