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' Carl Lacnunlc Defends the Big Spectacle Production
A WEEK or so ago, while vc were discussing hero the huge production of .
"Foolish Wives," which Universal has just completed out In California, I I
questioned the wisdom of spending such great sums of money on nny singlo film I
subject, on the theory that the public docs not really want the great spectacle '
type of picture.
Later, while describing Griffith's present work on "Tho Two Orphans," I
quoted one of his officials as saying thnt he did not beljeve D. W. would ever
again put on anything elaborate that the great producer was beginning to feel
that It didn't pay.
It Is surprising, and rather flattering, to find that the opinions expressed in
this modest dally column are being read and considered seriously by no less a
person than Carl I.aemmle, president of the Universal Company, who personally
authorized the great expenditures of time and money necessary for the completion
of "Foolish Wives." Mr. Lacmralo doesn't ngreo with me about the question of
tho desirability of spectacle production. My mail brings me an interesting letter
from him, giving his tIcws of tho matter, and as he knows more about the movie
business than I will ever know, you will undoubtedly be more Interested In his
opinions tlinli you were in mine.
First of all. Mr. I.aemmle believes that the more elaborate and pretentious
the film production is, the more does it emphasize the limitations of tho spoken
drama. lie says in his letter:
"Aside from the moral benefit accruing from a generous expenditure of
money to confound tho pessimists and calamity howlers, the spectacular photo
drama is best adapted to the popular pychology of the moment. This demand
for entertainment on a grand scale may be traced to the late war. which has
accustomed tho world to conceive and tnink only in superlative quantities. .
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HIT IS id the so-called 'extravagantly presented' film that ire shall I
i rfid the hinhest art of tho motion picture. The fundamental i
advantage the tcrcen has over the stage is its ability to present,
accurately and realistically, glorious panoramas of Xature's and man'
handiwork. To reveal to spectators a massive pile, hordes of men or
tome natural scenic wonder is our privilege an exclusive one with ichich
the stage cannot successfully compete.
mHE 'Intensive' story or play wherein a small segment of life is revealed in
JL all Its sordid detail belongs to the spoken stage. The spoken drama may go
at far as it likes with stark realism ; the art of the motion picture bhould be
content to portray the pageantry, tho romance and the splendor of life in all its
magnificent proportions.
"It is only by getting a true perspective ns through a ranoramlc lens
that we are able to remove from our vision the sordid things apparent when
Tlcwcd ncar-slghtedly.
"The war has given to all of us the ability to think in large numbers. Inose
who have lived through the holocaust of war and become hardened to catastrophe
and tragedy affecting hundreds and thousunds, resent the portrayal o (to them)
inconsequential and petty trifles.
"One hears on all sides dlro threats of impending disaster to industry. The
old specter, 'Hard Times' Is at our door, according to tho pessimists. By mani
festing confidence in the stability of our industry, by judicious expenditures to
obtain magnificent effects, by keeping money in circulation and affording employ
ment to large numbers of artisans, we shall do much to maintain a much-needed
equilibrium. ,
"Despite the contention of certain producers that 'the story's the thing,
I believe the theme of a motion picture, although It should not be relegated to
the background, is of secondary importance. If you think back a few years, or
yen a few months or weeks, the films which are most distinct in your recol
lection are those of a spectacular nature. One remembers them because they
thrilled one by their immensity, either in magnificence of settings or in tho
elaborate costuming or because of th vast number of players employed.
"Tho largest and ono of the most successful playhouses in New York City
has made its reputation and eminence by consistently presenting the most
elaborate and sense-satisfying spectacle possible. The Hippodrome would never
have lasted a season had its management presented a program of 'Intimate' plays,
no matter how realistic. 'Chu Chin Chow,' which is pure spectacle and pageant,
played four years In London and broke all records. The most vivid and graphic
delineation of life in play form could never have competed with such a run.
lit AM confident that the public wants elaborate ami spectacular pre-
sedations of life not two-by-four presentations of some drab,
commonplace incident. If I were not so certain of this I should not
have sanctioned one of my directors, Erich Von Stroheim, to expend
more than $200,000 on a single set for 'Foolish Wtvcs,' a picture that
has cost, in all, more than $1,250,000."
