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Show MOVING PICTURE STARS Ella Hall in "Jewel" Rupert Julian is the son of a well-to-do sheep and cattle ranchman ranch-man in Australia. He -was educated educat-ed for orders in the Roman Catholic Catho-lic church, "but against the -wishes of his parents he chose to follow the stage as a means of livelihood. At the age of 17 he found himself behind the footlights, and since has appeared with many stars, among whom arc Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, George Alexander Alexan-der and Lewis "Waller. His last engagement upon the legitimate stage was with Tyrone Power, in-whose in-whose company he played Mark Antony. When the Boer war broke out in South Africa he volunteered for active service and for two years went through all the 'hardships of war. Twice he was captured by the enemy. On the occasion of. his first capture he was exchanged. The second lime he escaped, and fOr three days -wandered through a desert country without food or shelter. Finding his -way to the coast, he was picked up by a sailing sail-ing vessel and landed at Gibraltar, Gibral-tar, lie again returned t0 the seat of -war, and two months before be-fore peace was declared, he was sent back to England, an invalid. After regaining his health he once more took up theatrical work. Mr. Julian left the stage two years ago to play -with the Sm alleys in motion pictures, where he played the society rascal type of role which requires ease and polish. Mr. Julian is now at Universal Uni-versal City. The latest productions in which he has appeared have been "A Cigarette. That's All," "Jewel," and "The, Dumb Girl of PorticS the eight-reel feature in which Pavlowa, the famous dancer, is starring. Mrs. Phillips Sm alley Lois Weber, We-ber, who adapted and helped produce, pro-duce, -with its many feminine touches, "Jewel," began her stage career as a concert pianist and singer. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, where she received her education. ed-ucation. From early childhood she was interested in music, and her parents gave her every opportunity opportun-ity for the development of her talent. After leaving Pittsburgh on a concert tour she went to New York, and -while there gave concerts' con-certs' for the blind and also for the prisoners at Blackwell's Island. Later she took a singing part with a melodramatic company of which Phillips Smalley was the stage manager. Smalley was at once attracted to the young girl, and the third day after she had joined the company he asked her to marry him. She gave her consent, con-sent, and three months later, when the company appeared at Chicago, they became husband and wife at the home of an uncle residing re-siding in the Lake City. That was twelve years ago. Mrs. Smalley and her husband, finding that they could not' obtain engagements together in the same company, and as they would not be separ ated decided to venture into tne film .world. An opportunity came with an offer from the Gaumount Talking Picture Company. After a short stay with Gaumount the Small ovs went to the New York Motion Picture Company, playing with the Eeliance. One vcar later they joined Edwin Ed-win Porter, who had just started the Rex company, for which Mrs. Smalley wrote the stories and in which thev appeared as leads. When the Rex was consolidated with the Universal, Porter went to the Famous Players and the Rex company was placed in the hands of Mrs Smalley and her husband and they were given full charge. Two years were spent in the direction di-rection of this company for the Universal when they left it to join Hobart jjosworui, iumuiui0 with the company for eight months. April, 1915, found Mrs. Smallev and her husband co-worker back in the Universal fold. Mrs. Smalley was with Alary Mannering for a short time and appeared in melodrama for two sftnsons and in musical comedy one season. "Scandal," her latest masterpiece master-piece produced at Universal City as a Broadway Universal Feature, is a wonderful film play, in which both Miss Weber and Mr. Smalley play the leading roles. m Phillips Smalley, producing director of "Jewel," artist, lawyer lawy-er actor and producer, was born inBrooklyn and is the son of Georn-e W. Smalley, famous journalist" jour-nalist" and Phoebe Garnaut, adopted adopt-ed daughter of Wendell Phillips. Mr Smalley was not born to the stage. He was educated at Oxford Ox-ford and later went to Harvard to studv law. Upon his graduation gradua-tion he entered the office of Alexander Alex-ander & Green, noted New York lawvers. Young Smalley was fond of drawing and painting and devoted as much time as he could to study with Alma Tadeina and also with Whistler, both of whom were warm friends of his mother. Smalley senior had political aspirations" as-pirations" for his son, but though an acquaintance with Henry Irving, Irv-ing, Philips Smalley bad developed develop-ed a liking for the stage, and, giving giv-ing np his, profession in the legal world, he accepted a position with !Mrs. Fiske, with whom he starred for a vear in "The New" Magdalene."' Magda-lene."' For more than three years he appeared in the melodrama, "Why Girls Leave Home," in H which company were Mrs. Smal- ley, Edwin August, Gene Gaun H tier and Anna Marion Schaffer. H Then he played with Dustin Far- H num in' "The Squaw Man" fo H two years and was for a like per- IH iod with Rajmiond Hitchock as 4 H singing and dancing comedian in IH "The Yankee Tourist," Thi H was followed by a season of ona IH year with Bertha Galland as her H leading man, being co-featured jH with her in "The Return of Eve." Mr Smalley entered the moving H picture field with the Gaumont H Talking Picture claiming his atten- H tion. Then he went to the Kalem H company, where he played for a H year under the direction of Syd M ney Olcott. After this lie joined M the New York Motion Picture M Company and there founded the M Reliance stock company, in which M he played as leading man. H In April, 1915, Smalley and his wife returned to the Universal vM 1 1 our real first love ' as he expres- M sed it upon coming to Universal tM City and beginning work at the l new plant, adding: "This is a su- M perb organization and the facilities we find hore are greater and bet. M ter than we have found anjnvhera M else in the countiy." fl Under the Bosworth banner the M Smaller- produced "Hypocrites," l a film plaj- which was recognized jfl by all New York critics as a pro- duction of tremendous power and H superior merit. Since rejoining H the Universal fold, "Scandal," a IH genuine matserpiece, in which M both Lois Weber and E. Philips H Smalley play leading roles, has H been produced and is without a H doubt the most impressive and H stirring morality play ever shown H on the screen. But "Jewel" ia H superior in popular estimation to H both. |