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Show Melange of the Movies TOM CHATTERTON produced and took the lead in "Double Crossed," with Anna Little playing opposite him. It must be a mighty good play, because Tom says he thinks it is the best he ever produced. It is a three-reeler and lie wrote it himself, and, what Is more, he cui, and assembled It, too,. Wrote, produced, pro-duced, played male lead, out and assembled assem-bled ! Some versatility, what? Henry Otto, the Universal producer, is now in New Y'or';, wh'-rt- lie wil' direct di-rect for the next lew moot lis. It was all arranged very quiettv on a. Monday morning after a short chat with Carl Laemmle, and Ottu slipped away on Wednesday marninir after bidding his friends good -by ty the telephone route. This is a. signal honor for Otto, who produced "Undine" and other fine photoplays photo-plays for the big "V." William Russell, who will make his first appearance in the role of a hero as the star of American Film corporation's "Mutual Masterpieiures, De Luxe Edition," Edi-tion," "The Thoroughbred," has quit . "heavying" for a time, at least. I During iiis entire recent engagement with the North American Film corpora- tion in the role of "Rlair Stanley" in "The Diamond From the Sky," Russell i was a villain of the direst kind. He was a clever, scheming, handsome, rascally ; villain, and bis acting rightly incurred ; the hatred of everyone who saw the pic-! ture. Whether Russell grew tired of being be-ing despised, or whether he has a great - , er fondness for hero roles than heavy ! ones, does not matter. He is versatile . enough to be a success in either. : It was four years ago that he became ! associated with trie motion pictures. He start rd with the Bloqraph company, then joined, the Thanhouser forces, remaining, there some time. Ealer he appeared in' Kiaw tt Erlanger features and in Famous , 1'invfrs productions. i lii "Th Thoroughbred." thf- American Mutual Masterpicture. De Luxe Edition. Russell goes far beyond anything he has ever done before for tho screen. Clifford Callls, an Infant prodigy of the American (Mutual) studios, takes an important role in "Kiddus. Kills. Kiddo" comedy, released by the Mutual. Clifford is Jarely over 5 years of ace. but already al-ready he is looked upon, as a full-fledged screen actor. One of the proudest moments mo-ments in his voting life was. experienced during the filming of "Kiddus, Kills and Kiddo." when the young hopeful was allowed al-lowed to "smoke" his daddy's old pipe and wear his daddy's glasses. Filming of "The Extra Man and the Milk-Fed Eiou." the sixth of the Charles E. Van Loan stories, of the "J.mck Par-vin Par-vin In the. Movies" aeries, has been started start-ed at the American (Mutual) studios. Art A cord says lie feels safe with all sorts of lions but the milk -fed variety, and (hat this fU-um can't be completed too soon for him. A friend in Lns Anceles has heard from Car! vie Rlark well, letter dated Jacksonville. P. lack wpII Is working in "The Clarion" and says i1 Is a tine photoplay. photo-play. He thinks lie will return lo the coast la tcr ou. and his W-t t -r e i early shows ids heart is in the v.'i-st. i: in "Double CroPP-d." hn Mustang photoplay recent ly c u pie I -d at S;mta p.nrbara. Anna Little and Hip ot lie's In the company took some fcpn1? on what is know n B8 Bishop's M ilHon-doila r ranch. Anna says it is one of tiios" wonderful ronclx'-s you read about and never see. She enjoved the experience and appreciated th-; com nl ! n '-n I s the r-al cowboys paid her on her fine rifling. The ranch foreman told her be would "t;ie her a iob ridine raime anv uid time." Since Neva Gerher went into pictures siie lifts had the happy faculty of ahvayx piuylnc opposite to handsomp nnd pm.-.-hir men. She wt) with 1-Mwin Auerust fi.r som time and thf'n became leftfiinc Jady to Carlyle Bio ck we ; for .1 'mi- sve played with 'ilila:n D. Taylor and then with Kenrv K:nir. At the Aineri'an si, partnered V,v-b-;fr Campheil. and if 1ii.1t lot of t;,-tdir!g n;en can be be a U-n t he;r stiection will 1:1 Ie F'tip tlifnkii.tr out I t 1 Myrtle S-cdniari. the Pa! Ins leading ; woman, has had to - nil a b;dt r-'n son;e i of l;er privaie em;.i-i;i-mf-iitK. She nods t i 1. 1 1 aT-ej Ti ng n ! the in v: t ,-. r inns to si ; g ' tirs lier too mui-h. and sr':f h."s d-c;d--fl j to limit ).-h favors to chs ri t ;i , nif-.:-ir.gs. She loves slnKlmf and never fails to practice daily, but when it comes to several nights a week she thinks It wiser to draw a line somewhere. . William Garwood, the star of "The Journal of Lord John" serial at the Universal, Uni-versal, dislikes dining atone. He la the greatest little diner-out ever, and when he is not taking dinner with some friend he is taking some friend out to supper. William is still a bit lame from the accident acci-dent be had when jumping from a window win-dow to a running automobile. He states emphatically that lie is not a stunt actor; he prefers straight drama Knough has been seen of the new Kalem series, "The Love Pirate " to show that Ollie Kirby, one of the (wo female "pirates," is going to make a big hit with photoplaygoers. No matter what this most attractive girl does, she is the eternal feminine, and the charm with which she invests her parts is undeniable. undenia-ble. She will add to her followers bv her work in this unusual series bv Georee Bionson Howard, which are "receiving such excellent direction at the hands of James Home, Since the time of Adam, husbands have been making records, and James Orue motion picture director, broke another one when he telephoned his wife War-'fiuerite War-'fiuerite Snow, the Metro star, sending her .Christmas greetings from his studio in San Jose, Cal., to the Rolfe-Mtro studio j in, Npw York City. There have been 1 telephonic communications eouallv ai far i in recent tests, hut the telephone com-, com-, nany officials in New York vouch for the ; fact that it is a record for husbands iu-1 iu-1 quiring after their wife's welfare and ! heal tli over such a d is ta nee. Miss Snow was in the Knife-Metro studio, where she is at work on I lie stellar role In "The Cpptart," a five-part five-part Metro feature, when a uniformed boy from the office ca me In singing her name. "Wanted on the phone. Miss Snuw " he said. i "Who wants me?" she sa Id. I The hoy nonchalantly informed her that 1 her husband was calling. J "Why, that can't be so," returned Miss ! Snow, "He is working in California." J But it was so. Miss Snow bad a little 1 difficulty in hearing Mr. Cr use's words at first, but they soon fdl Inlo ahout thirty dollars' worth oT small talk and gossip. When Miss Snow had finished talking she emerged from the booth .'ill smiles. It Isn't everyone whose husband cares enough and has the price to send "Merry Christmas" across o'HiO miles or so of continent. Ethel Barrymore, the M-Mro star, never allows her children around t be studio when she is a -'tint? before the camera. She says they would distract , her. |