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H iPJ . (' .,! Charles Hutehitton, fresh from hi feats in
ft kjr fcW", s f "Hurricane Hutch, is rcstinn, but at the i
H i ' , tif same time writing another serial yarn uith
K. i, &'? just s many thrills. Lucy Fox, his leading j
H'j ( jjjr lady, is also resting.
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Hf' v Answers to Questions by Movie Fans
BCnROON LAKE Thank you so
much for the four-leafed clover. 1 am
certain it has brought me luck. 'Twenty
in one day mutt overwhelm yuu witn
good luck. PerhapB it means jou will
do a world-known moving-picture star.
Hope Hampton's pietnrc, "Star Hunt."
has not been released. Later I may be
able to give you the exact date.
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JOAN K. Prlsellla Dean is twenty-
.VUI f lino i,iii. uiuhii nun uuu piu,i
as light brown hair and brow.i
ryes, one is very imppiiy married io
Wheeler Oakman. The picture iu which
she Is appearing at present is "Repu
tation." DINNin "The Champion" will l.e
Wallie Reid's next starling vehicle.
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fjtni nut uvvumo in ,nni- i-ui iiiuiiu .
Bhe will soon be seen in a new picture
i-ntltled "Th' Song of Life." Gaston
(J las will play opposite her.
ROUS "Tristan and Iwilde" has
been filmed. T believe It Is a German -made
picture, I do not know- whether
op tiouit Iiiim bti'jiu'lnfi'i. neither do
1 kuow the names of the plujers.
vf,, -YAMA You aro one of my bent littl
'?i, correspondents. I am always glnd tn
'"wr. 'SCt bHMit from you. I hs,vo never
TTe
movie game
M. NEELY
found out why you use, tho name Yama.
You promised to tell me some time.
Agnes Ajnw Is getting u diturre from
her liufDand. Richard Barthelmens mil
oon make his appearance in "ToPable
Uavid." Betty Ross Clark is Mr. Ar
thur Collins in private life.
NKLLA "Cabirla" is an Italian film
which wns screened some eight years
' n,8- The nme producer made "Thco-
uor" ul,u wuo ams.
'INOOD Who was the girl who
plnyi-d the part or Ameera
Without Benefit of
IV
Clerg'" None
other than Virginia Faiie
Kipling was
so pleased with her work iff- tht iiic
ture thnt he made special mention of Its
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RUH ROY Hill Duncan will soon
seen in Meeineart. I.dith Johnson
plujs opposite lum In this picture. Lll-
linn Rich has not deserted the screen.
She is working on "The Reveicud
Meddler."
LIDA- Mnr Alden plajs the mother
in "The Old Nest." Charles Ray has
Just completed "Two Minutes to Go."
"Tho Midnight Hell" has been re -
' leased,
Daily Movie Magazine
IT'S ALL IN
THE top scene shows n group of
Lnskj players off duty for n few
momenta. They arc, left to right, Itu
dilpli Valentino, Mildred Harris, Jac
queline Logan, Thomas Mcighan and
Agnes Ayres. The lower cene how
the same studio at work. Howard Hig
gins is having his hnnds full directing
u "disappearing-bed" scene with Git
trudo Short on tho-bed, in Wnlly Reid
Jieuest, "Rent Free."
MR. HUGHES SAYS
NICE THINGS
OF CUTE COLLEEN
Ily CONSTANCE PALMER
Hollywood, Calif.
COLLEEN MOORE hns done some
wonderful work in "The Wall
Flower," Rupert Hughes' story which
has just been finished. In fact, Mr.
Hughes was o pleased with what she
did that he paid her n wonderful com-
phment-for publico on n ever thing.
