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Show II I GREAT QUESTION IN FILM WORLD !lS WHETHER HAROLD LLOYD HAS I DISPLACED CHARLEY CHAPLIN e BY JAMES W. DEAN, .VEW YORK, Auk. 26 The barber was talking as he Wielded his razor Valentino Is a great actor. In- thinks, but V1lllnm Farhum is greater, And w ho is his faVorite actor of aiiv Harold Har-old Lloyd. Does ho think Lloyd hot-tor hot-tor than Chaplin? "1 should say"' he answers. Chaplin is always th tamo Lloyd li alwaya different." Tn a theatre a flash on the screen announced the coming of Harold Lloyd in "Grandma's Boy." Said Ohe man to another near me: "I'll have to see that. That fellow's fel-low's the funniest guy In the world " The other man asko,i him If ho thought he was funnier than ( hep-l hep-l lln. 'He's got Chaplin skinned seven IRII different vvavs ' was the reply Tn another theatre the main title of a ro-release Is flashed on the screen. It says "Harold Lloyd In " and before tho opening scene is dls-i dls-i losed there is a rdil&u bt applause The only time I have witnessed such; an occurrence was on the first nlRht! of the showing of The Throe Mus-I Mus-I keteers ' when Doug Fairbanks was I there lrt person. M'li A distributor of Calcutta, India, rc- I' cently advortlsed in 0 film trade pa- I per for second-hand films for ex- I 'j hlbltton in the countries of the Far I East He specified Harold Lloyd plc- I. lures were preferred. Ij The above observations tp only a ' few that I have made In the lust few I months that Indicate Harold Lloyd I is now a more popular comedian that I Charlie Chaplin I believe If a natlon-I natlon-I wide poll were to bo taken at tn I present time It would show conclusively conclusive-ly lj that Lloyd stands above Chaplin In I the estimation of the public. I 1 I have asked at random ten persons I whether they thought Chaplin or Lloyd I ! , the better comedian These Included I a bank teller, a soda fountain om-j I;,1 ploye, a girl clerk In a store a small! I hoy, a small girl, a Itirber, a grocery- i man a housewife. ,n traveling sales- I man and a newspaper correspondent. I The llttio girl didn't have anj l choice. She Just liked the movies, I ; The little boy was emphatically fur I ( Chaplin The housewlve said she I "liked Chaplin better in some ways, but in other ways dldn t like him as ill well as Lloyd " The bunk toller pre-l ferrod Chaplin. The others were fori Lloyd without equivocation. Chaplin s greatest picture wan "The TCId " Tho tracrlc note predominate, in that. His second greatest film was "Shoulder Arms." Thej. again tragedy trag-edy prevailed After all. Chaplin Is miscast as a! comedian. His rue province is trag-l rdy. He is tho screen's host actor HI If he surprises ,,, . ,,n,,. dnv with i -T- wr-rern tragedy It probably will be the bo.Mt yet produced Lloyd's humor Is more distinctively distinctive-ly American than Chaplin's, Thei Is only a shallow stratum of trajredy In hit pic ture- th. American would rather lairgh than cry If Lloyd Is now the most popular comedian it is Dei a use of that. MOV ll-:t; RAMS. Enid Bennett and Kenneth Harlan will have the lends in "Thorns and Orange Blossoms." "Six Cylinder Txive," one of tho most successful stage farces of several seasons, sea-sons, is to be filmed by Fox Buster ECeaton will have no women in the i ust of his next conudy. And it's called "The Love Nest." o Marguerite Couftot as? Teon Gon-dron Gon-dron will apppar in a film to he produced pro-duced .it Miami. Fla Wanda Hawley has a bull terrier called Radio. And that's the name of Claire Windsor's wire-haired pup. The clam-hake, one of Now England Eng-land s favorite festivities, is pictured in the next Movie Chat. Trlzle Friganza Is to be starred In a movie called "Mind Over Matter " The completed cast for tho film version of "umiir tho Tentmaker" Includes In-cludes Ouy Bates Post, Virginia Brown Frlro N'logel do Brullor, Roto llone Hooplas Cerranl. Patsy Ruth Miller, Boris Karloff. Evelyn Selble William Hatton. Walter Ing. Edward Ed-ward Kimball and William Elmer. i May Wallace had to appear