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Show I! I "A Good Little Devil" : f: Gets His Release : r - j famous Players' Presentation f , of.Belasco's Production Makes ' ' Its Appearance on the Screens r J Mary Piokford si Juliet,, the Little Blind Heroine of Thii Imaginative Modern I , Firy Play A Viiutlized Story That I ' Appeali to Youn People of AM Afes j The much-discussed film production of ! , Iav(d Bclasco's famous modern fairy I ! " play, '.'.A Good Little Devil," in five reels, j! is 'scheduled for release on. March 1st. i This' .-wonderful imaginative comedy- If 1 drama in commonly believed to be the ' roaster stroke of David. Bolaeco'fl pro- I ducing genius. It is presented with the entire original cast, including Mary Pick- f 1 ( ford, who as "Juliet," the little blind U !" heroine of the play, added to her popular- ity as a famous film star the glory of a f atgq triumph, aud who 710 w returns to I ' I ' rootiou pictures in the role which won U ' this new distinction. J I "A Good Little Devil," written orig- H ; inliy by Rosemonde Gerard and Maurice D ( Itqstand, and adapted by Austin Strong. H is a fairy talc for young and old and all I I ; between. It might be said that it is a I ; ! fairy play for young ppbple of all ages. H , , It is poHry 3nd fantasy mingled with I renlity. It is a human" film, echoing the ' 1 cry of the world. . ( I i The "motion-picture camera extends pp- ' I portunjties that were necessarily lacking t in the qrfginnl production, due to the lim- i itations of the oral stage. In the film I version", the' fairies can be made to grow I jj f upon the spot and vnnish ju the air, and i t ji the .soul of Charles, "the good little j I , devil,", when it battles with his worse I I self for supremacy, can be symbolized I through v double exposure a great dcn.1 l more! effectively thnn. through the use of ' the differeut characters as in the original, j ' It us produced .'uudcr the dircctiou of I ' Edwju ;SI Porter, and the mechanical aud j , camera' effects bear the toucli of his wiz- ') VTJic American Beauty of Filmdom" is . only, one of. dozens of similar titles " best?wed by her, ndnnrers upon Orml Hawley. The three years nhe has spent in photoplay have brought the celebrated Lubin star a following which girdles the globe. In Japan she is known by her 1 loveliness, and in South Africa and Rus- V ;y jin she -is acclaimed the American of j if surpassing comeliness. j I ' Miss Hay-ley's personality overshnd-I overshnd-I f ', ovys the charm of lier rictfug; for no 111 a t- tec how great an effort she makes to le h judged by. her histrionic ability alone, I. her beauty remains supreme. Her pro- i I file in purely classic, its perfection call- , j ing to uiind the faultless rogularity of a Jj(. com or medal of ancient Greece. 4s Miss HawJey's, birtl)Rlncc is Hplyoko, ',' .i Massachusetts, and it was from there J I ha I;', she set out a few years ago to nc-f nc-f cept her first engagement on the stag?- After- h short slock experience she was t noticed by Mr. Lubin, who. immediately . decided' that hia great studio Jn Philadelphia Phila-delphia must'crilist the promising young ?; actress. Accordingly, to Lubinville she 1 came, she saw, and the picture world tV was conquered. I Nearly tbreo hundred roles Iiavc been l crca'ted by Miss Hawley. embracing cv- J ery form of expretsjon from the modern 1 melodrama of the underworld to the - sheerest fantasy. Scores of those photo- ! plays which gradually gave prestige to t! the Lubin trademark were cast with S TL Orml Hawley iu tho lead, and she added ifc I to them the unquestionable advantage ;5 J that J always accompanies a beautiful J vomnn in the eyes of the public. ) I Some of the noted leading men of the I Bcreen world have played opposite Miss Hawley, -chiefly Arthur V. Johnson, p Harry '(J- Mycr6, Edwin August; and E Edwin Garewe, and many authors have ft trritten stories around her. None, how-ift how-ift eTer, has been so successful in providing I her with a congenial 'role as in "Made: I line's . Ohristmas,-" which H. A. D'Arcy ft wrote, expressly for her talents as an I' emotional artist. 