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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OOT0BER 8, 1921
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CLOSE-UPS of the
Us 1IKXKY
Stenographers Can Soen
rpIIE best school in llir world for tlir Mini? of tlir tc. huic of scenario writing i
the motion-picture theatre. Ami the people who haie the brst chance of
getting ttic meH out of this school arc M'ciej;nitlicr, Yeu ilen't iiuite get tin'
point? Neither 1 1 I nt tirst.
These Matctncnts Pre made te nip by no les a ncren than Hay Sehreel,
In New Yerk. I doubt if there is n scenario writer in the biiinesH who can bent
Srhreck's t coerd for tlir number of his scripts thnt haie been produced. Sine
1010 Hchreck Iiiii bnil ier n thousand of bit jortiarles filmed.
All of the-e. of course, have net been erlsinal stories. Mnny of them ban
been ient innii ! from imperii furnished by -ome one else; many of thorn hn.
been adaptations from published lletien. Hut his record crrtaluly give h
opinions an nutlieiitj tli.it is worth reiiMderiiiis.
Schrecl: is (lie man who wrote all tbi; "Terch.v' scenarios for .lelniny Hlue
He and lline.s re.cnlli interrupted this -.eric te de the bis five-reel pictur
"Hum 'Km l'p Mariies." and SehreeU wrote the M'cnariu ferMhut. Tbej have
new gene bnelc te the "Terehj " .eric. '
"Of t'eurse," said S. lirecU. "no school and no yMcm of study will make r.
successful "cinarie writer of you if nu haien't the knack of telling a story in '
the first place. Hut most people have that knack. Almest all Intelligent per-
sons will --it down wttli ou nud relate In tin infictln.: way some unusual Imp- i
pcninK in their own li-es, I
"It's enl wlun tbey take prn m tlirlr hands ami Mart te put it en paper
that tbey become ceufu-ei about bow te arranric the order of their incidents and
what words' te use te describe things It is futinj, tee. When they are telling
you about it they are net a bit in doubt , they go right ahead and the words come
te them and the incident arrange tlietiueKes e thnt they held the surprise until
tbe proper moment. Itut nut a ien in their hands and paper before them and
they are lest.
"That is prebnblj because they ha-r all heard about the technie of writing
and the cry word 'technie- care them. They think it means something that1
requires long study ami that is bard te under-tand. And I've heard dozens of
people mij, "If I could get a real emtne te -tudy se as te see just bow the ernes
are arranecd and hnw the --tery is fold. I
' 1 A ) 111 n 'rur. ou '-an learn
J nrhinllu hei n p'edwrd than iex
theie is ii wci rAnii; ns a s rnarie
.e scenario was net thet ciactln as it teas vritten. And I nrt'r heard
of any our u he eirnrd a continuity that vintehid exactly the finished
film prod in t. That's uhric the stenographer, antiaus te study script
irriting. lias the itdrnnimje err ether people.
"I
NKVKU .et saw u biek n"r heard of
vital and important difference li-tween the written ecnarie and the script I
as actually produced. IJoeks ran gne
finished film ;iics miu the practical, actual thing.
"New Id's siippe-i- that our friend (icrtrude Jenes has the knack of telling
a btery and -lie hcli'i -he could make a success of writing for the screen, fhe
doesn't knew huw te gn about It, se we will give her some advice.
"Fir-t, then- !. de doubt that she can get some geed from nlmeM any of
the standard book, in se far ns they will explain peme of the technical terms and
some of the limitations of the screen. And they will give her au idea of the
generall accepted forms in which scenarios are written.
"Uut till tlie can give her is theory. What she wants is the practical thing.
Se we date (Jcrtie up te go te a movie some
of a crowd there and she bungs a couple
feupply of pencils, and we tlnd a scat under one of the lights se that she can bes thought I drew hack further into my
. i.ii i i i , i i corner. It would hardK de for me te
while she makes her ,v,t hooks. K. . run te him new. wh. n 'l needed help.
"Gertie i-n t smg te see any of the photoplay en this first visit, fcne s;af.r ha(1 tllrnPl from i,jm, Ilh i,P hnd
going te be loe bii writing down what we tell her. ! thought, when he couldn't help me. Se I
"As seen as the main title gees en the screen wi start te dictate te her. I drew down my veil and stepped in
And mnbe it -mind" senntling like thi : . J behind two women, hoping that he
"'.Main iltle -"'Hie S.i-ids "f Time' sub- title "On the P.Irak Sheres of wouldn't -ee me.