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and wax to retain!" That's what I tmHE BEAUTY SHOP," a plctur
call slingin' words. ization of tho fnmo'us musical
:erniiilv Air TTuchm lm thp rift comedy, is being mnde in the Cosmopoli
SerIousl. Mr. Hughes lias the gift, , tmj gtU(ios ,n N(W yorkj nml t,1(J CRst
but why did he write Beauty 1 Have , thnt has gathered would moke any
you read it? He and the literary critic
of the Times, our local organ of higher
things, had a rather wordy argument in
the press nncnt the author's assassina
tion of the United State3 language.
However, that has nothing to do with
his being able to write a good photo
play. The rest of the Colleen Moorcs have
also made their respective debuts in
movies. Her mother plujed a bit in
Cllnn trn.' wMlo flllO U'Rfl
chaperoning Collcfii on the company's
location trip to Mississippi. Yesterday
the brother was Colleen's dancing part
no,. In n cfinn in "Tho Wall Flower."
This picture seemed to bo a sort of
, family affair, for Rush Hughoa, the
i author's son, plaed a bit in the same
sequence. Ills vivacious sister stood out
on the side lines and made fun of him,
much to the poor lad s annoyance, 'ihen
they all got together and had a glorious
time eating the cake the company gave
Colleen on her birthdayl I think some
body counted twenty candles.
Two more pictures were finished yes
terday at Goldwyn. "Grand Lurceny"
wan one Claire Windsor, Elliott
Dexter anil Lowell Sherman were the
principals in this, and Richard Tucker,
Tom Gallery t.nd Roy Atwell filled out
the cast.
The third production now in the
process of cutting is "His Back Against
the Wall," in which Raymond Hatton
is featured. Lovely Virginia Valli is
the leading woman, nnd funny little
Shannon Day plajs, probably, the dis
turbing clement.
Samuel uoldwyn says that Dy ue
ceraber eight or ten companies will be
working at his studio, and-tinrt even
the last thirty days sbow'a change in
conditions
I CALLED up Zasu Pitts yesterday
to ask her to have one of our period -lenl
lunches tnei'ther. ' "Oh. golly."
walled Zasu. "I can't go out of the
houe without Tom to protect me I'm
afraid of being summonsed." I preHd
her for the reason of tho summons, but
e didn't teem to be quito clear on
the subject just knew that "Tom"
knew all about it and could protect her.
I n you couiu jubc ueur uic mut .
Zasu's voice when bIic soys "My bus-
' iiai.d" It would cancel n lot of the
things they've told you about Holly
wood Of course, you know It's Tom
i 'lallorv, whom you've seen in Marshall
Neilan's pictures, and whom you will
-ee in "The Son of WaUlngford."
"(irand Larceny" nnd "The all
Flower." aforementioned
A vear ago SCasu seemed, on tho road
to the most brilliant of stardom hud
her contract and nil, but something went
wrong with the company and she was
left where sho was ucioro.
But it doesn't seem to make, much
difference to her, if only Tom is a suc
cess. She professes to be more than
satisfied to make new kinds of muffins
for him, but I strongly suspect there
in a dark person in tho conl of wood
outside the kitchen door. Don t mis
understnnd I mean there are more
contracts in pictures' than ever went
fiooey. (Golly, I'm glad I fixed that
up. It looked funny after I'd written
It!) ,
Ingram Adds Harry Myers
to 'Turn tothe Right' Cast
TTARRi" MYKHS. the Yankee In the
I -d picture production In Mark Twain'n
i "A Connecticut Yankee in King
in Arthur's Court," has been engaged by
' Hex Ingram to play the crook with a
j sen of humor in "Turn to tne Hight.
Tho inlditlnn of Mr. Myers to the al
mmlv nr.fpunrtl.v -nst for the Ingram
! picture has placed it in a class with
Hip hour Horsemen oi mu vtpucu-
he Mi n." nml MK Ingram's other
screen
nmRtprpiice, "The Conquering Power.'
