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Show ; -ji T, "k IT Ilk FASCINATING DANCER LIGHTS NEW PANTAGES BILL WEDNESDAY ' GREAT NAZIMOVA SCORES BIG I SUCCESS AT ORPHEUM IN FILM I . - - i , . . J i ' ' 1 I L N AZ 1 M OVA" 1 n T'TH E Tr E DL ANT E R N .TN. , v.v"-;::V.-:H4 Charming' Myrtle Guilda, who, with her partner, Duncan Hall, "brings a series of novel and delightful dances as a snappy feature of Wednesday's new bill at the Pantages. j ihe error of his judgment, and finds that ; the xrr.ple itile A:::-r:ii L.ss .s r...i j only -The Bt-v.er Wiio," but the Leilc-1 Leilc-1 wuman as w e!l. i , VTOU'LL set a lot of surprises when yo'-sco yo'-sco "Vanriarin's t-Iold." starring Ka:y (Jordan, rost Lts.urod of that. You'll Mni inat the story t;ike an altogether different turn from what you miijht ex-re't. ex-re't. and that the climax is nut alone thrilJina, but ex'iiin-, amazinc and intensely in-tensely interesting. Tut, for that matter, mat-ter, "Mandarin's (.;o!d" is intenseW in-terpin- from start to linish. Ti:e Strand theater lakes pleasure In announv'n thnt it has serured "Mandarin's "Man-darin's Uo.d" for showing today, and this theator further reconimend.s this p ro chic -tion to its patrons aa being an exceedingly exceeding-ly izood picture. Mis-'S Gordon's roe. in tiiis picture is that of riotty Caidon, a youn-T societv marron. who iramhh-s so extensively that she becomes deeply in need of money. An extraordinary opportunity for securing thu money she needs Is presentfvl to her. She takes advantage of- this opportunity, with the result that she not alone plunges I herself into a tremendous lot of trouble, j but also involves a number of other peo- pie in the catastrophe. But, when things j look the darkest for Petty, the author's ingenuity asserts itself and the picture ends happily. ! Miss Gordon, wears a c-at number of . the verv latest frowns in tiiis picture. All the women in the eitv will want to see these stylish creations and will want to sec this fascinating picture. T P. M' GO WAX, who is directing Ed- die Polo :n his newest serial, also assumes the 'role of a villainous ruffian m the story. He wears overalls in playing play-ing the part. A woman visitor happened on the stage whero Mac was taking a scene. "Who is directing this picture?" she queried. "That pentleman there," a prop bov answered, an-swered, indicating 1 he ovcrallcd figure, who was not in the scene at the time, but was behind the camera indicating how he wanted the situation "shot." "What, w-ea-ing overalls?" she exclaimed. ex-claimed. "An-1 the newsoapors are always al-ways telling of ihe fabulous salaries paid directors. Tf he gets such a big salurv it's a wonder he wouldn't get a decent suit of clothes!" And no one on the set took the trouble to enlighten her. TljONROK SALISBURY. Universal star, entered a Los Angeles jewe.lrv store to buy a fountain pen. He tried the various va-rious points offered and covered a sheet of paner with the Latin quotation: "Tern-pus "Tern-pus Fugit." Still, he seemed unable to find a point that suited his writing. Looking over his shoulder, a sweet young thing who worked at the fountain-pen fountain-pen counter said: "Mr. Fugit." did anyone ever tell you that you look just exactly like Monroe Salisbury?" TF THE fickle public should ever tire of Priscilla. Dean as A nintinn nifurei I territory reported increased attend Of all answers, 92 per cent of tha I itors reported themselves in favor of j hibition, and that family attendance Prc j noticeably growing as soon as th j loons were closed." a A CALIFORNIA admirer of Be556 B riscale has written urging her a candidate for governor of California. ' This fan, a lady of San Francisco about Miss Barriscale's stand on' ,f question of admitting children to atn merit hotels and other public bulid from which they are barred by 8e-';v landlords, and she feels that a who has the courage to take a s -against this abuse should bo exalten' be political head of the state. Of