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Show If Fil IBS FROM "1 FIELD . ' In an effort to make the Persian scenes In the three-act "Broadway Favorites" feature "The Masked Dane-I Dane-I f er," absolutely realistic, Kalem enghg-I enghg-I I ed a prominent Persian, who recently ; :i arrived in this country, to supervise '' the building of an oriental village. ', : The result Is a bit of Persian trans- '. planted to America. Anna Orr, the : famous danseuse, is featured In this ' production. r, y .' ' f There's an interesting story connect- k ed with the ugly-looking knife used by f j Anna Orr in Kalem's three-act "Broads' "Broad-s' L way Favorites" feature "The Masked . Dancer." The owner is a Persian who i recently arrived at these shores. Ac- cording to this man, the knife was : formerly the property of a notorious l hfinfllr TVi nroannt nti'nAi wnc nt. ,' j tacked by this bandit and, although ;. I greviously wounded, killed the man. j- The weapon with which the criminal A endeavored to take his life Is now this ( Persian's most cherished trophy. i Although Bud Duncan falls to seo I anything funny about it, Ethel Teare and the Kalem players who appeared ' In "Mixing It, Up," a new comedy, are -, still laughing over the Incident. It seems that Bud -was required to get into a trunk In one of the scenes of i' this comedy. Said scene was the last ij filmed that day and when it was com--' pleted, everybody decamped leaving ;, poor Bud in his cramped quarters. I The diminutive Kalem comedian re-j re-j mained a prisoner for an hour and a ' half before the watchman on duty at the studio finally released him. The gems used In Kalem's two-act ,j ; episode of the Mysteries of the Grand Hotel, "The False Clue," are genulno diamonds. They aro the property of n wealthy gem collector residing in ? Los Angeles. Marin SaTsr the Kalem r star who appears in the productioa Ib related to this man and succeeded in ' t inducing him to loan the gems to the I ) producing director In charge. The 1 diamonds are valued at $47,000. After photoplay patrons see the risk encountered by the heroine of Kalem's ;J Hazards of Helen Railroad Series In I'K; "The Broken Rail," they will undoubt-ll undoubt-ll edly agree that there are many easier i ways of earning money than that of '; being a photoplaycr, The daring young 1 woman actually snatches a man from J under the very wheels of a runaway J freight car, coming within an ace of losing her own life while saving: his. Two of the principal players who appeared In Kalem'B two-act modern drama, "Gangsters of the Hills." are nursing black eyes and Tfruised noses The injuries were sustained in the rough-and-ready mix-up which occurs In the climax of the story. Half a dozen, men took part in thi3 battle royal. oo |