The company l headed by Alice
TVrry, who played tho principal roles in
I tho screen productions of the Ibnncz
I nnd Ilnlzac novels. Included among its
'members nio .Turk Mulhall, George
Cooncr. who will plav tho rolo of
Mucsy; Kdwnrd Connelly, of Metros
I stock company; Lydla Knott. Margaret
lLoomis, Doris Wederta, William Belt -
I cher and KrJc Mayne. ,
A DATS WORK AT THE STUDIO
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and Prize Ring Combine
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Making Beauty Shop
matinee girl dizzy ,
Raymond Hitchcock, star of the orig
inal production, will be fe.itiired. The
other players Include Billy B. , Van
nnd James J. Corbett. both of whom
have previously appeared on the screen ;
Montagu Love, well-known leading
man : the Fairbanks Twins, who will
Anntnnu fn n.Annn.. in 'Til'A T iftln C1 1 1 u
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in Ulue" in .New York: Laureucc "" """ " uK. JW, v uuu ..
Wheat, who was in the stage produc- tho outdoor scenes for this picture in
tion of "The Beauty Shop" ; Louise Fa- oriicr to get the closest possible np
zouda, of screen-comedy fame, and Di- lt. f ,,. Qf T ,. n;,,..
ana Allen, a "Follies" girl. proximution of tho St. Lawrence River
Mr. Hitchcock, of course, 'is continu- rcslon in which the action of the novel
irrg iis work in the "Follies" in Now ' takes place. After scouring all of the
York. He appeared in the original mu-paciflc Biope for n Iocale tImt would
sical comedy in 1014. when the produc- i , , .,
tlon remained nt the Astor Theutre, parallel the St. Lawrence River coun
New York, for oightecn weeks. The fol- try. the Lake Tahoe country, which in
lowing year the company went on the eludes such picturesque spots as Donner
road throuehout the country. Mr.
Hitchcock is considering playing "The
Beauty Shop" in London next year.
SMi! Listen to This One:
Vinla Tinntis Qpttintt Fnt.
"
It A CUCUMBER salad j no mayon-
naisc. Tea and lemon ; no sugar.
Bread; no butter."
Viola Dana's order surprised her di
rector, Harry Beaumont, with whom
she was lunching.
"How come?" he acked. "No mayon
naise, no sugar, no butter, no des
sert?" "I'm trying to reduce," said Miss
Dana. "Haven't you noticed I'm grow
ing fat?" '
Mr. Beaumont surveyed tho little star
whose weight of 100 pounds has been
maintained agninst nil assaults from
her sweet tooth, which is. among other
reasons, why she is called "Metro'n
baby." Ho failed to see the necessity
of a diet.
"But I've just been weighed," said
Miss Dana. Then she whispered the
horrible truth: "I've gono up to 103
pounds!"
The Champion Hefty Six
Rex Ingram hns discovered thnt six
of the nlayera in his nroduction for
Metro of "Turn to the Right," hnve
an overage weignt or more tnan -vw
pounds. Together they tip the scales
atloOO. Among them is Gloria Daven-
port, the sixteen-year-old daughter of ence was a most delightful one, nnd
Homer Davenport, tho cartoonist. She though they worked hard all their wak
welghs 250. t ing hours the change was exhilarating.
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VILLAGE; ACTORS
LIVED IN HQUSES
WHILE dwellers in the cities were
sweltering, Louis J. Gasnicr, the
director, with n group of his staff mem
bers nnd players who are engoged in
tho production of "Ma'msclle Jo,"
from the novel by IlHrrlet T. Corn
stock, were snowballing In their spare
time, 'and wishing for more blankets at
night.
Director Gasnicr took the paity to
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Luke. Huches Vnllcy and Truckce
River, was selected.
Arriving on the scene of their work
tho construction crew proceeded with
the task of building a logging village
on the shore of Donner Lake. This was
n "nrncticnl" ijlllnirp. with firenlaees
i and rude wooden bunks, tables and
rmrMiv in sivhIMi trin nlnifr Tnnrift
themselves comfortable.
All of tho outdoor scenes of the pro
duction wero taken amid these rugged
and beautiful scenes, nnd while this was
being done, the studio stuff was at
work at the R-G studios in Hollywood,
building und fitting the vnrious in
teriors that are to be used.
