Show I It t I II I JAMES Wa WDEAN'S w a DEANS DEAN'S m FilM mm REVIEWS I I Frank and Fair Comments Comments on Latest Productions Productions I From Moving Picture Studios t HY BY Y JAUs JAMIS V w DEIV NEW EW EW YORK Feb Fob They 10 10 They told me that tho the lell lenses leaves eq on the tho tre trees s sIn In the tho movie mode mo 11 production Of Old New York cost That II It a good yarn varn I thought and und undo so o I went over oser to the tho th Brooklyn armory 1 where here scenes of o the tho pIcture Ire lre being filmed There I acts sn av ti th the biggest InterIor motion picture set tet et ever ester n er erected It as a 1 replica of the tho Dol Bowling Boating linK Green of New York City of o a It century ago CO There Thero were dozens of o trees tr's and each ene cne was nap lu In thousands thousand or of leaves leases I belle o they ao- ao ac cost The Th mO ino-ile ino Ie people in tho the past ba Lase dealt In e a extravagant tra terms so much I bat hat film commentators ha halo havo 0 class Idas of Doubting After Arter the set of ot Little Old OI l New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York I im sm prepared to to the In II facts on my own can Marion Marlon Danes Daises D les has hsc actually cut her I hair to length boy for this Sho ho doesn't 1 wear near ear a II wig stilt Harrison Harrlson Foul lorl Mahler Hamilton oral Keedwell and J SI M KerrIgan ha brio 0 grown frown natura sideburns lor j t in ir roles So many in ny take tako part p rt In the picture that costumes of the tho period had hod d to he be b ordered In three cities New NewYork NewYork York Boston and Philadelphia In many were NC m made e at tho the studio ludlo They were designed by Mrs Thurlow d of Urban who ho designed the sets The Th task of ot feeding and caring for this army of ot actors Is as us great S as that of ot provisioning a battalion of Sidney Olcott the thc director has three assistant directors helping him William Ullam Randolph Hearst takes an active hand Iland In the tho supervision of liming filming the picture Until I saw Marion lIlann Davies Danes inThe In The The Th Young Young- Diana and when Knighthood ryas In Flower er I dId not think that her abilities as an warranted the saat expendi expenditure ture ures on her pictures picture C then Even en aft r those pictures I felt that her Im- Im im improvement pro provement emont was sas brought about by adroit droit direction Seeing her for tho thi first time the th camera In Little Old New York I come conic to o o the fIle belief b ll f that the tho th Improvement Is 1 Isher hers lone alone alone a natural gro growth th o ot of one ambItious and nd an l enthusiastic tlc to succeed suc- suc succeed uc I In a a certain c line of 0 She played pl y d her role rote In Little Old e ew York pith but little from the sIdelines She chose her own line Ime of attack i I j The Th most interesting figure in 10 Little Old New York to me Is J u M I KerrIgan I do not remember of f ha haling Ing seem lust him on the screen but butI butI I ha have hase e been fascinated by his lils chir- chir chir butI I eCter cler acting on the stage I The he face fasci fascination nation lay in his Ills pantomime That It seems seem to nu m is the paramount requIsite for or successful screen acting Rodolph Valentino Valentine in his Ills absence from rom the screen occupies himself a It Ith I t i l s pen In the tho February issue of The fhe Bookman he Ite writes on The The 1 Motion Picture Novel No I lie He II considers the tho precarious posItion of screen n favorites 81 sating Ing that tint one I or two tl unsuitable roles may may- end th tho I 1 career ar er of a bear Ho He says sa s the tho hope for screen pIa ers is a novelist I who ho can create crent characters real enough nough and bIg enough to rise tri tri- triumphant triumphant tri triumphant ovel oser 0 el the onslaught of o the tho continuity writer film editor title ran director film cutter culter producer and nd ones one's own convictions