Ope Ced There I ! I . etc." fade m, long d'et. shore and cliffs with- fisher- ! "We're gums down te the decks,-' he
man's cottage- ub lit!- "Luke the Leafer Was the Terrer of the Fisherman.
itr .iris in n.iilnnn Ihm' shnl . I.uUe's
dissehe iutu i-!i.i-e-iip of l.ukc '
rjO lO' act ity point? In fro ujift. tlerttc has taken down u
." rna ie. Ai Aim 1711 semrlhma she couldn't bn! for money.
In if, 1111 idi 11 tall". I brhi it that there is a aoed hit sine s for some enter
prisma publu ilrnenraphrr who it ill cnVr. t such sccnaiMS uf the most
successful plintnplnji and sell them tn 'hid'-ntt- or imt them at te much
it 11 eel;. Hut in the cure of (lertrudc .layr. she herself is the student,
and se aflri 'he has typed the scrnarie, hr rjers hu herself tn sre 'The
Sand et Vmie' niaibr n de:rn tnni, aein'l home nftrirard and studying
the script te ri iut lime and why the diflrrcnt things were done, heic
clasr-vp and leni hel arr iixfrf. heir monotony 1 avetdrd by shift
ing srrnt 1 and all thnt. It' thr qrratrit chance in the world for any
one uhe n mils te tart in the business.''
DO YOU RECOGMZE THEM?
uK i.'-S2r "" ' .
b4xvs ttfir"
Oil tlie right In none ether thun llil'y riunday. who hu b. u iltins
eiue of the California studies. The gentleman in the characteristic
imttfs Is Cecil II. De Mille. Tbey are talking ubeut censorship, and
both are
f"
MOVIE GAME
.M. NKKL.Y
Learn Scenario Writing
think I could get the idea better.'
mere tre'n one neenarie that has
ran qet from a deien boekt, Itut
that has been actually produced.
a eeuise of study that could give that
jeu the theory of -rrtrt writing
The
forenoon when there, won't be inucn
of stenographer s note books and a I
ra mluinUlp rnll.ipe is ltd LnVn nt Ann
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opposed te it
le Daily Mevie
CONFESSIONS
OF A STAR
As Told te
liS'EZ KLUMPH
Jin; KTUICY UI,(il.N.S
IJ'ifA thr early dnin tu ir old
1'inr rt studio in California when
Celteru Moere, the dish ;trh. lletsie
Aeic and it Aest 0 ether ctrt net
much mere than extra girl. Diana
Chrynr telli hew the and her chum,
Isabel Heath, tat lonesemely areunA
the studio until Phil Craney, the
fameun director, chose Isabel te he
the first of the screen' "hall)
i lamps." They me seen together a
Oitat deal, and a scandal tj ervqtti
cjir,fr,.t n friend f Diana'
ei tnr ilirccter s wife. Iem in
called en te help, and Isabel tries te
"vamp" him. Then Jsibtl an
nnuvecs she is te he starred in the
East ev ii Paul Markham. Derr-i
(iecs te i'ranre with the aviation
corps and Diana meets Keith Gor Ger
hem, who strangely attracts her.
On the eve of a romantic runaway
marriage, Keith is killtd in. an oto eto ote
fno6ifc accident.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STOUV
CHAPTER U
! TVTY" FIUST impulse was te ruh ever
J.Y1 nnd speak e Derrv but en -ecend
,(1ld the irewd There are un- me
tertniCKS
eut-lde. and eii II go in
these. ie down and get into them,
pUnsc."
And then he pn-hed his way tin ouch
the crowd and ran down te the street.
lie hief changed, even since I d en
ui ' . ' .' 7i i -.i !,. i,.. i,,.. i
I'lill. A! i WUr1 1 Md ItlM inui ii .!'.
... en., i....... i..i, 1 1. f.,-st ilm..
1 thnt he had had ewr.whiiig in his own
liiiiils. Aid it was like it is wlih r.
i we ng deci.u in a small town. Yeu
knew- h"w people feci when a be
Ithc-w n in n i known glows up and
I sim'liK. m.-ilii'ini mid remea Inline iii leek
latter them: thei always remember flint
. ..l. 1-Mll T n...l ....Ml.i.t.
tries lliTie iiiiiii' .ion."-, iuiii i-.mii
Ithey can't take orders from him. That
was tlie was it had been with 1'crn
j In th" studies where he vas known.
and had been an a ter, people ceu.dn t
'let htm get away with much autherm .