THE outfit taken to Lake Tahoe in
cluded special lighting equipment,
generator trucks, spot lights, sunlight
arcs, Cooper-Hewitts and special ap
paratus Invented nt the R-C studios to
enable Director Gasuler to obtain re
markable pictorial! effects nt night and
the evanescent, shifting and changing
beauty of the lake, the forest and the
sky. A number of wind machined nnd
three Bell-Howell enmcras were taken
in order that none of the light effects
should be lost.
Tho members of the party were Di
lector Gnsnier. Mark Strong, asslst-
! nnt director; Winifred Dunn, scenario
writer, and Andrew lienlson, ol .Mr.
Gnsnier's stnff; Rose Dlone, who plays
the role of Mam'belle Jo ; George Mc-
, Dnmels,
Tully Marshall nnd Ruth
King.
Dm their return to Hollywood the
' staff and nlnycrs said that the cxperi-
slsWsWsWl3IS
MkRY ALDEN S4YS
SHE'S THROUGH
WITH MOTHER ROLES
MART ALDEN, screen actress,
whoso portrayal of the mother rolo
In "The Old Nest" caused Eastern
critics to acclaim her artistry, and who
undoubtedly has distinguished herself
for all time In her screen mother char
acterization, announced the other day
that sho lias finished with mother roles !
Miss Alden Is now playing nn old lady
part In "The Man With Two Mothcre,"
at tho Goldwyn studio.
"Too many people do something well
and then sit back upon their laurels,"
said Miss Alden. "I will do one more
mother role only. Then I am going to
play 'straights.' "
What sort of a "straight" can the
screen mother play? What other role
Is there for tho swcct-faccd, wrinkled,
white-haired woman, listed In studio
costing offices ns a "mother type?" The
answer would be "she can't do 'anything
else but mother parte," except that Miss
Alden isn't that, kind of a screen
mother.
Mary Alden on tho screen and Mary
Alden in life ore two very different per-
sons. That is, asfar as her physical
appearance goes. Yes, sho puts on nil
thoso appearances of age which you
see on the screen. The wig is glued on
with spirit gum; the hollows are
painted in with dark grease paint; the
wrinkles nrc lined in wjth the make-up
pencil and those thin, trembling old
lips arc compressed from n very firm and
curved pair, indeed 1 But the soul of
that old mother in "The Old Nest" wns
the match for her white hair and feeble
gestures fqr Miss Alden docs no pre
tending thdre. She lives the part.
SO WHEN the actress announced
that bhe was going to play straights,
casting directors sighed another won
derful mother lost but thov hn,l tn
admit Miss Alden could play straights
ii hoc aeciuca to. xno Kina ot straights
she would play would bo simply being
herself, as sho is today, without the
mother mokc-'up a young and vigorous
nnd beautiful woman, with hair as
black as ebony, eyes ns blue nnd clear
as tho sky and cheeks as firm as a
girl's.
. Miss Aldcn's nhilosonhv is that one
can do what ono wills.' She worked up
from a cub on n newspaper to one of
the cleverest of newspauer writers. She
worked up from a "super" on the
speaking stnge" to playing the leading
feminine roles in Rosen's plays.
"Now I shall play 'straights, " says
Miss Alden, and those who know her
know that she will do whnt Bhe says.
mOTOPLATH
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Alhambra Jrt. nuiiy t -j: uvgs. ons & o
TOM MIX
In "AFTEU YOUK OWN 1IKABT"
Al i Ff.HF.NY .KVS'ffi?.,.?.
Allegheny
S. v.vua t 8
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
In "CltABOK IT"
"a OI-t 1 t 62D ft THOMPSON STS.
APOLLO MATINEE DAILY
MARION DAV1ES
In "Hl'KlKU TUBAm-iKI-.'
CHESTNUT net. 18TH
AKL.AUl io a. jl to n-.iBP. m.
