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Show f YARNS ABOUT FILMS, STARS, PLAYS AND LIFE IN MOVIES tz aan -' I I Rar LKf " Qw. i 1 f7 &er ' ' Boi ( BaSn' sBst Hhl BJK and Br In Bjhaii HI' trl Baton- twiti. OS OV t t 9 S BBjrrit. B)ui n BS thn n BSanla BK a Burl BWTirl.' t ST! l IM Ms BBtead BB-e t W In k I and ' AlMtlP I kBal BBch Band be;! I&nr Hi knf HAItH WORK I pnovi. Bjth' r ' n xt full Bfj get his wrlfhl down to 1-m ICon-- nt)y ho ! B I 9 S I I im i lir QNoni-BKr"t' QNoni-BKr"t' W Cum i , i,.i II Bjpioii i I Barm- 'Jon 1 iBbrlcn hew ar.i k tur r iUl d i . ! HnK ' ICOI- l'l till! I Bd' by I 9 B the i lit . I six I ird- Oak. nu wi' i )Os I er ,i SAfe K i'.' Ned rer- i . I I im n io ION 1914 the Sultan of Turke-v . spanked tht sheiks and sent them to lachool Thn they were well-behaved land i it. i v.: r..v, though I "They rn. and they're not I handsome. They talk m on 1 1 y of sjnd. anu inform the traveler tliat he cannot can-not pas unlea he I a niember of the tribe. You become a member by paying a fa. Initiation f and ihf n you're allowed to pa as. "The ahelks never ejt.ua women. It b bad font) to dO SO, .Marriages' I are arranged heforehend l parent. I so the ur'-hlfi aa we know It doea I not fx-:. I never aaw anything ap-; ap-; proximo ting a loe ae.cn- Yet I I hare rend beautiful Arabian love poetry. It muat be that the emotion! of the sheik find expression In aomc manner not apparent to the dull Oc- iKis PAMOfl John Do Puaaos leaped Into tamo wlili his n..v. I. 'Three Soldier ' (Doran), Probably no book of re-aoni re-aoni ti ao sharply aligned critics. Ifeyw.iOd llroiin aa th author'' chief proponent: fonlngaby Dawson, I hk ilil-r :ifi vermirv Thi. ilnrv uu about thrr,. disgruntled service men i who tnOUthCd profane maledictions i ari ) n i thi- discipline of the Amerl-can Amerl-can nrniy. Thla writer waa ono who bollovod no I'uaaoa' brilliant picture wa painted In too gaudy color. Ho likened Imn f.maoa to a flre-eruh horaeohoer of hia own better ! who curaed N'wton D. Baker be-1 be-1 raufe h- had to take' bath undi r compulalon. Yet In the fleah Doa l'Hm,,n a p pen re an arentle ns a It M-.i-. l.i .! th. ond of n day's hard t- !) 11 M t KJ Yllol g Rl hard D!x will be hadlnp man in Hetty Compson'a next picture. 'The Cur" of Drink" la the title of ,i new feature picture. "Th Turse i of Bootlefftntti'' wf,uld be a more up-to-dntr tllM, However, "Ten n-, -In a BaUTMm" "till flourlNhis ,,n tho acreen. Kddle Polo has flnlahcd three chap ter of his new aerial. "Cap'n Kldd.'' John Gilbert will play a dual rolj for the flret time In "A Kplondi 1 Outcast." . . . Maurke, the dancer, has evolved a n. dance wv h he calls the Constance Con-stance Talmadge Fox Trot." Beenat for "The Man From Home" wore taken in England', France, Italy and America. Tho American neoncD nit.' made at Kokonrn, ind. Charles A. Stevenson who appears in Gloria Swnnaon's n-w picture, lilded t'avre." haH been acting f0 yeara. Ing Dnvls utory. ' "A BplBher In the Sun," MTtle Rei I novel, Ikin been filmed by Lloyd Ingrahazn. Donald MacDonald. screen heavy. ItaMOd hLs theatrical career when n hooklnr aent mistook him for an- other man and offorefi him n job. a a a IBOl I l.l TIo Bull flghtera wear plfrtalls. That, to dlatlltaTUlah them from ordinary bull throwers, according to Rudolph Valentino Val-entino who nppeara aa the pigtail kind In tru- acre-en ersion of Ibnnoz's "Blood and Sand." Valentino will knock the Happen for a govl. us they say, when he ap-jpeare ap-jpeare In this film. He will waax an elaborate silk and ailver costume, with all the accustomed accustom-ed spangle and do-dads. But that pig. tail will fetch the glrla. Valentino allowed hla hair to grow loriK. that Is longer than usual. . The baqi hair Ll plaited Into a queue three M I i half Inches long. At the top of It Is a black disk, covered with embroidery. em-broidery. It a coUta. ' Rudolph explains. 