1. ' The hirth and childJiOtwl of motion pic- tufes hasten strenuous: men have en- tered'the 'field and gone broke and men 47 . have made fortunes within a few years; JV! r, men have entered the artistic end and, 1 1 like, a skyrocket, have dashed- into fame t r , only to sink out again quite as Budde'nly. ; I Bluff and boast and wild haste have had 8 their place in the development of-the industry, in-dustry, but only n small place. Right fit now there is a great shuffle and weeding- oat, and the men who have moved by tbjp gas are to be found crumpled by the road, .while thpse who have .stood for conservatism, con-servatism, for rationalism, whp have studied stu-died the game from "all angles are to be I iound firmly planted in the "high places. ! 1 Eramc Smith, assistant director to King Biggo.t, .character lead and scenario I : waiter, is to be classed with the latter. J Frank ivairti has always been, conscrva- i; tive, ifar-aeeing and a student. He. wa,s ' ; anrrj'8t of the highest rank 'when he en- fc , 1 trd motion picture wprk" as assistant ! dure'etor'wjth Herbert Brenon in the Imp S li some. years back. Prank has never been fif Bfll-bobjiter. but there arc many who t I I1 knohim and his sterlinr qualities. it ! Fr,ank wai boro in. 1800 in Paris, Ken- II tuck, of rich, but honest parents. At t ij ; the'close of the Civil War tfrank moved, i! -with "his -parents; to New 'Orleans, where 1 his -father managed llTJie New Orleans Varieties Theater." At that time Frank, Jn child parts, supported such" stars, as 1 Charlotte Cushman, Forrest, Joe Jeffcr- Ii ' ... son, and Ben Be Barr. In fact, Frank 1 has spent all-his life among the scenery wl; " and-,&reasepainr. He supported, in later a! 5.ea;rB' 9txs Wen as John T. Kaymond, aS i' Charles Fechter, McKce Rfinkui, and l' Jni?y Davenport, and Robert Mantell. f ;, He'fitmrred for three years iq "The Sign I; , t theCroisi" after which he came under V ! toe 15uagement of Mr. Brenon in Johns- .1 ' town, Pa. ' From this .Gtsck engagement I jj Accent into -the pictures. lL- Director .Thomas H. Ince, of the Kay- j ;l . I brand of Mutual Movies, Is justly 8 . ' ; progatof'the un8blicIt?dcompliment paid I ! ! hini .by Cant Frederick I. Macy. U. S. K ij A tie exchange officer at Fort Stevens, I 1 . Orejon. Mr. Ince has wop fame' a the I I greatest director in motion pictures in the 3 ! ' i "P.,? S spectacles, particularly X ! 1 ' ?Ar "Hjrtary nature, and especially for vl I ' ' M?at "V? prtentiouB of all' war photo- 1 Pi??. "Ihe Battle of Gettysburg.' Fol- f I . l??'WJf 8n ecgt from a. letter from J ' ! Cfpn 'MaCy to Wllliapi, Of. Binford, J- 1 brarh manager for the -Mutual at Bort- laiia, Orep: ft ' : i'PPP. m.?n at surpriRingly critical and 1 tVP Though trjey Hv peculiar ly, masculine Uses, yet none aTcmore in-Bfjtent in-Bfjtent upptx real' merit In .picture? or mdre impatient with" th coarse or medio-, medio-, .4 a r,e ld?r playa'only excite OisgtMt amdng the men, avtbev are ho j r ummhtary m ejery way tbut the onlv ': aiAUsement the men .find is in criticism. h t yotir 'Narcotic Spectre' i I '.v" waB -fte correct mjli- f&&: V rarj.fllm I ever saw. It was" perfect 5 L ; ' m wry detail of uniform, guard duty f 1 r and atmosphere. Thft orders apa letters n f ' M?ht haye' cQme from our own head- ! il," fljfrtwin tfrwctnesB. It. had the. spirit 1 li 7r-. :"' ; ' "-' ' K,U " ifl'- 11 1 , |