course. Miss Barriscalo feels fi-. tered to be considered as desirable Ku, natorial material, but sho indulges m" illusions concerning her fitness t0 7. minister the affairs of a commomvea': like the Golden State and, while she f.V that California women should take more active part in the state administ-' tion, she entertains no political ambitiv for hei-iself. Miss Barriscale's San Francisco a mirer proposed to perfect an organiza. to launch a boom for the aun-crown' star and all she wanted was Bessie's CoV sent. She thought that a campaign c a platform of "children welcome" vo- do an incalculable good even if the cn-" didatc did not win the support of majority. Recently Miss Barriscale denounced tl growing tendency of a certain clas o' landlords to exclude children from tht--buiidings, and it was this that attract the attention of the up-state lady u-' declares it to be a matter of vital in;, portance. VIOLA DANA, the clever young Me!:i star, who will be seen In ui-Parisian ui-Parisian Tigress" at the Isis theater to day. for a two days' engagement, ha gained distinction both on the stage a; screen for her unusual dramatic taleiu; Beginning her public career at the earl age of rive as a dancer, she later turn, her attention to the dramatic eiac-' where she climbed to fame in such pla, as Ibsen's "When the Dead Awake "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Poor Uu-Rich Uu-Rich Girl." In the latter play she m. ated the title role and gave the remarks, blc performance which caused the p;.", to run for two seasons on Broadway. Miss Dana's first work in pictures wa-with wa-with the Edison company, but it h w:t Metro that she has achieved her greater successes. Numbered among her b;i: presentations are "The Gold Cure," "fh; Flower of the Dusk," "Opportunity "The Only Road," "A Weaver c' Dreams." "Breakers Ahead," "Riders o' the Night," "Blue Jeans" and "Sau; Junior." Miss Dana was born in Brooklyn, h' was educated in New York, which is al;: the city of her successes. LIKE so many other American boyt Lewis Sargent started his career a a "newsie" on those streets of Los Angeles. An-geles. He is the 15-year-old, freckle- DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. VA N TA'J K:-i fi.ll now pi.'iyli.K v-1V1 "Th ,S';ui.mI- Flw oii-r ;i f a - Thrj i hllOHB tlilll j'. Nl;W bill W'-.i;,. tu y , ; MOTION PICTUiiZS. ! 1W fiAMOT'NT KMl'I'.KSM- f Hi. lino Oilvrf. in i I.I inur (i lyn 'h "'J :i : f-r n( K;i r ii-n fi ll null" ; l'r! in a r.,-,r i ur-N ; IMn-, ;j i,i,n ; rnnilc Ciirl'fui. ( 'on t in u -iM, ..'id to It j. ni. , HH'iAI)WAV-Kil!':l ( h.vtoti In "' i .fiin Mllll'"; ui.K) til- I . !i.l(1:r Of '"Mi.- 11-iC df Mllu," fi-iitiirlti Willi. mi Iji ti. (Jlll'Hl-l.'M --Now pliiviiik-, N.izlni'vii In I'rii Ki:d I.iiiiii'rn." ( uiillii.ioiiM, I ,::u h 11 p. in. ISIS V wlii l;mn in '"IUk l'uriMao T.ri-ii-," nlny iii.d luiaurrow. Mi:iIi'AN' --('!. ir hlniliiill Yo'in? In "TIl' Rt-l.-r Wir.-"; Oulli rti.-ntiT i:rlMics; ll.n.a-l I.Ioyil i'. mi id v. !-ii.-(-i;i L niiiil';il pro r;i in , vvi Ui Mlh ItNlll Floi'i.-nr.: Ill Vuciil M-l.-c t ion ti'V KAMI - KH ly (Jor'lori In "The ilumliirin'a d'.lir'; I'fjinlu; 8' ' ii i ' . IT" t'A-:X interest is centering in the j thrilling upertacle- pre.'iented in "The Stamp. ib; itiibi::," the danlrng t."Ihner of the i urn-nt l'rttitagn bill. 'I lu: act, vvlii ai is Hct in a rounduj) unp In Arizona, J:i typical f tlie old-tnne ! WiMt, when cowboya and wild lironcos wt;re corn 1 1 inn scenery hi "thene here pari s.' Thy fa nn. us lady roper, Kljri:s Uue, give;! some exciting exhibitions 'f hrr fik ill with the lariat , while Guy Woadick, lan lux and a quartet of cowboy:! cow-boy:! furnish thu lot "f thrills with their bareback riding, roping and bucking, j 'I tin act Is a. hummer from start to finish. Jimmy HrUt, former lightweight champion, cham-pion, makes himself right at home and kfepa i h0 au Jitmctj in a merry uproar with his smiptjy nmrmluguo on lire in general and his experiences