plump in "Cimmc " So she wore padded clothing. That made her lose weight so she had to wear more paddlntr And the more she wore, the more she h'id to wear. And now's she glad that that part ii done. V The cast for Jackie Cooan's next picture Includes Arthur Edward nrcw. Bert Woodruff and Anna Townsend. E Mason Hopper will direct The scenario scenar-io was written by, Jackie s father and mother Fred Nlblo. director of, "Tho Mark of Zorro" and "Blood and Sand ." will direct g movie version of "Captain Applejack." ono of the past season's most successful stajre plays. Marlon Davles will he starred In a film version of "Adam and Eve," stage comedy. Tho most significant evidence that the screen has yet offered to prove its equality with 'he stage and the written word In the narration of a Story is the photodramntlzatlon of "Monte Christo." The film presents the classic of Alexandre Pumas In an unforgettable unforgetta-ble manner. Its chief merit lies In tho fact that Interest In the story at all times rlss aboo any lnforost in those who play tho parts or In the means hy which the story Is told. Edmund Dante is Edmund 1 'antes The Count of Mont Christo !s the Count of Monte Christo. Tho Spectator Spec-tator Is not aware that John Gilbert Is acting those parts And this holds true throughout tin cast I have seen William V fong In many photoplays, hut i did not know ho had boon playing an Important part In the plsy 'until after I read his name in tho cast of characters, having missed that part of tho film which Introduced the characters In their respective roles Films that have hold attention solely sole-ly on tho strength of their story Interest In-terest hao been few and far between. At the moment tho only ones that come to mind aro "The Jack Knlfo Man." directed by King Vld-or, "The Miracle Man," dlrecte-'. by (Joore Loane Tucker ''Sentimental Toru-mle.' Toru-mle.' directed hy John R. Robertson. "What Every Woman Knows " directed di-rected hy William DeMllle, and "The Four Horsemen" of tho Apocalypse," directed by Rex Ingram. Smmett J Plynn, director of "Monte Christo." has achieved this result more satisfactorily than any Ol the above J"I K'V1L (IH INI IB llVC Willi 11C- dominated hy the real personalities of ono or more players, or hy a smashing, spectacular accumulation of drama. In the former class are fllmj fhat have starred Chaplin. Fairbanks, Mary Plckford, Pola Negri, Wallace Reld. Valentino. Arllss, John Harry-more Harry-more and others In the latter rlass are such films as "Orphans of the Storm." ' Hie Storm," "Loves of Pharaoh," "Passion," "Pas-sion," "The R.lrth of a Nation" und ot hers. There Is little need of retelling the story of "Monte Crlsto. ' It Is estimated esti-mated that fifty millions have read the Dumas novel. It was first presented on th American Amer-ican stage in James O'Neill enacted the principal role. .IRTl times between 18S3 and is in. William l' Connor his manager, places the receipts re-ceipts for that period at flO,806,lGO Figures In dollars and cents and attendance are oha rnc.teris' ic of the information given to the public In connection with pictures produdHl by William Fox. Howeor. it must bo n. for that producer that In tho screening of Monte crlsto" he has for once striven striv-en for tho artistic rather than the financial appcil And for that reason "Monte Crlsto" will probably pro.o to be th'i biggest box offlee picture of tlv year. HEKLOGKAFHS "The lxg of the KC-l" Is Ihe title of the motion picture record of the airplane flight to Uracil being mado by J. Thomas Baltell, Patho cameraman. camera-man. Rupert Hughes Is now adapting "Souls for Sale. ' his ntagaxlne story, for the screen Miriam Coopor has sailed for Tahiti Ta-hiti to Join her husband, R A Walsh, there to film seen s .'or "PasslO&S ot the Sea." "When the Desert Calls" will be filmed on Long Islan 1 And Ray Smallwood, tho director, promises the desert scenes will no Just as realistic as though thev were (llmod on the Sahara or at Hollywood. Frltzi Brunette plays opposite Charles Jones in Bells of San Juan." When