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Show Wyarns about h films, stars, plays 31 and life in movies TfJafgnRK April 29 -The ph- Hore an.l MM.r. - "!lh-'Un, "!lh-'Un, SEf nen. ld-.i- - 'ceri mater- rr" t''-Ejy for comedies, StKr.tu.li.-' " furnish rW:Mgrn. in rnn'Mncd In V ?OSaY in k i'"v '" " s ' ' lioBftsed in i'-' M "" " "''-ll;-" "'WmSuct. "i 'I'" '-'hilsiio ...i, -W "mm to have I "'i' flr'! :r to Bfthc movies as i rlu mc with tV mo lampoon the movies T VBft v.-.is A i:.-irn :n .1 ' l!ftttv iKtke-off on l'airl.. t . : Tim- to BBuketeers." i i n. w.-st on.-r-Uj-':previ J wuter. BtFeet P"k-s !;:n ,! ,hnli ( rOVMaired theme ...J the movies th. alit. f:-Storthw' i"',n '"' n : U Mecifi'- "" "K j Pr,' ' ffimteil ( i" -'" ' ' J'1"" m Hbrolne believes, through th'il I -K Btoricv th.v j northwest ' T J- Ed poll.-" "'"', h..v ' three 'bBtf, vlr . ' Dl JjBfand as handsome is W'nl'v . l5rk -Bj treailieroi half-bn -.1 In- :-.K'-;' Kdc'.HVJ .. C:..r N 'i BjnT .!). piirMH-.i hungry i f. 5' ) KefV out foi fathi BfcP to f'f'd s-i- li !r.M..'.fh. re ; - fcphreed guide mens her drfv 'iBSl dog sled to 1' hi k 5 ' Bbe villain ihr.iv.- ir maid-, W to the wole Reir delight Th- h rolne nils C a sergem' -' i ; U N W. 1 ' ft'4Blinfl to hr assistant ? He is '" f1.-.- Cid dm. -p. cngBj about ! hr..!i i ." villain TsMSpiters Tli-Is Tli-Is "WBwtxlt. s.i 't..'KiTnln runs afte- the sergeant d tJVp him back. The War has sMaatlon out -fc-;u.-. A idi iVrJKman . ' . Ttt , m thp iody V!l,Kare you" Boc5jBen he .: )r i'-,' mrnn o ! 1 " ). .in- BI-. -k"Bi the f " ne .inuijjT'.es hi fee Jnd thi - JHmwti' no slap-tic. In thi I r omedieiB possess, story Scenes wore actually taken in th snow country. More attention ha been J paid to fletall than in other two-reel j police comedy I have seen, its pro- ductlon being on a par with feature films Vlora Daniel, the heroine looks not .unlike Anita Stewart' in a recent film baaed on a, snow ston end h- is Just about as beautiful. RJSE2LOGRAPHS. Xo. air! T'at OMalley wasn't born I In Krin P'orest City. ,'a.. r lalm him i "Kill the Nerve." .Snub Pollards j next comedv ought to make a hit i with dentists' visitors Old Harold I.loyd comedies now he- . ling re-iuued are playing in 60'.'0 j theatres Quality counts, "Come Through," Herbert Rawlln- son's first feature picture, is to ho I re-fllmed with him in the stellar ro- "Never Mind Tomorrow Marie Prevoat's next 9 ' Mr. Pirn Passe By." A. A Milnl -s ytag sue. ess, has been filmed The cast includes Peggy Hyland. Maudle lunham, Campbell Gullan. Hen;, j Kendall. George Mar den, Wvndha.ni ; Guise and Tom Reynolds. The visit of Conan Doyle lo America )ia,s already made ltseif felt in the movies The first showing of Sherlock Holmes." the, feature film in which John Barry more Is starred, will be held :,t thft Capitol in New York in two weeks. A series of 12 two-reel pictures based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Doyle have been bought by Educational Edu-cational Pictures and will bo read;, for distribution In se eral weeks. These pictures were made in Enp-! land with Knglish players in the isr. Among the stories filmed are The' Devil's Fool " The Dying Detective "! "A Ca? of Idcntii.O" The Yellow I 1'ace. and "The Solitary Cyclist " These things Indicate the enter-; prise of the movies the aptitude of, producers and exhibitors In striking "wJh'Ie the iron is hot." However. Conan Doyle Is more in the public eye now for his ventures In -.piriiism than for his detective stories Probably no topic Is so genera gen-era l! discussed today as spiritism, yel the movies have given but mea-l ger .attention to stories dealing with' the subject j vumia iiuiriK exiepnon is "Snill- I In" Through' probabls the hc?t pic-'ture pic-'ture of Norma Tjilmadgo's , ;uoor. at least far and above anything --he has done for the screen in the past two years. j- That film deals with the subject of reincarnation - photonlay thor-loughly thor-loughly prepared and capaMv acted dealing with a spiritistic theme should prove of tremendous interest at thia , time, j Of the recent books the one that ap-tusals ap-tusals to this writer to offer exceptional excep-tional opportunities for the movies Is "The Bright Messenger" (Dutton.). The theme of this story bv Algernon Alger-non I. lack-wood Is .suggested by n ijuery of a child. "Are we tne onlv people the only sort of b'in-" I mean" Just men and woemn like us all over the -world? No others of any sort lugger, for Instance or more wild and wonderful and beautiful"" I The story deal with the existence Of a creature of fire and wind dwelling dwell-ing In the body of a simple peasant. ! Physician and psychologist are ar-j ar-j rayed aquinat each other the former, alive to the rhythms and beauties of ,life. anxious to make the non-hunipn qualities permanent, the latter, unimaginative, un-imaginative, seeking to preserve the peasant Personality I Two women, one sensual and one spiritual, play their parts in determining deter-mining i he destiny of the man This plot sizes up ns one of intense interest, of greater dramaturgic po- lentiftlltles than any film story since The Mlraeie Man." Hugo Rlesenfeld, managing director of the Rlalto. Rivoll and Cnterb r theatres In New York, was a musical director when the Kialto opened six jear3 ago Now he prepares entertainment enter-tainment for C.Ono 000 people a year Miislo made him what -he Is today This would seem to be sufficient answer an-swer to thos who believe music an unimportant feature in the exhibition exhibi-tion of movies Yet It might be taken li in argument for those who, like Bex Beach believe that talk of a dis-j dis-j tlndlve artistic form for the movies Is all bunk, that a photoplay Is not a Sufficient form of expression within Itself Dustln Fnrntim was champion horni player of Buckport Me., before he became be-came an actor. Richard Travers popular leading man 'before the war." return-' to the screen in "The Dove .cst ." I nlversal Is filming Fanny Hurst'.-- 'Mis for the Woman ' r ovd Hamilton claim to have A trained goldfish in his next COtnedj , That's B pretty good claim . ' CWarlotte Stevens, who won a Chicago Chi-cago beauty contest, is Bobby Ver-I non s lending ladv In " Hickory I Hick. You married men. the next time, some bachelor friend says, "Well If you had It all to d over again, would' yofi gel married?" Just refer them to the new film. 'Is Matrimony a Pa II ure ?" This picture is as human a bit of Farce as has graced the screen in many months. It deals wRH the bickerings and little squabbles that mark the routine of any household. Through the experiences of a re- ent benedict several neighbors learn' that their marriages were Illegal1 Freed of connubial ties they pack off to i hotel to live ne dreams of his children playing with a revolver. He hurries back home Another's nightmare is abou'. burglars attacking his wife. He returns re-turns to her. The all arrange to be married again. Conjugal subjugation subjuga-tion is preferable to aimless freedom they find They learn that their marriages were legal Three months later finds them In their old rut of living -nag- ging. irksome responsibilities and all I the little pet grievance's of matrimony but that is far more to be desired 1 I than a purposeless meandering about hotel lobbies. This film filled with many ab-BUrdlties, ab-BUrdlties, odds and ends, it seems gathered from the scrap yard of some slapstick comedy studio But this is after all. farce. Anything is permitted In that. T Matrimony a Failure?" Is nt lean a "different film and that Is I enough to commend it in these days of films that seem to be cut in oc-J taves from the same die IV POKTO Kit ( Four features are to be produced, at San Juan in Porto Rico, featuring Mac Allison and Robert Ellis. Fills Will also direct. Charles A. logue has gone along to write the stories. i 1 II, M s PHY Of course, it was to be expected. Norma Talmadge's picture adapted from Balzac's famous novel will not be called 'The Duchess of Iangeals " It s to be called "The Eternal Flame" or 'The Eternal Shame ' or something some-thing llki that. A French sc ientist i lnlms to hive Invented a camera that will take 250 pictures In one one-hundredth of a second. If that is so, the movii e will soon he able to show pictures of a bullet in flight m m, Eric Yon Stroheim will play a feature fea-ture part in his next film as he did iti "Foolish Wives 1 Mary Phllbln and Maud George have been choson for leading roles. a More censorship assininily New-York New-York censors reject "Stand Pat," i comedy, because Paul Parrott spins a top to decide whether he shall take one or two pills. About 2"i00 movie theaters have closed in the past year. - Molly Malone is Reginald iK.-nny's leading woman in "Jaws of Steel." Hollywood has its little scandals and the world knows about It. Some of them are real scandals no denying deny-ing that. And some of them aiv "posed" scandals little infelicities magnified Into front page Importance by those concerned in order that their names may be brought prominently before the public with little regard to the reaction that the public will have, And so when it happens that a motion mo-tion picture actor has Just celebrated ills golden wedding anniversary the occasion rails for jnnre than pa-sslng mention. Frederick Warde recently celebrated celebrat-ed his fiftieth wedding anniversary, his seventy-first birthday anniversary anniver-sary ami the flfleth anniversary of his appearance on the singe. There may he others In the acting