in the ring in pa r tic ii la r. KM die Kosti of tho ebony comiteiiaiiry and wide grin Keeps the laughs booming a s-alute to his skill as a comedian, while Gordon and Day win ; a. big .slico with their bicycle act, in which they put over some clever pantomime panto-mime st uf f. The H clone Km lion Trio thrill with their acriaL feats and give tho show a speedy start. There are a dozen or ho hi t cresting news views, and Kddie Fitzpat rick's orchestra helps the i Khow along with its melody. This bill I will play through Tuesday night. , Those olive drab specialists In the latest ja:v,ttmo, the Camp Ua Jazz band, will bo tho snappy attraction on the new bill opening Wednesday. Tho rest of 1 ho show will include Tom Kelly, the Irish fashion pbue; Martha Russell and company, lu "Kocklng the Boat"; Kuck-er Kuck-er and inn if red, ebony-hucd enter- . lainers; Lucy V'almont and Jacq Itey-licn, Itey-licn, Belgian sorgst ors. and Hall and Guilda in dance offerings. T SWITCHING Kthel Clayton is com-- ing to tho Broadway theater on Sunday ami Monday in an entrancing new World picture. This thoroughly pleasing production bears tho title of, "Tho Man 1 f unt," and it Is an unusual and mighty Mkeablo comedy. Kthcl Clayton's Clay-ton's role- in this picture will appeal to every motion picture fan In this city. The story told in "Tho Man Hunt" is certainly difforont. Betty Hammond is a very wealthy girl, whoso father is dead. plate. He came back with 52. I was thirsty, too, by that time. One day a famous old prelate came out to Universal City to see Joe. Joe listened while the old gentleman commented upon the wonders of nature. "You wouldn't catch a monkey taking a drink of vile liquor," he observed. Joe reached in the hip pocket of his Utile pantaloons pan-taloons and came out with a pint of liquor, which he offered to the bishop with fine courtesy. I would rather direct animals than human hu-man stars, and I guess the human stars will have no objection if I stick to the arena. fin WO special troubles will be hum tip for film folk at the forthcoming Santa Barbara Kennel club show, which is to be held August 1 and 2. These are in addition to the eighty-prizes eighty-prizes offered to general competitors in the various classes provided. 1 Handsome cups will be awarded to the I you like the wicked ladies who steal other oth-er ladies' husbands, eh?' " T don't say that I likes tho women themselves but T iiko the plays. Now you take that there Theda Bara; doggone but she's a lollypaloozer and no mistake. I've seen about sixteen of her pictures and in every durn one on 'em her honor's hon-or's at stake. And every time she comes out of the scrape all right. And, you know, I'm going to see her every time she has a picture of her's in town.' " Ts that so'." " 'Yep; I'll tell you why: She's won out so far but, b'gosh, she can't win all the time!' "Now, I leave it to your sober judgment judg-ment if that isn't an evidence of a shrewd mind in one so far past the meridian of liie as my Uncle Phil?" MOMENTARY dizziness undoubtedly saved James J. Corbett, world's ex-champion ex-champion boxer, now a screen star, from facing criminal charges ranging from as- VI cr fortune Is so vast that her attorney says she ought to marry some good man who would look after it for her and take eare of her. She at once recalls James Ogden, her girlhood sweetheart, and decides de-cides to look him up. Slit; finds that he has become manager of her mines and, as he is clean, good looking and brainy, she decides to marry him. But Ogden refuses to marry her. Then she takes matters into her own hands and imprisons im-prisons him, with a declaration that he is going to be her prisoner until he consents. con-sents. In the end, of course, they are married. mar-ried. But the marriage comes onlv after some o.xc.W'wgr itiivnnimw -.a of the Eurasian girl, Mahlcc, and the I other Blanche, her. Knglish half-sister, j The story tells of the life of this half-1 half-1 cast girl, who, born