,!lut when he get with people he didn t
knew nnd t."""""; J 1
everybody steed are nd for 1, - I V
1 ':,'?r k:L :n l ' e ., , k" 1 1:;:
j... . ." -..', ,i,,v ...
""""r8,1. .,
I rniild have siippel away in the
. - . . .... ,
imrhnes, ,,.., . .
Etrpfi iiiir tiiiiPUtiiv i in ii i nui i"
ilwa'; eager te U hew Derri would
rn nlieut his work
ll lJ 41111 Hill'
...! in II. tit mnn
Tlie crown nun grim .. ! nui. . "..n -
. 1 . .1 it... I .. .. J -..IT
he'd neier notice me. espis lal y lis lie il
! up ii uer ""
nevir wn ni in the Ie hes Ha 1 w as
'place in which t'e spend the night, and
C, money se i, be'hoeied n, te ,..' .
whether I wanted t or net
nl .. ... . ......I .IiimI -.f rrpll mill l li
Tl.i.n. iwis a aoed deal of grilliibliu
uniting the penple in the meter In ivtin i,
I went down town; extras alwnys
grumble aneiii soiniunes, i u-u'--.
These people, though they were being
mini extra for working at sucli an hour
'and In Midi weather, kept saying that
, tae scenes could ju't ns well bale been
shot in u studio, wiieie a set muld",
have been built, and that it was silly j
1 ti, take a crowd out en sin h nn errand !
I f)f course there was a man theie who
had worked with Mnry Pickford theie '
'nlwa's is. And there were scleral'
I who had nlwnys been with (iriffith, and
I of i nurse, knew mere than Mr. tuitlith
Ihiniself. Hy the lime we climbed out
i down en the deck, they nun nppeu
Derry te pieces many times.
We were te make some scenes i,n the
loci; tiesideiui ocean liner; it was sup
nosed te have come in after lesnnng
i ii passengers of a wrecked steamship,
and we were lint renin " "i i.i.-H.-" no
had be.n res-cued, and had te iiish about
i i .... ... -nt .in tin. deck of the icssel.
miu u.' i b- .. . j . .. ., .
...... , .-d , , W HI 111 MU IUV" l lv- 'in-iiiiiw(ie ui uii;
New. from peeing crowds en he 'r
screen you can t haie n n bleu nf the Ma ,liu, ,,P , m,)U(., , fwilinini.
d.mcultlng of direct ng e. I ie are , ( j b ,kh. "Threo Musketeers."
.,w.r .irL "'', ',".,' rhlPlmH the name role of the picture.
straigiu im ' " ,"'"',''' ;;',,, " ,"' '
Ilkeli te liiUKli. or b U- - u .
Then. tee. Her,, v II bi ' "
nTLX 'V- Mmu'k ;.?;:"
.e?,;.,. who Played in mob -ces flir
In ii Tears without, eier shewins en lie
....'.,.whii nlaved often emuigli, .
se that they earned u geml lliing at i.
A a rule the enlra lh paibetnally
anxious te nre inn.". .. ........ ..,.,.,
1. I mrt r f fill tllfl kl.ril.lll
if dp screens ,.... ,u"
agent's attention te the fact. And, el
course, sometimes an extra abeim up
mi well in the picture that he gets
something belter te de as u result.
Derrv went nleiit things in a very
wise way. one rarer then than It Is new.
Directors used te bully their people
mll(., mere than they de new; I recal
one who neier spoke Mew u yell and
who used language that wns nothing
short of i ile. The modem dlreYter la
likely te tell people what he wents, aud
treat them like human beings.
That what worry mu.
"You'll ceme running along there,
THEY'VE RE-CREATED
--rzrr-- 1 11 iniwi wi phi 11 iii min wrmiiRir
k.x 'a m anKWflUHKcaHFUiH ,Evr.HHtA r- fria4i tc tjc.iiv'r.j.?' ' . :... . ws. .rwu .
miMmmmmmm mmmmmsme.
is iSHrF OKWlil . : ,wTaKKl MHCtt? Vf&$3Q! KaiQnKSlLBie2WiSBH. te'te.
' KSjfWr?V'nRBiiTw"&ivj1MTr,bMBBB&CHB ? v ? fvVAuflW I. mum . i BKfrllSffa?STC, 9wWiuJpfr .!:& imi i
9smmmmwmTrmi m-i en t XM&malsWi&MWs ' km n
f .SlBW r?B "V irt. iCB' !vl.JjaSra.'i2l,i,lswlMaW"'Jk. in
all looking up at the dick, straining
forward. Heinember you have lest
sonie one in this shipwreck, util-s thc
art' among these stir Ivers. Perhaps the
were rescued and died en the way buck
te shore from exposure. Yeu have been
waiting all day for ncw-s. Here it W. at
last. And ou can't wait te m' for jour
self whether these jeu love are hcie
or net."
