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Show 1 ,! Maurice Toaraear s 1 Training as Arlist II Shows in Pictures Maurice Tourm ur, producer or lL'a "The Life Lino." vliich, as Pji ,t a Paramount-Artcraft picture, will be shown at the Alhambra theatre touiorrov. . is one of lhoi?c HI exceptional men who knows how to fj ' employ ihe peculiar powers of the Tllfe camera to the limit. Mi Tourncur is I in all things the artist Born in Paris, lil'f' c was a student 01 painting under ujlf.' the chief masters of Fiance and a niu-rlji. niu-rlji. Plcian of repute. Later he bee. mi e HH identified v. ith the iarzesr French nio-rjij. nio-rjij. tion picture romprnies, introclui ing Into the niukinp of pictures the tal-jlj tal-jlj tills of Ihe fine art i He directed Elsie Ferguson and HH Mary Pickford in several of their pro- "it 'luetions and his superb plcturlzatlon ni of Maeterlinck s ' The Diue Bird" was hailed as an artistic triumph. Lately LiBji he has Specialized in spectacular mel-HH mel-HH odramas of the better class, producing such masterpieces as "Sporting Life" and 'The White Heather." "The Life HH Line," adapted from George It. Sims' jv play. "The Romany Rye." is o the Kljji same type, and' in it Mr Tournt ur again Bhovrs tha: rare technical and P p! artistic skill that has placed him among the foremost producers Mlffl oo |