Rex Ingram produced "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" he was considered by the public and by himself as a motion picture director. That film was of such artistic merit that a leading college conferred an honorary degree of art on him. That may huve had some hearing on the manner In which he has transposed trans-posed "To Prisoner of Zenda" to the screen In this new film the drama of the story has been submerged by pictorial pic-torial e'.i boratton it Is a beautiful film. Many scenes are so composed that they appear like old masters or delicate tapestries, Lighting effects make the characters appear life-like However, Anthony Hope's novel from which the picture story was taken dealt with the force of destiny des-tiny that put within one man's hands the power to usurp the throne of another an-other and have for his queen a regal .maiden with whom he had fallen In love. Tho man's sense of honor made him forego the throne. Tho girl 'a sense of honor, her rosponslbllitx to the people of her suzerainty, compelled com-pelled her to refuse to leave with the man she loved. Brother plotting the death of I brother, the plot exposed by a woman wo-man scorned and other Incidents of equal dramatic burden led up to the . llmax of the story. With this material to work with It was to bo expected that Ingram would- achieve a picture of Intense dramatic appeal. However, the stressing of the plc-jtorlal plc-jtorlal element has robbed the film of enduring Impression. The pretty pictures detract from the story. Fnllke "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," this film will be forgot ten .shortly artor tho spectator leaves the theater. Chief interest In 'The Prisoner of Zenda," aside from the storj itself, centers in the introduction of Ramon j Namanlagos as a screen actor. Ingram Ing-ram has proclaimed h'rn another Val-e Val-e ntlno. Sam.inlagos' features aro more regular reg-ular than those of Valentino In-deed, In-deed, he is almost oily. One Imnglnes he has a sweaty palm. He may fly high and far In the movies, thanks to the adoration of the flapper contingent, but Raman-lagos Raman-lagos will never be another Valentino Valen-tino Valentino's success lies Ln his personality. per-sonality. It has a definite reaction on the film spectator. One Is either very much for him or very much sgalnst him. One Is always Interested Interest-ed In him As long a he acts with out restraint. Valentino will be an (outstanding figure of the films, j Samp.niagos ha taken the film i name of Ramon Navarro, Stories on I his ancestsy aro now due If he is to i become a star Tho better the story. ! the quicker a star. That, seems to be the petard that lifts ordinary mortals mor-tals to the heights of fllm stardom. m m Alan Dwan, who has Just completed I direction of "Douglas Falrbanka ln I Robin Hood," has been engaged to direct di-rect Valentino In "The Spanish Cav-I Cav-I allor." Tho script will be written by Juno I Mathls who prepared "Tho Four Horsemen" and "Blood and Sond' ' for the screen. Tho new film is an adaptation of "Don Cesar de Bezan." Nlta Naldl. i who. has made one of the biggest hits of tho season as Dona 8ol in "Blood and Sand." will have the leading feminine role. Walter Hlers, the fat comedian proposed and was accepted hy telegraph tele-graph He hopped a train for Syracuse, N Y.. to put an engagement ring on the finger of Idas Adah MeWllllams. daughter of a shoe manufacturer Then he hopped to New York to buy the wedding ring. Then ho hopped a train back toj Hollywood Who'd a-thought that! Wnltep would hop as fast as that ' English authorities have lifted thei ban against Ann Forest. American actress, appearinK In "If Winter Comes," being produoed ln England . - It Is rather reluctantly that I take up cudgels against William DcMlllo for- the manner In which ho has i translated "Nice People" to tho I Screen If our acquatntanre were more extended ex-tended i probably should refer to him as "Faithful Old T!ll! " or sorno such name denoting fidelity, trustworthiness trustworthi-ness and thoroughness