I'd nlwass supposed that a nnd), at
meli n time, just talked nlxmt an tiling. ;
if it had te talk at ail. Itut that wasn't ,
the eas,. this time, and l'e found out '
since then that ns a rule It isn't.
Derry had told them t cry out and
mutter ami talk among themsehe
'"" rushed along. And they did, and ,
j, , . , .
l"'l 't eiiia.mgly well.
"Oh, my girl my little girl I" lied
the woman beside mc. as she ran along '
wringing lnr hands. The man in front
of her, old. thin, bent, simulated u limp .
I fur the occasion and sidled painfully
en hu jy threugli the inteni' black '
inml white spaces of the deck, his thin l
..!..... !...: UI.,...!.... I.. ,1... ll.l.lll- .11,1.1
inn' nun Li".inii in '" " ,' ihm,
'his lips moving eeasi'lesisly .is he wins.
pcred "My boy my boy:"
, i ild stager that I was. I felt the tears
' sponging te my eies. These jusiple were
(,u, a,.iiiE- nm'l delus it well enough
() ,n(iw ,,,, ,,,
When the, bad finished that bit Derr,
',.,, ,,, (.,trinaRan,ly. Then he
p .. .-j .". .- . tn.,et ... ,.,,
Itliei MOUldn t move in Mien a IlllilUleil
"u..s. ,.,! had th
hem de it again, and
i t)liii ', ,!
l'"'U IIh"'".
. , .IMinirtenms i
, , t i .
&"; ,:.; ', '"'i"-
u'-i-ii ii. lilt is ' mi it kin u ..-...., . .
. . , ,. , l 11
had mv breakfast. Hut I knew what 1
, , , ,. ,,,,,.-.. ,',
, ""- b-"b i y
'innttir Derry had made geed in .iitc
, -, ri10lns,lini.e,. Leeking
' "P at him as he - f7 ll ' " . J T. vT ' ' V. , f t W. "
, ; hj... --Pi- . ?U"Ut,
,f ,l)ti) ,U wnrk uh(ii
... , r
In art a'died because I had refused
i (i mirrv lllm nP east I could de was
fn),,;v i,js example even though it
1 meant facin
Malcolm Sandy again.
,
Ie He ('Mitiuued Mmuhiy
'Daughter of Brahma,"1
Story of Indian Life,
Is Hearing Completion
'
TlIF Daiightei et lirahani, .1. L.
L I'letlilngh Jiu's forthcoming pre-
,1 i, i miu. is rapidly upiireaidiing tlie con
ilusien of its tiluung.
ri.miiicul In thii siining story el
India uiii
Lliglish ollicilililem is ttie lie-
, t, which ei curs in u ruined Hindu
,.,;, ijith as niueduced with
, ' ThN ,.,, u u tr0fi t,., 0 .
K ... ' .i ., , .,
will nimoeiie ei uic si'nsuiiens ei tne
I SarisMili. the daughter of lira una.
.( wh() wl Im, , ,
i.r,,,!,,, ,., mdude Kthel (J. Terry.
'-:, ,v,rr,M,;,.v Vl!r ylr-
! "J,". ' Alfml Albu. and Mary
i "', " '"
, -
: i,aUi0 Uu(l (;nVe ,,
i '" """ "1"'- "I'
Music Jer Acting Career
ENTi:it another
actors who
name te the list of
gam up musical
caierrs for stuge and seieen. The
latest te confess i,s I.awsen Ilutt, the
linii(Nenie leading man who appears In
"The Sting of the l.a.sh," Pauline
Frederick's latest picture.
He admits he at one time had rnrleua
thought uf devoting Ills life te music,
but wn offered an opportunity te play
a miner role In Shakespearean reper
teire and accepted. J-ater ne turned tu
pictures, found that he liked them uud
has remained en the screen,
Magazine
THE PAST TO FILM
!
AN ITALIAN company lias recently '
finished ibis clalierate spectacle,
scenes of which are shown ahnic. T'he
"(Irnndi'tir That Was Keine ' lias been
transfeired te tlie sliver sheet The
lady in the dri h is Uita .lellvet, well
known te American audiences, who
plays the eiid. The giant is (initie
Marciiine,
t
INVENTOR OF TOYS
AIDS DE MILLE ,
GET SIAMESE COLOR
H-
K mil ever seen "Slam Soe"V
iaiu Soe" is thnt bizarre mar-
I !"' Hint .lances a wooden Sian.es
e ,mpnt , , ,,.