in a coffin shop in the Chinese quarter of Pek'n. is at tho death of her grandmother faken to the Christian mission and brought up amidst Kuropean surroundings. The conflicting blood which surges in her veins causes her passionate restlessness she feels the lure of China, the mysterious and passionate pas-sionate laud of her mother, but the inheritance in-heritance of her Knglish father, the ideals and intellect of the west, are strong within her. and she is like a ball in the hands of Fate flung from one extreme idi-eu, i eu-iicdiien uuiig&Ler who UKE! the part of "Huek" in the Famous Pla.-ers-L-asky production of "Huckleberr-Finn," "Huckleberr-Finn," and his newsboy days are m forever. He first shouted "Pipers!" whn he was a mite of a kid. "A lot of grei; men got theh- start as newsies," he ei-claims, ei-claims, "so I have hopes." great many surprises. "The Man Hunt" will make you glad you're alive and able to sec such a delightful de-lightful picture. Also on the program, tho final chap- wMor "She Miin of Might." featuring ! William Duncan. Tji LTNOR GLYN, who is responsible for "Three Weeks" and several other risque novels, will be featured at the Paramount-Empress today and for the next three days. To . be more correct, however, it is her story, "The Career of Katherme Bush," which will be screened, with that talented artist. Catherine Calvert, Cal-vert, m the title role. The other features on the new bill are the wonderful nature color Prizma pictures. Paramount Picto-graph Picto-graph and a comic cartoon. John Goldsworthy, who plavs the leading lead-ing male supporting role opposite Catherine Cath-erine Calvert in "The Career of Kather-Ine Kather-Ine Bush." is a graduate of the English stage and one of the best-known leading lead-ing juveniles on the stage or screen. His first stage appearance in this country was under tho .Shubert management in lUp and Down Broadway." Subsequent appearances were as. juvenile lead with Grace barue in musical comedy, and in the following Broadway successes: "The Queen of the Movies." "The Merry Martyr." Mar-tyr." "Jumping Jupiter" and "Kambler Kose." AZIMOVA, the distinguished Russian star, is the feature in the powerful Metro superfeature, "The Red Lantern," at the Orphcum theater, which opened Saturday for a nine days' engagement. Jn it she is seen in a dual role, which gives her opportunity for the most powerful pow-erful characterizations of her brilliant career. The two roles which she enacts are as widely different as the poles one is that engaged in some branch of motion picture pic-ture production, who enlers the best dog. "Fatty" Arbuckle, it is known, will back his "Luke" as being without a peer in dogdom, while Mack Sennett says "Keystone Teddy," known to millions of film fans, is the finest dog in all the world. Other probalJle exhibitors are Charles Ray, W. y. Hart and Tom Mix. Back east Pauline Fredericks has a fine kennel, which is her hobby. She will send for some of the best dogs to show in Santa Barbara. Kathleen Clifford expects ex-pects to enter lier champion Pekinese "Muinu"; and Katherine McDonald will be here with a string of prize winners. Other well known film stars who are considering showing in the Palm King on the Belvedere grounds are Ruth Roland, Ro-land, Bessie Barriscale, Dorothy Dalton, Clara Kimball Young, Dorothy Phillips, Mary Pickford, etc. Trophies to the amount of $3000 will be, offered at the Santa Barbara show, which is held under American Kennel club rules. pRNEST TRUEX is a great golf en-thusiast, en-thusiast, and often invites his fellow members of the Lambs out to play on the Great Neck links near his home, on Long Island. One of these very warm afternoons recently. re-cently. Donald Brian, Frank Craven, Cyril Scott and Arthur Hopkins played golf as the guests of Ernest Truex. With true hospitality the young actor's sons, James and Philip, aged 5 and 7, respectively, fixed up a little stand and served tlie . Quartet of Lambs with lemonade