'Matadors, plcadom. bandcrlllOH. any of those who flht bulls In a public exhibition are entitled to wear It. 'The eirlgln of the colctn la not known, but 'It scema to have been adopted first a a protection, and later became a dns.s distinction. The black hijtt.iii evidently was added for addition addi-tion l protection." The pake-eaten who fashion ineir appearance after the modes of screen Idols' will hardly make tho Ooleta u f L ll tak' s mi hour to plait It. a a a Mt U T V iliENTDfO RUDOLPH Valentino was born at leteilanete, Italy, 2: yeara ago. the son of a eoiOntial Ha attended school at the Royal Military Academy at Per- 'earua, mti4 the college of enoa with the Intention of beonunar an agrlrultura.1 lavieaCJal bat turned to lantrApe rwJ-enlnc rwJ-enlnc aa a rareer. M eami to New York. War had I darkened Kurop thea. Nw York eat. lr.M hla daalrf for gaiety and elanclnr. I He became the dancing partner el I Joan Sawyw When the vaudeville jeeaaon nded h found an npportuno Ito play a small part In a movie. Rex I Ingram found him and gava him a ; leading rols In "The Four Horeemen jof the ApocaJypee." He co-starred with I AlalW Trry In The e'oniuerlng Pnw-Jer." Pnw-Jer." He waa featurw then in '"Tha 8hlk Following that picture he became be-came the moat popular areen Idol of th day He now receive more "mash" note than any actor of screen lor stage OLD Vli 'll i:i - nut si w The run of seven old plcturea ut the Rlalto In N'sw York, proved ao popular than Paramount will send them out for re-Uwue In C other cities. Old Nor-ma Nor-ma j r i Constance picture! have been for several month Thus permanency he mven to films like that given to gooo no '.kb Fame gained on the acreen today to-day will be handed down to posterity Uke that gained by greul authors. Chaplin comedies and 'The Miracle Man" will probably be shown In 2222. DUnUBTTIOIli I 1 n e of the contributing caunea to tho high cost of film exhibition and the . nsulnr blah -ertmiealon has b.'.-n the method of distribution. Consollda. tlon of distributors should eradicate this condition. Paramount has absorbed ab-sorbed ltalart. Associated Producers Iim affiliated with First National. Now dortl is on to reloaae Ooldwyn picture pic-ture through First National. Since the advent of Will llas Into tho movies mov-ies a plan has been formulated by exhibitor ex-hibitor to create a .'.,oao.nno distributing distrib-uting organization in rid HOI n OB LB BAG Carey Wilson ha sold 1 1 acri en stories In a year and n half. e e a The caat of Brothers L'nder the Skin." Includes Helene Chadwlck. Claire Windsor. Mrte Busch. Richard Dlx anil Normaji Kerry. The screen needs photoplaywrlghtb" aays Charles Kenyon. Amen' Helen Raymond supports Shirley Mason In "Ven Truly Yours." .i in RBAIdSM. Tho artificial set Is passing from the mole. Mure and more the action of a photoplay is being photographed In the actual locale of the action depict de-pict ".i Marshall Nellan. on of filmland's most progressive figures, has abandon.-.! the artificial set almost altogether. alto-gether. In "Fools First" ho took scenes in a bank, a big dance hall, a nignt commercial school, hotel lobbies lob-bies and railroad stations. That, by means of a portable generator, an outfit out-fit In a motor truck that enables him to g-t the proper lighting in anv situ-atlon. i " reiorore directors have declared I the studio replica of scenes necessary beeauee only in the studios where big light plants were established could prnpi r I.k-h: Ing I I. tamed Th. .. .lun Idea works for realism Heavy ault doors In bank, jcenes will H"i I""k like t.'ie papl'T-tiiache affairs that they uro In most movies. However, many movlee will lose the hum. it- of anachronism, Nothing brightens up a Jaded reporter