We We hu have e worn scorn out the comple 1 ties of pf situation Valentino rile is rites Re e are re forced willingly or not nolo to 10 deh delve delvo 0 Irto the subtleties of o char char- Naturally no star actor actorI Is adverse to 10 that Ho lie can readily be I that his profile holds hold In- In infinitely In Infinitely finitely moro more dramatic possibilities than a battle scene Ruddy Huddy said sold a II mouthful It If 1 paid os as a 1 well sell ell as acting he would could have hale e little to 1 sorry orry I about In his prolonged vacation from the th screen creen fromI I A little Hille old man n with gr Ir and and 1 with alth a n Itt bright h twinkle 10 klc In his evo e 0 is our newest nc cot mo movie mosio 10 sl r Ills appearance is not very cry heroic j but ho lie Is the tho most moot talked of ot m mm man n In Inthe Inthe the world 1 orld today lodai Emile Couo Coue I The mosio mo will Ill be bo called c The Thc Mos Mos- Mes Ies Message sage of Emile Cone COliC It ail will III be clr cir circulated ciliated In places places- that CouP Coue could not visit I 1 on this tour of America Ills HI share sham In the profits profit sill i III go co tOl toward board Iud the tir founding of the tho th Coca Couo Institute In New York The pIC picture lIr li is I being made m m at t New ew Rochelle under the tho direction of o John JohnL JohnL L Although it will shit bo be only two reels long long- six cameramen are at work ork on it II so BO that Couo will spend pend as ns little time as a necessary Is 11 litho the tho studio I f I I Coue Cou ls l's a world figure because he I realizes the tho value alue of o publicity The Th Idea of autosuggestion ts is I by Loy no means original with him the Iho cinema ho he says le Is J one of the most important agencies In e- e e- e e for tor the tho wide aide 1 Ido dissemination of an educational message on an n enter enter- basis basl It If I he lie can think of I any ny other agency a ency as n Important I Ishall Ishall shall present him with Ith one of the bro brown bron n derbies so well known n hero llero In America He lie says sa s further that as a n teacher he greatly gre desires desire the help of the cinema but that he has hns no aspirations aspirations for a moIe mo Ie career Some Som of lour our leading actors may maywell maywell well be Loe thankful 1 f for r that hat Frank who 1 bo directed I Humoresque is ready to start film film- filmIng filming ins Ing a II story he ho has planned to film I for two tao t 0 and n tt halt half years ears cars lie He H has hasI I I Just big lied ted led a n new now contract with firth lh I National and his Ills first picture 1 will still III l b based on fer a n mara story tory written by se se- se c I cral years cars ago aeo It It 11 ought to bo be in unu unusual u l InI E told me mc No one else elso el c In Inthe inthe inthe the business lousiness thought it 1 would could do for fora fora a picture i The fhe central figure in fern II II e 1 Is an old man who l tends a II part park Ho He sits down n to hum sum up his life ufe ant himself at the th rates gates of ot heaven he Ho He believes belle es that It if ho can cnn tell lell St Std I Peter Peler a sad rod tory story that will make him hh er cry he may be able to sneak Into I while St t t Peter Peler Is his hl C eyes os He Hc tells St f t P Peter Piter ter of his l cipe I 1 I in lendIng the tho park and St l lPeter I Peter Itter cries and the tho old man gets Into I he heen h easen en That is 18 only a II sketchy outline of othe the story but it is sufficient to show that Borzage has lias gotten cotton oft off the beat beaten n path More Mora directors should Le be encouraged enco to essay essav the novel and an the extraordinary In picture stories illge Dor-illge s remark about 1 I being an unusual mo mm movie II Ia because became no noone noone noone one else elso in tho the business thought It could pic be b made into Inlo a successful stul pic- pic plc-I plc ItI I toco is a sad commentary on the