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Show Morosco Captures Another Star Of the Stage Florence Rockwell Succumbs to the Lure of the Celluloid Deglnnlng Work on Production of Telegraph-Ic Telegraph-Ic Scenario at California Studio Closoly following Oliver Morosco's announcements effecting his engage meut for Paramount Pictures of Anna An-na Held and C'ouutanco Collier, tho progrcusio producer from tho West hns added another stnr of prominence to tho long list ot celebrities who nppeur on tho screen under his banner, ban-ner, in tho person of Florence Itock-woll, Itock-woll, tho well known favorite of tho dramn and ono of tho prettiest uc-tresses uc-tresses on tho American stage, Tho iiamo of Florence Hockwell Is familiarly known to patrons ot tho theatro all oer tho country nnd her possibilities ns a screen actress can readily bo realized by tho many thousands who have seen her. Un-dor Un-dor tho management of vnrlous big producers in tho theatrical field, Miss Rockwell has won just praise, from critics and public nllko. Miss Rockwell Is already at work nt tho Morosco studios in Los Ango-less, Ango-less, where- sho Is tnrrlng in n film adaptation of tho well known book, Ho Fell in Lovo With His Wife, which scored as ono of this country's coun-try's best sellers. On nccount of a hitch nt tho eleventh hour and in ordor to get the. scenario in readiness readi-ness for Miss Hockwell, Mr. Morosco Moros-co wns compelled to proparo this himself in Now York City nnd wlro tho entlro script to tho studios In Los Angeles, where tho Btnr and tho sntlro compnny wns wnltlng to stnrt work. This telegram wns tho longest long-est over sent over the Western Union wires nnd Incurred nu expense of almost $100. Tho scenario wns to havo been dono by a local writer In Loil Angoles, but duo to nn unforeseen unfore-seen Incident tho plans ns scheduled fnlled to materialize. Rather than keep tho star and tho company of playors waiting for flvo days which it would tako to deliver tho pcript through tho mails, Mr. Morosco locked lock-ed himsolf In his ofllco nnd prepared tho subject for tho creep himself with tho result that tho script wns rccol'ved by tho director Just In time to begin work ns per schedule |