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Show UNIVERSAL PRODUCING "DcAcMON AND PYTHIAS", A GFRECIA&i CLASSIC Two Greek Cities to be Built With Archaeological Accuracy And The Life of Their People to be Portrayed Witb Fidelity The property and costume departments depart-ments at the I'niversal Pacific Coast studios nre working day and night to complete preparations for the production of the gorgeous four-reel drama of ancient i i reek life. "I 'anion and Pythias," Py-thias," which will shortly be staged with an all star cast of players under the diret Hon of Oiis Turner. Before a hand was raised m the manufacture manu-facture of the mechanical properties for this production, technical experts at the Hollywood studios made an exhaustive study intp th history, customs, architc-tnre, architc-tnre, etc., of the (necks at the period foui hundred years before 1 1 - - coming of Christ. The story in itself is sublime and h intended that such a gorgeous background back-ground -ti m II be made to sol in that it uii! surpass any historical film ever manufactured. man-ufactured. Two Greek cities will h built and oue of them will be destroyed by tire. For the first time In pictures a complete com-plete trireme will be shoan, and m the "BRFWSTF.R'S MILLIONS" 'Jeiae L. Laiky Feature Film Co.) Ulterior galley slaves will he seen at I work. Scene's of the far-famed Olympic games will be screened' There will be chariot races and all the rariouq shades of ancient Greek life will be restored. The Rex Company of the I'niversal. in which Robert Leonard is featured, and of which Lloyd Ingrahara is the new director, has left the Pacific Coast studios for the summit of Alt. Lowe, where a gripping drama entitled. "The Sleeping Sentinel." from the prolific pen "f Phillips Walsh, will be produced. I Monte M. Kalterjohn, editor of Ihe I'niversal Eastern scenario department, has collaborated with Captain Leslie T. Peacockc, also of the scenario department, depart-ment, on a scries of stories which will 1 feature Mis- Ethel Crandin. Ihe series Vill onsist of one-reel stones, will be issued once a mouth and will be known as "The I .live Adventures of I 'oris M rson," the first 'of which is now being I produced by Ray Small wood and will be i released under the title ( "The Dawn f Romam c Frank Crane, director of Imp features, is to confine himself pretty closely in the future to the production of melodramas. melo-dramas. Mis production, ui of the l .ir Bast," Was anions the first of this class to attract attention and his latest, "Through the Eyes of the Blind," is n smashing piece, it is said It is a two- ' I reeler which tells the storj of crime, sk rifice and love. Mr. Crane is seen in one of the roles. The Western branch of the American Eclair Company which is turning out such remarkable Western plays at the studio located in Tuscon', Arlsbna, has acquired a large company of players, scores of cowbOys and has considerably cul l i trcd its quarters. . When the Rcnfai Film Company un-dertook un-dertook the introduction of musical motion mo-tion pictures it found its hardest task-was task-was not that of convincing exhibitors that the equipment it offered them was mechanically perfect, securing perfect j synchrony between picture and voice, but in inducing them to sec nnd hear the facts that would convince them. And exhibitors who thus assumed the role of "doubting Thomas" could hardly be blamed for their attitude. So ninny motion mo-tion picture talking and singing dericts had been produced; tried and found wanting want-ing in one or more essential requirements, that the very, claim that a new machine would do what its predecessors had failed to do inspired accompanying scepticism But when exhibitors were at last induced in-duced to make thorough examinations of the Renfsx machine, they found that nil the claims made for it were justified by its performance. Those claims were that the synchroniser synchronis-er is of extreme simplicity of construction, construc-tion, can be regulated with absolute certainty cer-tainty and works with unerriug exactitude. exacti-tude. Two other important advantages it possesses t hat any projection machine may he i sed with the Rental equipment, and that half an hour sitUices to instruct nn operator in its manipulation. Once the Renfax musical motion pig-tureK pig-tureK u i re placed before the public the favor they won quickly made their name known ami each day sees expansion of the lt of bouses in which they urc attracting at-tracting delighted audiences. Irvine Cummin ?s jx no well established in the hearts ( the photoplay pnbiic for his Sterling qua j ties as an actor, and among tho f hi confreres of the screen whose opinions ar worth while, for his many iril attributes, that he n well afford to laiigb at the a;teii,,,t. of inane uoocokies to make capital out of his justifiable r. fuul to share nonon with a lion in a rcxut photopl.i v; Mr. Cnmmittgs took the stand that the photoplay photo-play has now reached f,,. point where liippodroining can be left to ifiose- who find in its practice their only source ot livelihood, while the actor devotes his efforts lo the expression of emoti ., passions. Ideas in accordance witb the ideals of dramatic art. This art js not usually considered akin to the exhibitions of tie- animal trainer of the mraagerie, nor is it necessarilv inclusive of thee, |