profession who have been happily married for half a century. Th- point of this Is that no press agent has hastened to proclaim a' Circumstance that reaounds to the . red II of the motion picture profession, profes-sion, while press agents have hurried Into print with Htorles connected with- certain occurrences that have reflected no credit upon the profession. profes-sion. Much of the odium that attaches ta tjie motion picture lndustrv todav Is duo to an Inverted perspective th" pubiii gains through a perverted sense of publicity on the part of ' those within the Industry . tiu: SLUMP . I Figures of the bureau of Internal I revenue Indicate that the total re-i re-i celpts of all movie theaters in the United states for the month of February Feb-ruary were $20,000,000 leu than for the February of 1921. Men within the Industry figure that the Hm-i-ik. admission price is 23 cents. If that is a fair estimate then the number of people attending the merles no", averages 80.000.000 less a month than It did a year ago. headers of the industry say a condition con-dition of general Industrial depression depres-sion Is the cause of this That hardly hard-ly covers tho case. The radiophone is already making its effect on the movie felt However. Industrial .1 pres6lon makes Die people nior- i ireful ire-ful of where they spend then- dollars and how much they get for them Mure people would go lo the RIOVleS if admissions were reduced. Exhibitors Exhibit-ors might be able to reduce admissions admis-sions if stars would agree to a cut In. their disproportionate aal&rlec 1 (ITS AM) FLASHES Larry Bemon plays two rotes im-migrant im-migrant and king. In his next come d Jul Alal, the Cuban sport, Is shown In "By-Way 'hamplons,' Grantland Rice's next review. Exteriors for "Don't Weaken." Irene Castle's next, will be taken at Miami. Fla The electricity used for the filming film-ing of "One Clear Call" would illuminate illum-inate a town of 15,000 population 18 nights. Milton Sills and Wan.i.i Hawley win play the leads in 'Burning 'S M.I -.- " m . - George Fawcett, famous for hla parts In 'Sentimental Tommy" and i Peter Ibbotson." has signed a con-i con-i tract to play character parts for Paramount for year. . " Sale of the screen rights of Th-Mirage" Th-Mirage" as a vehicle for Norma Tal-madge. Tal-madge. as forecast in this column several weeks ago has been closed. p If Balzac and Dumas were only alive to collect screen loyalties on their stories! DEFENDS HOKUM. Fred NIblo. one of the most painstaking pains-taking and capable directors of th- screen, takes Issue with movie critics, on the subject of "hokum" in films J Niblo believes that writers refer to scenes which arc used over and o, . again for specific reactions on the audience when they use the term ' hokum " "The dividing line between hokum and genius is the heart line,' .-:ivn Niblo. "People react to love, sorrow, jm. in very much the same way the world over. An emotional scene may he hokum or It may be genius It all depends on how closely th dire -tor brlnirs It into the aitn.il live ntl I the audience, how near he touches I their hearts by stining up memorlet of similar experiences." Surely no commentator on th" movies will quarrel with Niblo on that statement, as far as It goes. The reiteration of certain situations in pictures becomes hokum when It signals sig-nals its Intent, when the audiem i senses that the director has given the cue for it to laugh or cry. ' An emotional scene is hokum when It doesn't react emotionally upon the audience. FUTI RISTH FILMS. The cameraman who evolved mo-' mo-' tlon picture caricature in the Palhe I Review by playing with the focus ". I his camera has a new one, futuri- i ! photography. The purpose of ih.-film ih.-film is to effect comedy through djl tortlon of familiar scenes and objects ob-jects The idea contains greater possibilities pos-sibilities than that. If this contortion contor-tion can be controlled oniined to certain limits. It may be the means Of giving the photoplav motion in three planes The- effect in the films Is no more bizarre than that secured by futuristic settings in 'The Cabinet Cab-inet of Dr. CaHgarl." And lhat started start-ed all of the connolseurs talking about films of three dimensions. "Font HOBSEMJ N IN PMUS "Tho Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" Apo-calypse" Is to be shown eight weeks at the Vaudeville theatre In Paris despite the protests of the Qermafi embassy In Paris and the Soch ty of Authors The admission is said to be the highest ever charged for a picture on the contim nr. L'O francs. Normally that Is 4, but at present exchange, l.S6. rHEODORE ROBERTS STARRED. Theodore Roberta, probably the screen's best known -hatai n r a. tor, is to be starred. This results