"
e
est
It was te (lie. inienter of "hiam
Soe." Mrs. Florence Mcchnn, that "
eil II. DeMille turned for first-hand
information when preparing Siamese
i s, i pes for "Feels' Paradise." his lal-
est picture.
I .Mrs. Mechlin had been months in the
aitual court of the King of Shun, work
ing with him dally en a loyal project
'"'' br("','t "' ,llp Ai..cr.e,, woman
knowledge of eiery possible pliasc of
Cambodian life.
She saw the famous AVat Chang nnd
tin- ispially remarltable Angker Wat,
Uilental tcniplcH Mhlih Cecil J5. De
, jjh,, duplicates for "Feul-.' Paradise."
s!i. walked duily amid the colorful
,.wds which tnreng the water front ut
ISangkek.
And. especially Important for "Feels'
Parndlse." she was In constant touch
with the famous Cambodian Temple
danceis, ihe strangest group of artists
in the world.
It was the peculiar attire and gio gie
tesipir motions of Ihcc sacred perform
ers that Miggestul 'Slum Soe" and
in.ide II possible for Cecil H. De Mllle te
reproduce in his. picture the inyttlc Or
iental temple dances.
In the forthcoming lllm the strange
iicss of the (Jileutnl Is particularly well
set off by the modern uttlre of Mildred
Harris and Cenrad Nagcl, playing
prominent parts in tlie picture, Tim
Parisian gowns of the famous French
ilanseuseand the Immaculate white linn-
nelH of the young Americun oil operator
are seen hi contrast te tlie gorgeous
trappings of Siamese royalty, net te
epeak of the dancing costumes
i
fTMIICSli costumes were Ktrangc audi
X wonderful te beheld, of geld metal
cloth with ever two thousand jewels
sewed en ench. And the huts trciueti trciueti
deiiH pagoda effects In geld and tassels
"Ttiese dancers," says Mrs. Mcc-
saem m&. j vwmmw'mm.'wjmKn:,wteii ii i
vf RwJ&lrWOmlwlSrv . 'J?
rJ V?S1! K TJKvi !IB ifii5sLlfffiL' ftwWW i,ss. ..., L'
i s. aac '" i i
sWrm
14.'' iwM&asa I
I fm W MrWM
Ye3! Sr si9 VSs'v'
SARDOU'S "THEODORA
iamfiemii
bun. "are en a hcreditnrv basis. Tin y
land their art down through their
daughters from one generation te an-'Clayten as the star,
ether. Yeu will notice their extremely I "Is Matrimony h Failure''" was first
heniy make-up. net at all becoming, produced by D.iiid Hclnsce en I'rond I'rend
This is applied te blot out all traces of i way several years age with Lee Dit-oMii-essien.
te eliminate sex lure. Fer rleh-tein in the leading role. Ditrieh-
, these who ga7e en a Siimese temple Utein adapted the pliiy from n big con
dance are supposed te be enthralled byllinental success, lu its American icr-
the grace and niiinel of the ihyslcal slen the piny had an extended run in
I movement without a thought of Ita hex- New erk and a successful tour en the
1 mil significance. " I read.
ViinTiiri.xiH
"SHOTWUlnr
COHMNT
All 1 lli'li. Merris & rsyunli A.
rtinainura Mm um at x, v.ks wsiii
(.III KHVI-TI'li HllKltls' S.TIIRV
"A TALE OF TWO WORLDS" '
ALLEGHENY.r,r"in."l! k. &TZ
Dt ill uuivireui'.
In "AT TUT. n.NII (IK TIIU MOKI.II"
A nnl I r 1-IJ i THUSIl'BCl.N STM.
rvJl-.lvj mti.m:i: daily
l(s. wr.lll'.K'e I'llOHHTKIN
TOO WISE WIVES"
ARCADIA
CIUWNLT Hei H1TH
HI A M tj 11 IS P. M.
MARGUERITE CLARK
n ItAMIII.KI) mi r.v-
ACTAD pHA.NM.IN . 1,'lltAKU AVB"
M3 1 v-T !!atini;f daily
Itll'ERT HI (.IIKs.1
"THE OLD NEST"
r a i TiMtAnr r.l.sT ,v UAiyrixitmu .