with a stick in it. The beverage proved some quencher. The boys' method of putting a stick in lemonade is said to be original as wpII as novel. Often had they seen Mother Truex make tea by immersing a tea ball in a cup of hot water. "Whv not apply this method to a cold drink?" thought the youngsters. So they bought some lemon lolly-pops. These they immersed in ice water, and presto! they brewed lemonade Of course, the stick was in it, but the boys knew the Lambs would not object and, as Jimmy said, "The Lamhs were just as meek after as before taking." UTVTT UNCLE PHIL." declares Fatty Arbuckle, referring to his venerable vener-able relative who has figured frequently in thj noted comedian's reminiscences 'is a lover of the screen. He has certain mental reservations regarding mv own comedies which I am satisfied only his personal regard for ine prevents him from giving voice. At that, he savs I'm funny and from. Uncle Phil that is, some concession. "One day I asked him: 'What kind of pictures do you like best. Uncle?' " 'Why,', he replied, 'I'm kind of fond of these , here vamp plays and problems about 'tother woman or 'tother man.' " 'Oh,' 1 responded, 'now I know. So 1 r sault to first-degree murder. In one scene Mr. Corbett was supposed to be lashed to the driving wheel of the huge motor at the Los Angeles Light & Power company's plant. His director, James Horne, assured his star that the power wouldn't be turned on and that there was no danger, and Mr. Corbett consented to be roped. All was in readiness for the "shooting" of the scene and in a moment of confusion the wrong switch was turned. According to Mr. Corbett, he travehvl about 16.000 miles in three seconds, for Ihe switch which controlled the gigantic driving wheel had been pushed on. Only a second intervened until the mistake was noticed, but when this screen star was "unshackled" all world records for the 100 yards were smashed. From director di-rector to property boy, everybody tried to beat the other from the vision of this world-famous pugilisric favorite. fTS HE Teatro el Toro, once one of the most pretentious of bull fight arenas, is now the home of grand opera, as a result of President Carranza's decree de-cree that bull fights should cease. Grand opera dancers and concert artists have appeared in the arena, and it is stated that these various forms of amusement will be offered until some definite action is taken as to the future of bull fighting. In this arena what is said to be one of the most remarkable spectacles in the history of the sport was staged. A bull, El Bonito, known as one of the fiercest fighters, on being brought into the arena charged and killed three horses and in- i jured as many men without being touched by the estoque of any matador. As the bull stood bellowing defiance and with no one apparently willing to attack him, Miguel Ballo, a picador, who was a spectator spec-tator in one of the boxes, leaped unarmed un-armed into the inclosure. In his outstretched hand Ballo carried two lumps of sugar, which he nonchalantly noncha-lantly offered to the bull. The animal suddenly ceased its bellowing and In a few moments docilely licked the sugar from Ballo's hand. The latter returned unharmed to his box amid the plaudits of the spectators. "1YTTI0N rlctures "ourish best In J-'-1 states that have had prohibition two or more years, "-says John C. Flinn director of publicity and advertising for the Paramount and Artcraft pictures "Since Detroit went dry, the attendance atten-dance at motion picture theaters has steadily increased. Men as well as women wo-men and children are going, and they demand de-mand cleaner pictures than before. "The motion picture is the most logical logi-cal substitute for the saloon. It furnishes wholesome amusement at little cost And the churches must support clean pictures and make a better substitute for the saloon. sa-loon. "In answer to 2000 questionnaires sent out from our office, 100 per cent in dry How the becomes