from demands of movie fans that a star part be given him Tho picture will be "The old Homestead " It will bo directed by Jainos Cruse. FOB Uih ilo.js The next 1'rban movie chat ought to burrow deep into the consciences of many of our fellow townsmen. It will deal with courtesy m motoring ! The weakness of that Is that these baimy spring evenings have sum-1 moned car ojvoevs f:om the . . . MAR1 M BANTER'S NEXT When Mary Miles Minter resumes I work upon her return from Hawaii she will head the cast of The Cowboy Cow-boy and the Lady" It will be directed di-rected by John s Robertson kNOTHEB ELINOR GFLYX FILM. "The Eye of Truth," an original ' screen story by Elinor Glyn, Is to bo I 1 filmed by Sol Lesser Tho secondary! theme of the picture Is an exnosl- tlon of Hollywood .ife ns .l niam. Glyn sees It. . . . SCREEN SNAPSHOTS. Charles RichhlSn, Uarbura Castb ! ton, Joseph Tuoli and Poggy Shaw are in the cast of a picture based on "Dr. Rameau," by George ObneC The Ghost Breaker" the stage' play by Charles Goddarg and Paul Dickey, will he done in celluloid )n .May with Wallace Reid js star ind Dlla Lee as It ading ladv. Georges Carpenller. France's fiht- 1 Ing Idol, will be featured In a film produced In England by J. Stuarl 1 Blackton. When that is completed Blackton will start the second pie- I ture starring Dadv Diana Manner Our Idea of a capable cast Theodore Theo-dore Kbsloff, Theodore Roberts, Beit Lytell, Botly CongPSpn ami George I Fawcett They win be in George FltSmaurlce's production of "To Have und to Hold " RADIOPHONE USED NKW YORK, April 24 -The film Industry In-dustry is tho first to put thH radiophone radio-phone to practical use on an extensive scale, except Of course, agencies for the d isnernlnation of news and reports The radiophone promises t.. revolutionise revolu-tionise certain phases of movie making, mak-ing, 'renting greater efficiency , through saving of time and labor j Marshall Nellan has Installed a radiophone ra-diophone for the purpone of directing big si enes. Heretofore a director used .a field telephone, transmitting orders to an assistant director and the lat-Itt lat-Itt i repeating them to the players. By means of the amplifier Nellan w ill be able to talk to the members of the cast direct, the receiving act being be-ing set up at any point on location, without tho stringing of wires. If the radiophone Is generally adap- I ted for this purpose it may mean the I loss of jobs to many assistant directors. direct-ors. Nellan also uses the radiophone f.,r diversion for players between scenes. The phonogi-nph and orchestra are now generally used to relieve the te dium of wans bit ween scenes, players, often at the studio from nine in the morning until midnight All-n llolubar used wireless extensively exten-sively In the filming of "Hurricane's j Gal." Action of two hydroplanes and a destroyay which figure m the plot. were co-ordinated by means of wire-less, wire-less, r. 'LEECH" PICT! BJ S Was talking lo Thomas H I nee, the j producer, the other day. He's hot un-j un-j dor the collar about the practice of certain theatre owners rev iving old pictures and leading the public to be,-(lleve be,-(lleve they arc the same as new and bigger productions He calls the old, j pictures "leech" pictures." Ince referred specifically to hl old version Of "The Three Musketeers" which had passed out of his control It was put on the market togclbei:' with an old picture made by Douglas t Fairbanks and the advertising on I posters so arranged that many wen led to believe they were to see Douglas ' Fairbanks In his greatest picture Ince alleges that certain distribu- , tors are waiting vl;h two Inferlpj prints of "Dorna Doone" to rel-when rel-when Maurice Tourneur's new picture is exhibited. "That sort of thing Is Just gold-brlcklng." gold-brlcklng." Ince told me. "I've start- ' ed a fitrht to nut this form nf i.lrnu OUt of business and I'm going to stick to the finish Not only the ex-hibltOrs ex-hibltOrs who foist these cheap pictures upon the public, but all exhibitors suffer." l IGHTTNG 51 K SALARIES Exhibitors or Missouri. Michigan and Wisconsin have started a campaign cam-paign to have star salaries reduced. They claim that admission prices cannot can-not be lowered until stars consent u. have their salaries lowered This writer slices with the exhibitors In their contention Star salaries out of all proportion to the tab nt and the drawing capacity of n;i-names n;i-names . Many stars would be helped by a reduction in salary It hi- mm , been my observation that with onh BBBBBfl a few exceptions film players did th. BBBBBfl best acting before their names were Bf exploited in electric lights. BBBBBfl j Sylvia Breamer plavs opposite Jaw BBBBBfl 'H-.lt in "The Man Unconquerable. BBBBbI |