WHITMAN UENNKTT'H rilUUlJHiu
"The Truth About Husbands
A CXrD KHANKLIN & OlllAIlD AVE.
Ab 1 OK MAT1NEK DAILY
ALL-HTAK OAHT In
"The Woman God Changed"
DAI TUVIODF BHT "ALT1MORC
BAL I IMOKLrvr nan sat. mat
"NOT GUILTY".
IIAItOI.n I.IX)1 In "Now r Nver"
DCMM 01T1I AND .WUUUI,nu '-
HOBART BOSWORTH
In "THE CUf OF I.irK"
ri t lPDIDn Ilroad & fluuquehann
tJL.Ut.tJllNL' rontlnnnitu '.' until H
PAULINE FREDERICK
In "SAI.VAOK"
BROADWAY BTd0ISsBnVM:
WTTXIAM HE -MII.LK'S l-RpnilTTION
"THE LOST ROMANCE"
PADlTni VM MARKET ST.
LArl 1UL m a r tn jits p. M.
EUGENE O'BRIEN
In "OH.IF.n I.1EH"
Utn. A jraplewood Avh,
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BETTY COMfiJUIN
In "AT THE KNII OF THE WORLD
DARBY THEATRE
WILLIAM RUSSELL
In "HINOINO RIVER"
'lDD,CQ main bt.. jianayunk
tdVlrrVtOS MATINEE nAlLX
WILLIAM S. HART
Tn "THE WIIIHTLW
FAIRMOUNT AH&l&i
WILLIAM RUSSELL
In "CHILDREN OF THE NIC.1IT"
PAIVIH V .THEATRE 1311 MARKET
rAlvlL.1 ' k a. m to jriDNiuirr
ALISTAR CAST In
"THE MONEY MANIACS"
cTU CT THEATRE llolow Spruce
3D 1 rl O I . MATINEE DAILV
ALL-STAR CAHT In
"RED FOAM"
FRANKFORD g1"0
"THE STEALERS"
HURl'RISE VAUDEVILLE
r'X nnir tu"1 market jh
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LOUISE GLAUM
la "tfRBATEK THAN LOVE"
- rnMFP.inNs' iiST
-confessions
OF A STAR
As Told to
INEZ KLUMPH,
, THE STORY DEGIN8
IVfift Mo early days, in the old
Fine Arts studio In California when
Colleen Moore, the Oish girls, Bessie
Love and a host of others were not
much more than extra n'rlt, Diana
Cheyne tells how sha and her chum.
Isabel Heath, sat lonesomely around
the, studio until Phil Oraney, the,
famous direotor, chose Isabel to be
the first of tho screen's "baby
vamps." They are seen together a
great deal, and a scandal is created
by the director's wife. Derry Win
chester, a friend of Diana's, is
called on to help, and Isabel tries to
"vamp" him. Then Isabel an
nounces she is to be starred in the
East by a Paul Markham.i Dcrry
(7oei to France with the aviation
corps and Diana meets Keith Oor
ham, who strangely attracts her.
On tho eve of a romantic runaway
marriage, Keith is killed In an auto
mobile accident.
AND HERE IT. CONTINUES
CHATTER XXIII '
HURRYING up the aUle of the dark,
empty theatre, I tried hard to think
what I'd do next, buu Somehow I
couldn't plari anything. I didn't want
to go back to Mrs. Lane's, where Mr.
Sandy would be later thnt night. I
wanted to crawl nway and never see
nny of those people again. But I
couldn't; I hadn't nnywhere to go.
Reaching the lobby at last, I leaned
up against u huge oil painting of Doug
las Fairbanks that stood in one corner,
too miserable to do anything but try
not to cry. I hardly realized thnt some
one had followed me out of the theatre;
it was only when a man's voice tit my
shoulder said "Di, aren't you going
to speak to mo?" that I knew it.
That voice would have roused me from
iny mood, no matter how desperate I
felt.