the powerful war maiden of China the Goddess of the Red Lantern is shown in this play of remarkable remark-able and startling happenings where all the mysticisms and tforgeousness of the vivid east is woven into a powerful and ; fascinating- drama. The lure of the Purple Forbidden City the customs and superstitions of secret China the gorgeous gor-geous pageantry and pomp which surrounds sur-rounds the Orient with gold glamour is shown with a touch of magic which brings romance to life. TVTARJORIE RAMBEAU is going back into pictures. Here is what the Path publication says of her: "Introducing one of the most popular and poetically appealing actresses in America Miss Rumbeau. There is lyric charm in her spoken word and immeasurable immeas-urable beauty in her eloquent silences on tlie screen. You'll soon see her as one of the constellation of Pathe stars. Her remarkable series of stage successes has created an enormous following, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and her entry into pictures under the direction of Albert Al-bert Capellani makes a conjunction of emotional art and skilled technical direction di-rection that assures a series of perfect productions. "Miss Rambva'j has hundreds of thousands thou-sands of devoted followers, and she is recalled, with affectionate appreciation, for her beautifully appealing work in "The Eyes of Youth," a poem of a play, in which she fully realized every shading of its sentiment. Her other successes were in 'Cheating Cheaters,' 'Where Poppies Bloom.' 'iSo Much Is So Much aiKl 'Sadie Love.' "She will be the cinematic luminary with which new and larger achievement will be accomplished. The stories selected select-ed for her will completely fit her personality per-sonality and dramatic gifts, and the productions pro-ductions in every way will be notable another brilliant page in tlie book of Capellani' s successes." "TIGELi BARRIE, who is seen In the leading rolo in Clara Kimball Young's forthcoming Select picture, "The Better Wife," which plays at the American Ameri-can theater Sunday, is making his first appearance on the screen since the great war ca me to a close. Shortly after the declaration of war, Mr. Barrie left this country and went to England, where he joined the Royal : Flying corps. He soon won his commission commis-sion and shor'ly after saw active service ser-vice on the French front. Mr. Barrie was born in Calcutta. India, but he received re-ceived his education in England and at Heidelberg. Germany. His early career wis in comic opera, drama and vaudeville. vaude-ville. At one time he played opposite Grace George in "Half an Hour," and also Played the lead in "The Laughing Husband." Hus-band." Hi? screen career lias included many episodes of the International serial production. "Beatrice Fairfax." He supported sup-ported .lane Grey in "When My Ship Comes In." and was also seen in an important im-portant role in "Bab's Diary." Another '. big production in which Mr. Barrie was ! seen tn advantage was with Clara Kimball Kim-ball Young in "The Marionettes," an earlier Select picture. In "The Better Wife," Mr. Barrio is ' seen as Sir Richard Beverly, the Brit- , ish baronet, who takes a wealthy Ameri- . can girl for a wife, although believing at the time thit his former-helpmeet was -i the better wife. In the end he discovers star, she will not be withdut a means of livelihood. A perpetual opening is awaiting her as a "sob slinger" on a newspaper. During the trial in Los Angeles in which Roma Raymond sued Earle Williams, Wil-liams, the matinee idol, for $1 60,000 as heart balm because of alleged trifling with her affections, Miss Dean covered I the case for the Los Angeles Examiner. Pencil in hand,, she sat among the hard-boiled hard-boiled scribes of the Los Angeles press and wrote her observations of this drama of real life. Charles Coleman, city editor of the Los Angeles Examiner, was so pleased with her stories that lie told her whenever she quit acting to come and be a special staff writer of his newspaper. The courthouse reporters of Los Angeles An-geles found Miss Dean such a jolly associate asso-ciate that they clubbed together and presented pre-sented the star with a handsomo little gold fountain pen and notebook bound in Morocco leather. 