E5ML.1,1JV1v-iCi:vr nan sat mat
renntnnce Talmadere "Lren in
w 1.- Illf"
iiiwnujii i'iis iii"'Hfrsji-ii()i-Kj,
benn ,,tirAN"D" wB5ir,""nI-y;
ETHEL CLAYTON
III "VKI.TII '
bKUAUWAI "oiuep m
- f v-v A rSXUf A . f Urnuil t Unirta 1 -
POLA NEGRI
In "IIYI'sV 1110(11)"
CAPITOL
UL. " a "- -. m is p. m.
MAIIKKT ST
in "rvKinTiiiMi reu smv
f i ii i irv ii " u""nj'i nvsi,
j-. 9 -V V II A t flln li.,iU,i.l A ....
V-VL-WlL-Vl S() 7 nnrl ft P. M
CHARLES RAY
j a v
In "( HAP lltON'
DARBY THEATRE
VIOLA DANA
In "ITI'I'KTS Ol" l'TI'."
I-ilVll INLJU MAT'NKIJ DAILY
POLA NEGRI
In dM" HMHII)'1
FAIRMOUNT '"i'lTiNrn'eAJLT
FAMILY T,,BHVir!! kNyul"tT
FRANK MA vhIIT
......... ...... v
In "TIIK SIIAHIi MAsTI'.ll
56TH ST.
TltKATJU;- Hl.nr Hnnin
MATA't'U' lun vl
HAROLD LLOYD in "I DO"
"Tiir. iivndh ai". I
FRANKFORD JW$f
Nerma Talmadnre. "The Meth",
si iipuim; ai iiicvii.i.i:
GLOREr't'u, MA,ui.,r,i:,t,T-1
"no u it
WILLIAM RUSSELL
In "ftlSOLNa KIVEtt"
MjfsssssbssssssbP-- x ' sW5
vSCsssssfc ' !4trL'iK
ylsHr'i'lsssssskt 1 W
ssW&-7 IsJsij
Deg Is the Here
in "The Silent Call;
Soen te Be Ready
WOIID cemtB from the West Toast
that "The Silent Call" is now new
ready for distribution, the editing nnd
tit'ing having been cenc'uded.
This phetndrama was produced by
Laurence Trimble nnd .lane Murfin.
Miss Murfin was respen-ihle for the
adaptation of the original story, "The
Cress Pull," bv Hal !. Kwirtn. Inte
screen form. Trimble directed the pic
ture and betli of the co-producers cel
laberated lu tlie editing nnd titling.
It Is n thrilling talc of the High i nMl? . Si?w ? i r i .nSin " ' .
; Sierra n'gien. The real here of the I'oer' 7'? ilcrtul 'lliing ' nnd
,photeplny is Strengheart. world-famous", I'"".0":, t'he h wurkiiiB n "Mnilui'
police deg, who has wen scores of prizes
; at deg shows en the European eonll eenll
, nent and was awarded medals fur his
valiant deeds as n Red Cress ilim iltir.
ing the World War. An unusually tal
ented cast of human players appears in
'this production. Including .leliu Mew
ers, Knthryn Mcdulre another Mack I
i Sennett henutv. who 1ms rrpnnllv
nchlexed success in dramatic reles: Wli".
Ilnni .1. Djer, NeNun ?IacDewell, Kob Keb
ert Helder and William V. Meng.
.Bclasce Varl'c Comedy
I
1 Soen te Be Screened
ryWID HKLASCO'S fan-e comedy,
'--'"Is Matrimenv a Failure?" Is soenlsee him In "Pcnred."
!te be made into a picture nt the Lasky
made into a picture nt the Laskv
.studio lu Hollywood, with T. Hev
i.. i ti.. 1....1 i !....... c .
Tturiiei in the lead, and James C'ruze as
director. Mr. Humes recent h nil-
, lmnrcd in Kxit the amp, with Kthcl
riteTiii'iAVs
The following theatres obtain their pictures through the
STANLEY Company of America, which is a guarantee of
early showing of the finest productions. Ask for the theatre
in your locality obtaining pictures through the Stanley
Company of America.
rY) A MX 40i2
Cllrnrd Aie.
Mnt. Toils!