"Dcrry!" I cried, suddenly bo glad
that ho was there that I didn't care
much even if I had been cut out of the
picture. I whirled around and just
stood there staring up at him, noting
how- much older he looked than lie had
the last time I saw bim, and how tanned
he was, and how very, very good look
ing. He seemed bigger and broader
shouldered than ever, nnd when he
caught my hands in his and held them
tight, and just looked nnd looked nt
me, as If ho'd never stop, I felt as If
some one had put ray heart on a merry-go-round.
"Why didn't you write?" we asked
together, and then stopped and stared,
as wo realized it.
"You were engaged .to thnt chap you
went off on location with, Isabel Heath
said," Derry answered mc, and "
"You never sent me a line, but just
went off with Isabel," I told him nt
the samo moment.
"And now," he began, still holding
my hands, and drawing me up closer to
lum, "now, DI, is there any reason
why I've got to go on being lonesome
for you? Why, even when I'd slip1 off
nnd go to one of your comedies alone,
nnd sit thcre'staring at you till I won
der the screen held out, I'd be lone
some; I never could laugh, no matter
what happened. But If you don't be
long to any one else "
."Just what is this a rehcnrsal for
a final close-up?" asked a whimsical
voice beside me, and I glanced up to see
Malcolm Sandy standing there vlth n
quizzical expression onMils face.
"Why, it's it's Derry I" I ex
plained, as If that told everything.
"I've met Mr. Winchester before,"
lie answered. "What's' the rest of the
story?"
Dcrry told him; I couldn't. And he
concluded with the announcement that
we were engaged nnd wero going to be
married right away, which was nows to
me, though I wasn't quite so much sur
prised at it as Mr. Sandy was.
"But you can't do that," he told mc,
ITIOTOPI.ATH
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GRANT i0" GIKARD AVE.
VJlAAViN I JIATINKR DAIIT
WILLIAM S. HART
In "THE WHIBTI.K" ,
GREAT NORTHERN ? Wffi!
a WILMAMHON ritoritrcxiON
"WET GOLD"
FMPPRLAI COT" WALNUT STS.
UV.II CIlr-M-, Main. 2-ao nvRR 7 & o
LIONEL BARRYMORE
In "TUB GRKAT ADVENTURE"
Lehigh Palace aT,an?r a4v5; ,nd
THOMAS MEIGHAN .
In "THE CONQUEST OF 'CANAAN"
I TRFRTV BROAD & COLUMBIA AV.
UlOIrV 1 I MAT1NER riAILY
OWEN MOORE
A DIVORCE Or CONVENIENCE"
In
OVERBROOK 03D'tlAnu,25"D
JACKIE COOGAN
In I'l'ECK'S HAD 110V"
PAI APF 12U JIARKET STREET
ELSIE FERGUSON 7
III "FOOTLIOHTH"
PRINPFSS 1018 MARKET STREET
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
In "FURTlNfl WITH FATE"
REGFNT MARKET ST. Uclow 17TH
shiwjeaM" r m-
In "EVER BINCK EVE'
RIALTO OERMANTOWN AVENUE
"Children of the Night"
RUBY MARKET ST. UELOW 7TH
SAVOY 12U V'fP STREET
WILLIRUSSEr0"7
In "SINHINfl HIVKI1"
W. .S. Hart in "The Whistle"
HAROLD M.ovn ,.Nn,v or v,,.,
.SrANIl CV market at idtii
"The Affairs of Anatol"
333 MARKET foVtWX
III "THE XHIHT HORSEMEN"
AT WEST CHESTER
RIALTO .,,, !" mix In
IDLE HOUR" 'nrav'WK
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HETTY BLYTI1K
Who Jumped to fame as the ,,a u
the spectacle, "The Queen ofJv '
will, .oon appear IV
speaking almost sharply. "WW .v ,"
our contract with me'" Wllat "out-
-. "I didn't think you'd car a. .