6iXJ HY does a clock hate a woman?" This question shot suddenly from the lovely mouth of Bessie Barriscale so startled the picture people in the cafeteria cafe-teria at Brunton studios that nearly everybody dropped something, spilled his soup or choked. Howard Hickman, Miss Barriscale's director, di-rector, had just taken a mouthful of hot baked potato when Bessie let loose her question, and he may recover, but h.e'11 never look just the same. Anna Nilsson was approaching ber table with a tray full of viands when the I bombshell struck and ber tomato soup I cascaded down the neck of Allan Dwan's sport shirt. Due tin Farnum dropped a piece of cocoanut custard pie on Frank "Keenan's head and Jack Holt's ice cream skidded off his apple pie into Mareia Manon's lap. That wasn't all, but it was sufficiency, as Sam Bernard would say, and then the gang made a rush for Bessie to see if it was the heat that caused tlie outcry. But they never feazed ber. She calmly calm-ly stated that it was a fact that clocks hald women and that she could prove it. "There's no cause for excitement,'' she elucidated, waving a juicy bite of lamb chop cn her fork. "I know whereof I speak. At our house there are twenty-seven twenty-seven timepieces of various kinds. When Mr. Hickman is at home he looks after t hem. Keeps them wound up, oiled and otherwise groomed, and they all move : long together like a grand sweet song. It's simply beautiful. No two of them vary five seconds in a month, but let him go away for a week and leave 1hem in my care and thev begin to act like Bolshevik Bol-shevik i. They fis:ht among themselves, talk bark to me, stay out nights, use bad language and do everything but chew and drink. I am kind and attentive, patient and almost subservient, but in three days no two of them have the same time; they all strike at different times and the big on ps just naturally stop still. "Then Howard comes home, starts them all right, again and they go along like i quartet singing close harmony until he goes away again." "That's true." chipped in Howard. "Tt never fails, and we've kept cases on those :locks for years. Wonder why it is?" "Don't pick me out to answer that ucst ion !" shouted the bunch in concert. 'We'll take your word for it.'' And that's what I hey mean when you lear 'em say at Brunton studio that 'a clock hatPS a woman." But why does a clock hate a woman? Bessie wants to know. rHE life of an animal comedy director is hard very hard. I must have ;!ow music to speak about it. While other directors play upon the Micate emotions of beautiful women, I mist lure dramatic, funny, intelligent and ogical action out of the head of an orang-lulang. orang-lulang. Joe Martin, the orang outang who is itarring in mycomedics. is the most tem-leramntal tem-leramntal star at Universal City. If I all him Joseph he thinks that I'm cro--s it him and sulks. If I call him Martin ic resf-nts it as being ioo patronizing. But it is really a great privilege to direct oe Mrmin. He has more brains than a rtolsheviki and no religious scruples to lampcr him in his work. A bushel of arrots pays his weekly salary, and he is lever too pie-eyed in the morning to appear ap-pear for work. When lie needs a hair-cut .e get him to pick on a lawn mower: i-hen he tears his trousers stage the text scene in a blind alley. One morning we vrrc filming a scene in lie dingy part of Tjos Angt.-les. A me inter in-ter of tho company h.nd a wild desire for glass of Ivor. He had loft his wal'et n his dres.-ing room (so he snidt, and I m a pp-hibiiioni;:i whm anyone' needs ni'-kel f" -r beer. Imagine my surprise i-hcn he handed Joe. a tin cup and sent I mi into a parlor window to p;iis the I |
