Show With the Players layers and Producers Producers' I A new type of May McAvoy Isnow is isnow isnow now dazzling on the horizon Since the he public has se seen n this naive star starIn starin starn In n the featured feminine role of ot otE E Esther In Ben Hur Hurt which Metro- Metro Mayer Goldwyn-Mayer produced the they have sensed a certain subtle Change hange in Ingenuous Ma May Her performance In Sentimental Tomm Tommy opposite Thomas and The Enchanted Cottage with Richard Barthelmess will not soon be forgotten because of ot the clever display of v versatility Paradoxically Paradoxical Paradoxical- ly l- ly one Is constrained to the belief belief be- be lief that her capabilities submerged her beauty for only during the past few months have critics begun to wax enthusiastically over Miss McAvoy's ravishing charm and beauty Recently five fide out of a possible seven nation I f fan n publications ac acclaimed acclaimed ac- ac rl et ft bl t claimed her as s one e of the five most beautiful stars that scintillate on the he the screen And none other than the he famous Parisian artist M. M Henri Jarion Larion who followed her to Rome last ast year year-In In order to her year ear gain consent consent consent con con- sent to sit for a a painting declares May Ia to be the personification of charm sweetness and everything that is beautiful which is Is' in itself a rare attribute i Withal thal Miss I McAvoy Avoy is le ever unmindful un- un unmindful unmindful un un- mindful of ot the UtA sung praises and continues merrily to cavort before the u eJ Tn in characterization i i iLS as LS the girt UI Only last ast week she completed the starring starring starring star star- ring role in Chariot Charlot of the Gods which Howard Haw HawKs s directed for tor William WilHam Fox and no no sooner was it announced that she had finished than First National secured h her J signature signature signature sig sig- nature on the dotted line to essay the starring co role opposite Ben Lyon n in The Savage Strangely May had nad been wishing for a trip to New York to attend the opening Ben Hur Hurat at the George M. M Cohan theatre theatre thet ther the the- atre r but t did pot think It advisable v a to leave a Hollywood l in view e of the l many flattering flattering- offers which she had under consideration However the First National contract ac- ac in all her demands deman s and was was so tempting that she was Impelled Impelled impelled Im Im- im- im to to take advantage of the womans woman's June June Mathis responsible for the I script supervision and editorial di direction direction di- di of The Viennese Medle Medley is still closeted In the cutting room at First National with the thelm lm film I editor George McGuire I Work Is to be started on Corinne Griffiths Griffith's new play Mlle Mile Modiste this week Robert Z Leonard loaned by Metro Mayer to First National Is is isto to direct Casting on The Far Cry DIrector Director Director Di DI- rector Balboni's initial effort for First National Is progressing rapIdly rap- rap Idly Blanche Sweet Will play the leading feminine role Jack Mulhall opposite and Myrtle 1 Stedman In an important part Lawrence Wheat who occupies I I an Important role In Coll Colleen en Moores Moore's new v First National photoplay Irene was at one time a a. piano salesman and for tor years an actor of considerable prominence on the stage Helen Ferguson who Is now be beIng being being be- be ing featured in Pathe Serials has at last c cOme me into her own Fans may have thought she sho likes to play the forlorn roles that reached their climax With Hungry Hearts But the drabness and the perpetual tear fall didn't suit Helen at all all' Gay Gayat at heart she grew to to detest the sad note on the screen But now Helen can c'an can tell a Cinderella story alt all her own Because when things speaking were looking their dreariest sh she burst her co cocoon cocoon cocoon co- co coon of drabness drab leSS and during dyring the period of her contract with Pathe she will appear on the screen as asa asa asa a typical American girl to whom life Ufe has alwa always s 's something Interesting Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting to offer otter Walter Miller l who is The Green Archer appears for tor the third time timeto to lb a a. Pathe serial as f featured player play play- er opposite Allene Ray had only one yh n he was a child to to become an actor He quit school to look for an opening on the stage After m much ch difficulty he landed d a a. Job as general utility man manat manat manat at the salary of five dollars a week and expenses But this this' ina u I l g-l tr better t things At the age of fourteen fourteen fourteen four four- teen he had advanced to Juvenile roles Madeline Hurlock who her herway herway herway way through Sennetts Sennett's Pathe comedies comedies comedies com com- edies has a method all her own for getting laughs out of her audi audi- ence She provides some of ot the most delightful and fantastic moments moments moments mo mo- ments in the Sennett comedies by playing playing- seriously while the others hammer their points home and burlesque action Often Otten she handles handles handles han han- han han- a bit with as much fe feeling as asa asa asa a skilled dramatic actress And Anc the Incongruous contrast between bet her seriousness and the antics o of the rest of ot the cast create the laughs I Neely Edwards having Neeley Edwards having turn to resume work under his contract with Universal But two more comedy pictures remain to be filmed With this former Orp Orpheum eum headliner as the star after which h hd he will enter the free lance field Only recently Neely Keely completed the featured male role In Do or Bust Bust which this organization produced Walter Anthony ha has become known as the movie man In more than one sense of the word Besides Besides Besides Besides' Be Be- sides sides' being chief chiet title writer for Universal Anthonys Anthony's variegated ca career career career ca- ca reer during the past year has ac acquainted acquainted acquainted ac- ac him with the studio personnel personnel personnel per per- of almost every production company in Hollywood At present presen he Is titling My Old Dutch and Immediately following the completion completion completion comple comple- tion of this will be loaned loane to another another another an an- other prominent producing company company company com com- pany to title a screen epic |