Show NEW NEVI PICKFORD PLAY NEARLY COMPLETED Finishing touches touchE's are being put on onLess onLess onLess Less Than the Dust this week and present ind indications are that Mary Marj Pickford's first play pIa for tor Pic Plc- Pictures Pictures tures corporation will be ready well in advance of ot the October date set for release The work of cutting and assembling assembling assembling as as- will begin at once and then rapid progress will be made on the preliminary set of ot prints which the sixteen exchanges in the United States and Canada will require at once This first shipment will total eighty prints of the Hector Turnbull story which has been produced under the direction of or John Emerson For the filming flIming of the big spectacular lar scenes of the play a complete replica replica rep rep- lica Ilea of a modern city of India was erected at Whitestone L L. I I. I The manuscripts manuscripts manuscripts manu manu- scripts called for tor a large cast Temporary bat barracks racks and commissary commissary commissary commis commis- sary were constructed for the comfort of or the hundreds of extras whose services were required in the large ensembles ensemble and for the convenience convenience convenience con con- of Emerson and his staff stan In spite of the convenience afforded by their being on the ground at all times the demands of ot the story kept them in service several se weeks and helped to swell the total cost of Less Than the Dust and make mace it one of or the most expensive expensive expensive ex ex- ex- ex pensive short features ever produced When hen cut and assembled Less Than the Dust will provide an evenings evening's I entertainment Advance information reveals th the j structure of or the story in which Miss l I Pickford will vill present a brand new characterization to add to the extensive extensive exten- exten sive gallery of or successful roles she has created for picture plays |