I answered. " coaMj? -f
You0hk'noTaSaa,8'H. 1
ier' as w tVsr w 1
r..: i i'" K?iuj? vc. 8 sou wr
v a miciuuiiy jeaious. and h. v. .'
things to a show-down and Sbron!U
that wo cut you out as ml?Cmla3e,1
slWe. He said-which came uJ P
being true that you would ho,,?'
audlence'a attention to such , . .tt
that he'd bo shoved into iff ?.'?
ground. He swore he'd cancri M.bick'
tract If wo didn't do Sr &.
we gave in. "" "w. " l
"But your work showed whst
could do, and that was what I "JS
to find out. I'm ready with thaW
ring contract, young lady, and L .
sgn tt the first thing in ?he m"
If you'll come down to the cffli f
I stood there studily, not knot..
whether I'd really heard him
or had just imagined it. I wiiM
because I was np good, after alHl,,
cut because I was too good! ' i
"Then " I turned to Dem U
wildercd. "Then that means-IL-' bt
"That means that you'd better not
marry just now, my dear," Mr. 8X
broke in. curtlv. "You vrin i,....J.
hands full with your work for a Mt 1
anyway. If you marry, you'll be more J
ally. That won't do; I want to nuA
your first picture so that it will be
ready for release this spring. You'll
have to postpone your marriage fori a
while if you want to put this thlni
over, Diana."
I looked up at Derry again; his
face was almost stern, but his eyes '
pleaded with me to give Mr. Sandy the
answer that he wanted. I knew wiV
that would mean. Dcrry and I would be
married, and then after our honeymoon
we'd both have to get out and find
jobs. Every ono. in the industry would
know that Malcolm Sandy had let nt I
go; this first picture I'd make wouldn't
show what I could do. To all intents
I'd be a girl who'd been taken out 61
comedies and given n chance, and failed
to mgkc good.
I turned nway from the entreaty In
the eyes of the man I loved and looked
down Broadway. It Was almost empty
but its lights still glared, high over-'
head. A taxi went scudding by; I
caught a glimpse of a girl's blond head
througji tho window, and heard her
laugh, most caressingly. An old woman
passed, the early editions of the neit
morning's newspapers under her arm.
A group of scrubwomen enmo out of an
office building nenrby, and went into a
white-front restaurant for something
to cat.
This was Pscw ioi-k. the place In
which I must make good. Did I dan ;
cast aside the opportunity that lay la
my hands?
To Bo Continued Tomorrow
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MJ THEATRES li
BELMONT 63D ABOVE MARICIT
UIiJlVAWiN J 2.30 and .30 t0 jjpv,
ETHEL CLAYTON
In "WKVLTH"
CFDAR 00T11 CEDAR AVEMIS
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WANDA HAWLEY
In "THE OUTSIDE MOMAV
COI ISFI IM Marktt Bet. 59th 60J
WL,10HU1V1 1:30 to 5-0:45 to 11P.V-
ETHEL CLAYTON
In "WEALTH"
II IMRn FRONT ST. t .OIHAItD AVS.
jwiriuw jumbo June, on Fran!ford "L"
ALIHTAR I'AST In
"A WOMAN'S MAN"
I PAnpD '1ST & LANCASTni'AVl
LJLJUL,tS. MATINEE DAILY
AI.ISTAR CAST In
"THE MAGIC CUP"
I OH IQT H-O AND LOCUST STHEEI I
l,uv-uo i MatB 1:3Ui330 i:,B,. ostttoii i
tl JAMES OLIVER CIRUOOII'S ,,
"God's Country and the Law"
RIVfM I 62D AND SANSOM STS.
KIVVJLI JIATI.NEE UAILI
Norma TiilmiuUr and Euicfiie O'Brien In
"THE MOTH"
STRAND auiWa?x
BETTY COMPSON
In "AT THE END OF THE WOULD"
AT OTHER THEATRES
MEMBERS OF M. P. T. O. A.
Germantown
6510 Germantown AH .!
MATINEE DAILT .,
ALICE LAKE
In "THE (JRE.VTEIl CIM"
JEFFERSON 'SArfNcSga t
ALI.STAR CASTJn JACK LOVPnN '
"THE LITTLE FOOL"
Dauphin J1
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