mediocrity me and similarity of o film films I I name nome Is probably more more generally mispronounced than any other In the film business The proper pronunciation is ZIl Dor Bor tec gee The ThaS g g is hard I I Till MOUE MOZ 10 IE CIL BO BOV 1 BOI aI I George Georee Hackathorne is to have hase a leading role tole rol in The Tho Atonement I r Marv orv Thurman and Alan Disarm nn den deny tho they are arc engaged fin M IlS reported I Carmelita Geraghty daughter of Toni Tom fell while white practicing dance steps tt-ps for bouts bouls for bale i-alc le and fractured I I The Th Isle I le of DI Dead t Ships was good I II I I enough title to carry Marriotte popular novel noel no el but the arrogant movie mode producers producer call ColI It limo Isle Islo of Lost Ships a I Charlie Chaplin will Hill malc a record for a a 0 phonograph company Ile He II Is b t to reecho reCCI an and t 10 per Ier e cent nt roI rol rov- rov I all I Constance s n newt nest t will Ill be bea ba II a film erslon v of or Sonya a stage play that met 1 situ lib sue suc I care on Broad Broad say ay n When hen I Was in now now- I er er cr wine Ins tho turkey for time tho longest run on D Oo a 19 ds dl davs thoI 8 el I The The Tha 1116 frontier Is I I II to Slander Sl n er t p Woman I 1111 character ac- ac actor actor ac actor tor once was an nn attorney John Emerson president t ol ot the Actors association protests to Will H l about the morality clause claus clausen In n movie mosio Ie pIa ers contracts His ills con con- contention con contention Is la that this clause Is a s reflection reflection tion on the characters of all nil actors since alnee a 1 similar clause clauso is not included In managers m contracts contract I bello believe bellese chis his point Is I well hell II taken token In the few rew big bl scandals that 1 h e rase affected the tho th mo lo n mosio industry industry- others than actors Delors have havo hal had hada hada n a prominent part Time Tho toro a hate o borne bOlDe time the brunt of l be- be because be because cause their names are better heller known rn be Norman Kerr Kerry will fight a duel eIth Ith DC De Conti the director And malbo ma be ho won on t The story makes good publicity for tor henry herry There Thero u is something romantic about a 1 due duet I Iven even ven about aboul a n ch challenge to a duel duelAnd And Kerry is ono one of tho the pretenders to the tho o ot of tho ro- ro romantic ro romantic mantic Valentino Valentine Every tr on once CO in a 1 while a n movie mosio mo 10 Pro pro- producer pro producer ducer hands an al audience a good laugh and then hands out ut a slap alap across the tho mouth I am thinking now nol of th the mm film version erslon of Peg Pee o 0 My Iy Heart One One subtitle reads read A A W V 0 0 L Moro than foul four million eX 3 ex fry ex-fry n Ice men know hat chat the mean meon More Ioro than that number of their relatives know knO The Tho big bl audience at the tho Capitol laughed 03 as the th v was lS flashed nashed I It groaned when hen It faded fadell into Ab sent eat Without Leave Lease Lell e Tho title had been made proof boob STI 1110 IIO A home for tor tho time animals that act In the movies moles mo lea les Is 1 being established in Hollywood b by Mrs Edgar Saltus Adele Ritchie Rei ROo Beach Eesch is planning to make mak another film mm version erslon of o The Tir The Spoil Spoil- Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers ers A mighty good one was sat made SO eral years cars ago aco Natherine I McDonald Is at work on Chastity her hr last picture un- un under under un under der her present contract She Sh may retire from pictures after aCtor that e May Ia all will 1 III appear In Maurice Tourner fourner s 8 The The Isle of Dead Ships Abel bel Gance French producer has ha completed The Wheel heel He lie took three years to film It trench French and Belgian soldIers are shorn n marching in the Ruhr RuIn In s current rot Fo ro news new reel Tho The audience t at the in New cw York