Those who recognised the qualities of his "Miss Lulu Beti ' will know what I mean. DeMllle's direction of "Miss Lulu Bott ' w;u) so thorough that oven Zona c i . the author, s.ild the screen version ver-sion equalled that of tho stago or the book. Rachel Crothers will hardly find it in her heart to say as much of tho manner In which DeMllle has directed direct-ed "Nice People " Her stage play was not ,h deeply significant of the trend of the times as It might havo been but It was clever, It at least: afforded the hoi polio a laugh at tho expense of the elite. The only laughs In the screen telling tell-ing of tbo Htory are for those who' are aroused iy the very obvious. The; luiii iBciea BUQiiety bom in aeveiop- ment of situations and of characters Th smoke from elgarets in "Nice People" Is thick enough to afford a screen forlhe Atlantic fleet rnaneu- vers. The clgarot seemed to be DeMllle's De-Mllle's last resort for showing the ileyishnoss of modern young flap-! perg and finale hopperH. The story deals with the prodlca-ment prodlca-ment a young lady finds herself In 1 after attending a cabaret dance against her father's wishes and then going on a harum-scarum lark with a young nabob who had neither brains nor money. This results ln the girl's reputation being In g aired a bit in her own circle cir-cle and m her ostracism. She finds real happiness when she goes to work on a farm, thus being able to appear ln overalls and lean on a hoe, making a very attractive figuro for the movies, but one that does not rest easily with conviction or lmag-In lmag-In atlon. The chief fault with "Nice People" Is the lack of Insight on the part of both author and director Into tho spirit thai p'-rvades tho frivolity of the younger generation The sophistication of the flapper and her male eoiint, rpart Is not manifested mani-fested in their manners, their mixed smokers and hip flask parties, so much as In their abnormally devci-open devci-open sense of humor. The drink, not to become Intoxicated, Intoxi-cated, but because Intoxication seems funny to them. Thev smoke, not because be-cause they are addicts to nicotine, but because they are mocking tho '. a ; I , r i i s ; 1 hi I 1 h e a d s of us v. 1 1 i snokfl simply because of our conceit. The thing DeMllle has failed to do In his version of "Nice People" Is to phtiire n state of mind. Falllbg In that he ; pnul , . .. n photoplay. ' The principal roles ln ' Nice People" Peo-ple" are pla e 1 by Hebe Daniels. Conrad Con-rad Naglo and Wallace Reld Slnn Wally'8 role is not that of a typical young man of the day, consideration of him Is passed. Bebo falls as a typical flapper because be-cause 6he smokes a clgaret at every opportunity. Sle does It ln the spi-lt of high deviltry The typical flapper no longer considers a clgaret an adventure ad-venture She tries to make It ay-pear ay-pear natural, ordinary. Nagel probably never did worn work for the screen He is one of M the best actors of tho screen because as a rule he acts with groat natural-Ism. natural-Ism. He Is entirely out of place as tho finale hopper, his Idea of such t har-acter har-acter being a youth of amporln, silly mannerisms. What makes th -real finale hopper a funny figure Is his assumed dignity Acting honors go to Julia Faye and William Boyd ln minor roles, because they seemed to fit them. Jack Holt has started making "Making a Man." Joseph Honaberv Is directing. ileien Lynch plays the role of "bo by vamp" In The Dangerous Ago." An offb-lal statement Just Issued fr.,n, the Pickford-Falrbanks studio ocnflrms the report Marilyn n Miller Mil-ler will to-star wtth Jack Plckford, her now husband, in the movies. She will appear with him In his next production. He has only a fe,. c'ays' work on "Garrison Finish. ' his latest film Miss Miller's euntract with l'lo Zlegfeld has only until September to run, according to the statement from the Plckford offices. The star of "Sally" has often told her friends she would like to take a "PipewswswwwgBn fling: at the movies. She now has the opportunity. St. Illusion is the one phase of