,-"ii m.-mr. i"mtha'
PAULINE FREDERICK
In "HOADS OF IMWTINY"
, GREAT NORTHERN ?eiWh?ft
ALICE BRADY
In "I.ITTLK ITALY"
IMPFRIA1 oeTU WALNUT MT3. '
WIIIT.MAN IIK.WKTT'M 1'nOHl'CTION
"The Truth About Husbands" 1
Lehigh Palace ll8,m,na;
BETTY COMPSON
I in "t Tin: kmi or tiii: would'
,L,.JUJIN;i'I:JtSl,'J
DUSTIN FARNIIiVI
DUSTIN FARNUM
In "CHIMIN'AI. LAN
OxITR RDrink' :
3D,WIA i:upuud
J -" rii .svunub
BEBE DANIELS
in "me wki:ks with vw
PALACE -u mahki;t ktreut
ALISTAIt CAST In
"WOMAN IN HIS HOUSE"
,PRIMPR;c:
1UIS MAHULT 8TIIKBT
H3II I T tn 11 IK n tt
, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
' in "itKr.nii miviv ivn
RRGENT j,a'ct tiw nni,
DOUGLAS MacLEAN
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III "I'AHKINd TIIKI"
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i KIAI I f 1 UCHMAMOW.N A VENUS
i - " - v Ti" "Mnricrcv n
mi J-mM V msrmm . . 'i '
T ti ivtr,nirwi a
i HUiVJAi MblUHAN
Jn "Tin; cemickst or (.waan"
I RI IRV UAUKET T UhlJUW 7TH
i"UU' IO A V n UilJr.ll
LHAKLU KAI
In "SCHAP IHON"
SAVOY lsl1 "AIIKLT stiili;t
Urtvul SAM ni .riU.lUHT
BERT LYTELL
In "TIIK MN WHO
! SHERWOODl;Tt"''lT'',
I STANLEY "AHKr.f-m
i Mi.viil J' A:U'.".'J J! '
iri(jiviA ivisu.Haiv
'('APP lll lis"
5TAMTriM makkiIt
Abnie
ItlTII
....'. .'r:': i' a it te 1 1 p m.
Wit i.i IM riixs miMivn ii,.v
"UVtK THE HILL"
333 MARKET W.'-tS
TflM miy ' 10 ' SI
TOM MIX
In "Till'. MIHIT IIOnsfMlIN
V I ' nW A MAI1KIJT ST. lib,
UTIf
ft A . l Ii. 11 1t n
LIONEL BARRYMORE
In 'JU1 XILU rjMA3"
UUUL UK, MILLE HA$
METHOD OF HIS
OWN, CONNIE SAYS
tty CONSTANCE lWLMEtt
C ii. m musT&TSliffL
ttdaTxjg'i.,. rfTLsaa
In udrtlslng that this "Is net a ff
ing idrttirp." Lentrlce Jev. lyihl
Uehcrts, Cenra.1 Nngle, n'nd Jk
Mower arc the exponent of the tW
In this case, i also Fnw nice UdjSJ
Chnpinnn waiting- te bP railed.
I wish I might be gifted cneiigt, ,0
riRp. te the hrlglitH ojpecsy n" a.
w;rlbltig the atmosphere en Jtr n.
Mllle'a set. Urielly I'd say it's
vcIeiih. MarveletiK. The stage ".,
perhapH a hundred feet dren: ii...
were at least thirty people en the Job Jeb
and you could hear a pin drop. Hlf
Then "Lelseu, move that blue ehalr ''
Twenty-nine people made one lean t
the chair, then steed at attention
"I'nte, you arc In my line of isen'
Hezl Tete, the asslstnut director, mail.
one nntrlope jump three feet Mrnliht
up nnd seven te the side, and nil a
ns It should be. lu oilier words. IIi
Tate didn't hesitate. ' "Jl
Mr. Director Oeneral squinted .
squint through the camera and thfn
lironeunccd, "Geed." and I wish I
could show you net only the prrled of
etnphnsls nt the cud of the word, but
the expression of simple joy en the
fnees of the twenty-nlne. It's a gift
And then he said "Picture!" And
the terms that had been statues before
became twenty-nine proofs that there
may be perpetual motion. Ami all that
happened was Cenrad signing snnie p..
pen, nt the end of the hundred-feet set
Don't count me sarcastic In my re
marks nbeut Mr. De Mille's method and
effect. I'm just having the Inugh new
that I dldti t dare have lu his nrts.
CIICP.
Hebe Daniels' next story will be in
ndnptatlen of two Saturday Kveulne
Pest tales by Samuel Merwin. As
usual, Ilealart won't divulge the dark
p secret of the names.
The continuity of the next Wanda
' Hawiey Btery will be written by Vle-
ici warK, n studio Linn girl, violet
lived there lu the geed old dnvs, tne
years age. Virtually every one of.
these girls ban achieved success. Zasu
Pitts, Marjerlc Daw. Sarah Masen and
Nell Newnian are four of them, and
the ethers nre net far behind.