seemed to tc to divided in Its if sympathies Some Somo applauded Others hissed In a a news new reel work ork workmen men are shown build building log tho Hetch- Hetch dam at Gro Grov eland Cal The that these men faced were as great creat as ai those faced by Lv the tha sol sol diem diers The audience was Iho news nests reel mirrors the retreat and advance ance of civilization but the th emotions seem to be moro more quickly stirred by b dO destruction than by con con I Captain of Souls Soula b by Wal Wal laco al lace Is ie to be bc filmed by Goldwyn Therell There'll be b no excuse for tor I I orchestras not playing music when nhen hel the tho film erslon ver lon of Tho I lIef Merry y Widow la is 1 exhibited 1 Forty i violin and eight Ight harps played e A As e Marll Marla when hen t hen the Metropolitan opened in Los Lo Angel Angeles Annies The Th Alo t I os l 6 ft Yes Yen the tho Metropolitan is 18 I a 1 picture show house one of o those tho I things they used u ed 1 to call a The Tho film censo 80 of Greeley 01 eele Colo orders r the thc elimination diminution In Topics of which the tho Day of editorial comment appealed for a n on censor censor- censorship censorship censor ship That ThAl censor could tease have done nothing nobler lOT for the th cause C against censorship I Victor Ictor Swedish actor and one of oH fore foremost mORt t torn tors to has signed a conti contact Bet aith Ith Goll- Goll Goll yn wyn and la is on the tha way to L to produce pictures for that company It ll Is s understood that is to 10 has ha hae e tt n free freo rein r ln in subject and treatment treat treat- treatment ment nt of ot pictures picture This augurs sell wll for fOI forthe the tho American screen His The Tho Stroke of Midnight Is about as artistic s film m OB nn tae holS e ever cr bel been bom n shown in America Amer Amer- AmerICa America ica Mary r Pickford rickford hm has enlaced engaged Cn b Gode Gado of Copenhagen as art director I of her of ot Faust to 10 tobe tob bo be directed by Ernest of Berlin Gado Gade Is la one on of tho the foremost production geniuses i of or the tho world lie He e Invented In the th one stages sta alx-sta c ono n by means meanG of ot 1 which Johannes Kreisler Is presented In d 4 42 in two too hours and a II halt half I Swede Suede German and Gade o ld Dane engaged encased in making American pictures The Tir American screen In truth has skimmed the cream tream ot of tho the v artists trUsts I j Earic Earle arle U tt ill IllIams lama Alice Alleo Calhoun Cullen Landia and mid Wanda Vanda Hawley sill III appear in Masters Mattert of o Men Ien Margaret Cia Clayton Cl ton is Harry Care n I leading woman oman In The Man Ian Irom the tho Desert I Saw Sa By Dy Lantern Light Jenkins an and 1 the Mutt and Moon Blind re I reel lone wilderness tales by Robert Bruce The Tir most artistic I things I ever oser saw on the tho screen I Saw Louis Louts Mann Ionn and George Sidney In Give and Take a stage ataco farce farco based on tho the conflict between capital cap cap- capital ital and labor Ibor Thought Sidney very funny Would make a good movie character like Ilk the late Ille John Jolin Bunny I Saw Lloyd Hamilton in No Luck best screen comic released in inmany inmany many months Saw 3 In in person in Dagmar She Sir wore livid clothes Her H r acting was waa lurid I have hase seen bitter better acting than that of n and her husband Bryant Brant ant in ten twenty theatres Saw Lice Lige Conley Conic Violet Outer Oliver and ond Peggy 0 Nell In Casey Jones Jr a mo movie mosio Ie in which n a a lot of o fun If le had hadon hadon on a a Jerk jerkwater oter railroad Sl Sissy W WI Laurette Taylor Tolor in n the th movie mosio I of Peg o 0 My Illy ly Heart Hart She remind remind- reminded I ed ad me m of o both Mary Man Pickford and an J IMabel Mabel Normand ormand In her first tHu she displays moro more screen technique than many players pla ers who oho hav hase bees been before the camera for years ears ear I Saw Alan Dwan Daan directing Bebo |