drama in w hich the screen Is unquestionably superior su-perior to the stage. The camera by riie;ms of double exposure can readily conceal mechanical artifices. Thus a situation behind the foot-llk'hts foot-llk'hts which entails expert craftsmanship craftsman-ship of designers and stage h inds to ho effectively executed Is transferred to tho screen with such simplicity that Hs erfect is lost. Tho outstanding feature of "The Masquerader" on the stage was the apparent ability of Guy Kates Post to appear In two places on the stago at e same time. Since ho appeared In the flesh, he seemed to accomplish the impossible Tho feat lntrlgu d the interest. Some were so Interested they went to a set "nd performance to see If tMey could learn how the trick was done The film version of "The Masquo- rader" Is robbed of this interest. The ' ' spe( ta t i.,r ;. .iv. ns and murmurs "double exposure" when ho sees Post1 ln the same situation. Off hand ho la likely to recall a dozen pictures In which one player has enacted two roles, appearing ln l'"'h at the same time Let's seo. Th. re v. ro William Fa-er9ham Fa-er9ham ln "The Man W ho Iost. Himself" Him-self" Wallace P.eld In "Always Audacious," Auda-cious," JIar' Plckford in "U'ftie lordl Fauntleroy," Lewis stun, in "The Prisoner Pris-oner of Zenda" Richard Hanboimess In! "Sonny" and so on and so on. And Buster Keaton appeared in nine different roles n one scene of The' Play House." Anyone who saw Post In tho stage version Of "The Masquerader ' will b-interested b-interested In seeing the ret n version It seemed to me that Post In his firsi i ppiMiruni e b fore tho t-amei i larl. film tempo. And he is conscious of the camera-However, camera-However, he knows what pantomlne is. Just as George Aril knows what I t (a With mor experience he msv' achieve the same success that has come to Arllss In the celluloid drama. Anyone who has met Douglas Fairbanks Fair-banks l;i Impressed With his self-confidence and at the samp time with his modesty His attitude never seems to be that of "Well, here's Doug Fairbanks. Fair-banks. Huve a look-sec." i But every once in a while Doug Issues Is-sues a statement thnt seems bombastic enough to give a different Impression of himself. I His most recent statement tolls why the Allied Producers was formed as a subsidiary of the United Artists which consist of himself, Mary Plckford, D.I W . Griffith and Charlie Chaplin. 'The allied company," says Doug, "w:u'. formed not so much that the present United Artists could make( money whieh, by the way, none of us needs but to insure an outlot for other independent producers." It is a common thing for Fairbanks.! Plckford and Griffith to charge an ad-1 mission price to their pictures far in. advance of that charged for movies, released through other sources. Chap-i lln has boon releasing his through an-; other firm with which he had a con-' tract that failed for million a year more or less It Is well that Doug said "none of us needs." rather than "none of us v i: ' ' No four other individuals in movkdom aro point lv making as much money as Fairbanks, Plckford, Griffith Grif-fith and Chaplin. CINJSMAGRAM Falre Blnney, sister of Constance is, starred in "Flapper Love." Joseph Striker is leading man A new Johnny Jones comedy Is called call-ed "Makln" Movies." The boy capitalist cap-italist and his Kid friends produce a movie version of "Uncle Tom's Cab-In" Cab-In" and induce a local exhibitor to show it. Little Eva's ascent to heaven heav-en and other solemn episodes of tha plav have been serlouslv done Thf first -.. II Vit cero fho T1e-' lure laughs so )v artily ;JM til:.. 1 1 -i.aiotcT -' onl their picture. However, sj big money maker as tnc Shi v. on earth ' - : v:- h?prV7hsl world ..f th- theatre. "'iM as J . it vas overdone as a ar -i film .-oaifdiM H is All For a WomaB. man lilm document or Kev.dutlnn 1 :?u 'cdR3B ,,,.rtra;.al uf Hcb , Lhan I dU at Chaplid U , ,,rnes rldic ilous ro the rH rnor Is "A Fool There IJJ telle Tuyl ,r is .so rrouJ JDiJm when sh sPrlnkl 'f "the fool" In th. I IS pron v.gh at herj |