Maynrd Velllier stiged n pr ze-tight for
Ilert Lvtell'H new story. "Keep Uff the
tirnss, that wan a humdinger. Rert
and the professional mixed ii .r, vig
orously that even director and ramcra
man forget te give signals and grind,
respectively. Hert's gene off tuna fish
ing new te forget there ure sticii tlilnis
as prize-fights. Cntallna Island is the
scene of his activity.
Ansivers te Questions
Frem Mevie Fans
SYLVIA The pictures in wlileh
Xernin Tnlinndge has niipenreil for
First National are "Daughter of Twe
WerldH." "The Weman tiives." "Yes
or Ne," "The Hrandrd Weinun," "The
rns-sten Mower. "Tlie Siyn en the
ThreiiKh." She In the wife of Jeseph
Schenck.
KILKKN The last picture m which
Dorethy Phillips wni seen was "Mnn,
Weman. Mnrringc." The mine of lie
new :)icturei has net been announced.
She is married and l.ns one child.
.T. W. F. "The Idle Class s the
lntest plctuie made by Charlie Clnnlln.
He is in Kurepe en n vacation .it the
present time, nnd as far as I knew is
net making pictures there.
DIN Yes. "Hen Hur" is te be filmed
nry seen. Marshall Nellan ch se Wes
ley Harry from a croup of youngsters
playing en the street, leu will seen
I .. .
I lu'1.1 ,Il'-V'ri'' vn" rehenn is
I married, aiiiv MeAinv s mesunf sI.hf.
ring vehicle In "Kvciw thine for Sale."
I Come te think of it, she and J.icinielin-)
i, .. ..... '.
iegan iie rcscmtiic eaen oilier iiullc n
bit.
IIILDKCAHDK "The SI e,k"
the latest picture in which Agnes Ayrcs
appears. Iludelph Valentine is her
lending man.
ZKIH'Air Ne. indeed. Mabel Nor Ner
mand has net left the stage, ller ucit
picture is "Melly O."
l'IHTOI'lVH
ml)puwI,
cemmwv r .
OTAMVUCA
AT WEST CHESTER
RIAl TO CLAIM KIMIIA1.1. VOL Ml la
.1.. "C" ")K IT"
1ULL HOUR
prri'KTs or
KATIV
TfThe NIXON-NlRDLINGffif
Ui THEATRES UJ
BFI MDNIT f,"-'D Auevr; mahkbt
BERT LYTELL
In "A MKSH.UIB KKOM ,M Mts"
CEDAR
00TII & CUDAIl AV13NUD
1.30 anil 3- -1 anil II P. U.
OLIVE TELL
in "iviNtiSi or pitiiu:
! CCi FSFF IM Ararkfl Let .linn i. 00th
' -yyatUM , :t p,, n 7 Rni u
! HERBERT RAWLINSON
In "THK V.Ki:i MJf.l) twsv."
JUMBO
ntO.NT ST. ft OIltAHU AVB.
Jumtie June en Ii'rankferil "h"
,-m . mm. riutiHTv e.nNM"s
"WHAT'S A WIFE WORTH?"
I FAHPR 4lsT & LANCASTEK AVA
-t-rUH.I MATLN'ni: DAILY
tinrf ,i,r,"em' n'I Ann I'errjst In
The Great Imperaonatien
I OCl 19T y-a ANU LOCUST STltBCTS
llUtu" Mnm. i ae. a an j:i-s ami te U
rk i t w ijf . i in
- ., 'Pmncein wet uem
lN!A.vJll ln 7 ani 9
Reopens Men., Oct. 10
RIVOLI MU ANU se;.(!s!.DAiLt
ETHEL CLAYTON
In "MIAM"
CTR AMH OEIIJIANTOW.N AVE.
3 1 KAINU AT VEVANOO STREET
Sessue Hayakawa and Bessie Lere
la "Till', HMAMl"'
AT OTHER THEATRES
MEMBERS OF M.P.T.O.A.
Germantown VtkukxT
JUSTINE JOHNSTONE
In "Mii;i,ii-,ur,i IIAITQIITKItS" ,
JEFFERSON ""'cTvM
ALICE JOYCE
I I"
'Till'. INM'.U CIIXMIlin"
I PARK MlMT i'Tu
m.i-stvi. i ist i .
THE GREAT LOVER"
WEST ALLEGHENY tx'vSi
BESSIE LOVE
In "UONMi: AU."
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