Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 42 | London Film Letter

London Film Letter llj MAHK K. PKKUUINI IONON. Kb. 12. Robart Hirhcna. famous author of "Th Garden of Allah," "Hell lnn" and other atorlea and playa. ta tha lataat to join the literary colony here which 1 atudylns the cinema at th Famoua J'layera atu-dlo atu-dlo and wrltlnir original aiuriea for l'aramtiunt plcturaa. Mr Mit hena waa one of th croup of noted llrltlfth authora with whom Jeaae 1 r.Bky negotiated here laat aummer. Iteraune of other engaffemenla for novels at the time Mr. Hlchena wa unable until now to b.ftln active work aa a photoplay wrlKht. K.xpreealna: en-thualaam en-thualaam over the opportunities whlrh the yfi-fii nff.rMo ant horaMr TH1LM ana aatd ha would ba;ln work Immediately. Imme-diately. Ha plana to work In the Islington Isling-ton udto her. Where Arnold Hetmett. . E..i'hUllja Oppenhtlm. Juaei-h Coorad. anil Rlr Jamea M. liArrie already ur etudylna; tha technique of the acreen drama. Tha tltla nf Mr. Hlrhen'fl first arreen story has not yet been selected, but h haa In mind a biK. colorful story alona; the lines of "The (turden of Allah' and the other stories of northern north-ern Africa bv which he haa made hla reputation. Mr. Htchens aald he waa the seventeenth seven-teenth author enffaxed by Mr. Lasky.. Including, besides those working- in the Ijondon studio. Avery Hopwood, Tienry Arthur Jnnea, Cosmo Hamilton, Harvey .1. tyMlKaJlna. Kdward Sheldon, Samuel Merwln, Hir liilbert Parker. Kllnor tllyn. Kdward Knobloek. W. Somerset Msuffhan. ilearKa lattullo and Thompson Thomp-son Huchnnan.