so much ' a the sight of a magnificent mahogany mahog-any setting for an editor's sanctum In the movies. And what good housewife h.a9 not had a hearty laugh at some of the sets that are supposed to represent kitchens whero women cook meals and wash dUhes Most acreen kitchens kitch-ens are arranged like hospital operating oper-ating pavilions or. In tho other ex-tr. ex-tr. mi are as messy as a Junk-deoler's yard. J ll i his striving for realism Is car- ' rled out t.y other directors Camllle'n next death may not occur In a boudoir bou-doir that looks like a rarebit nightmare night-mare as the one In Nazlmova's "Ca- , mllle" looked. J ne best reason for getting real locations lo-cations for thn movies Is voiced by Nellan when he says, "The producer Is treating with funilarnenLils with which certain pe-anons In the audience are more thoroughly acquainted than the director himself." see I KTRA OH K UTKRX. I have Just received a synopsis of the photoplay, "My Wild Irish Rose." Ldapted from the famous stage play, "The Shaughraun," by Dion Boucl-cault. Boucl-cault. I read It assiduously because l wanted to learn what part waa taken tak-en by Richard Daniels. the most fr .-kli d youngster In the movies. I Yep, he has more of 'em than Wesley Wes-ley Itarry.) In the original play there vas no purt for such a yuungstor. In the synopsis of the screen story there is no mention of his rolo. Evidently his part has no bearing on the story', but he will lend atmosphere. He has enough freckles to give even 'The j Loves of Pharaoh" a Celtic atmosphere. atmos-phere. Character roles In films sometimes some-times serve the purpose of creating the atmosphere gained by dialect In spoken plays. I HE MOYIITOUU M. Harold Lloyd's latest comic Is called "Grandma'fl Boy." Snub Pollard's Pol-lard's latest is called "Grandpa's Will." Filming of "Suianna ' Mabel Nor-mand's Nor-mand's next, will be completed In two weeks. a ' ' KrleTVon Strohelm Is at work on the continuity for his next, Reginald Dennv will nlav nnnnaitn Oladyi Walton In "The Trooper." Beulah Marie Dix has written an original story for Agnes Ayres" next j stnrring vehicle. ' e Jack Holt has started work on "The Man L'nconquerable." by Ham-1 Ham-1 llton Smith and Jullen Josephson. , SyUia Hreamer and Clarence Burton have lending roles. see Tom Mix 'has completed "High Stakes." Hallam Cooley supports Marie Pre -1 vost In "Her Night of Nights." see The Sim version of Zane Orey's "Wildfire" Is the fifth picture In which Carl Guntvoort has been featured since he left light opera for the hcreen. M.T s BHI 1 1 - Those shoes that Buater Keaton wears In his comic capere for the screen aro not faehlonud after Char-lio Char-lio Chaplin's. They're older than Buster himself. The reason for tho telling of this Is to dispel a bellof that exists In some minds that Buster Is a copy-cat. This writer at one time believed that all .-lap-stick comedians of the screen, except John Bunny, were mimics of Chaplin. Many of them are. But those that are aren't those that were. If you know what 1 mean. Tho copy-eiats copy-eiats can't hold public favor long. Their iituff loses Interest by being repetition of stunts done more capably ca-pably by the originators. Koaton's popularity has persisted and grown until now he i one of the glggvst attractions In tho films. No plaaiarlat could accomplish that. Tho story of Keaton's shoes begins several decades ago. Joo and Myra Keaton, his parents, were vaudeville hadllnors. His father was a knockabout knock-about comedian When Buster was old enough he became part of the act which became Internationally known as "The- Three Kcatons." When Buster was born the elder Keaton put away his old slap-stick shoes for the son. When Buster quit the stage for tho screen his father gave him tho shoes. That was Just a bit of sentiment peculiar to people- 1 of tho stage. , Buster wore the shoes In his first starring picture and every plcturo I since They have been resoled 20 ' times, but he will not discard them ! for a new pair. He believes they! have played a tremendous part In hie success. That's Just a bit of theatrical the-atrical superstition. Actors and gam- j biers are tho most superstitious of all men. 8o this Is the story of Keaton's' shoes. They ero his before ho was boi n. SOS ''Oil PREN B ITLM. Joan Rlchepln adapted his "Mlarka, tho Child of tho Bcsar," for tho screen. ) He Is one of France's leading men of letters, belonging to the French academy. acad-emy. The picture was directed by ' L'uin Mercanton, Fran..'-, l.-ading director. di-rector. Gabrlelle Rejane the only-peer only-peer of tho DlVlne Bernhardt In this generation, made her only screen ap- pcarance In this film. Tho picture Is Just having its American premier .almost two years alte r KeJane's death, under the mean-I Lngleei title, "Gypsy Passion." Rlcho-pln Rlcho-pln wrote only one "Miarka. the Child Of tho Bear." Thero have been thousand titles more nr I. urHI, h ; sound like "Gypsy Passion." This film possesses two features of j unusual merit, the acting of Rejane and the photography, and two Imperfect Imper-fect features, lighting ami continuity. The greatness of Rejane Is recorded record-ed for the ages In her only film. Sho was a pantomlmlst of surpassing ability. abil-ity. Every' move, every gesture, ev- pause told its story. The mimetic ability of others In the cast is of a negligible quality, but Ivor Novello. the hero, has one of those oasy-regls-terlng faces like Dick Rarthclmvss. Mercanton has a finely tleveloped sense; of proportion, making tho camera cam-era an Instrument of suble expres-, expres-, Hoik Not one scene of the picture was made In a studio, most of the action ikini? placo outdoors. Mercanton has achieved the effect ol three dimensions by condensation, nethinc I have never before seen f the screen An Instance of this Is iwn when ho shows a ilan looking a window and then descending a t ilrway to leave the house. Mercanton placed hla earners sev-! sev-! i.ral hundred feet away. Only the door of tho house Is lighted, the rest I of the screen being black. The figure : moves down the steps and out Into the dark. It appears actually to be I .timing from some placo and going to j a definite place. However, there is no subtlety in the evolution of tho plot. Episodes follow one anedher In Jumbled array. Franco can boa.it of no June Mathls, Jean'.o MacPherson, Anltu Loos or "lara Reranger. Nor can France or any other country coun-try boast of such lighting technicians aa glvo American pictures the appearance appear-ance of fine etchings. The lighting of "Gypsy Passion" Is Its greatest defocv AT STUDIO KJJETHOUH. Lew Cody U to play opposite Alma Rubens In 'The Valley of SJlent Men." 'The Adventure of Robinson Crusoe." Cru-soe." starring Harry Myers, will bo released so that more than two reels can be shown In each installment. Another vorslon of this film has been mado In Paris with Banl, an Italian actor, in tho star rolo. sea Tho film version of "Amos Judd" will be ctalled "The Rajah." That, probably because Rudolph Valentino will be In the star role and tho latter title will be confused or associated with 'Tho Sheik." Matt Moore and Leatrlce Joy will , play the leading roles In Marshal , Nollan's "Her Man." In a recent radio talk on censorship censor-ship George Arllss said "If It tho movie) has tho life beaten out of it with tho thick stick of censorship It will become dull and heavy ard tdu-pld, tdu-pld, without originality and without spontaneity." Tho tentative title of Betty Comp-son's Comp-son's next Is The Bonded Woman." It Is based on The Salvaging of John Sumner," by the late John Fieri ng Wilson. J |