Evening journal., 1914-04-01
"A Good Little Devil"
Gets His Release
Famous Players Presentation
of Belasco's Production Makes
Its Appearance on the Screens


Mary Pickford as Juliet, the Little Blind |
Heroine Of This Imaginative Modern
Fairy Playa Visualized Story That
Appeals 10 Young People of All Ages
The much-discussed film production Of
David Belascos famous modern fairy
play, "a Good Little Devil in five reels, /
is scheduled for release on March 1st
This wonderful imaginative comedy
drama is commonly believed to be the
master stroke of David Belasco's pro
ducing genius. 1t is presented with the
entire original cast, including Mary Pick
ford, who as Juliet" the little blind
heroine Of the play, added to her popular
ity as q famous film star the glory Of a
stage triumph, and who now returns to
motion pictures in the role which won
this new distinction.
"a Good Little Devil written orig
inally by Rosemonde Gerard and Maurice
Rostand, and adapted by Austin Strong,
is a fairy tale for young and old and all
between III might be said that II rs
fairy play for young people of all ages
IL is poetry and fantasy mingled with
roaltY. III IS nuudu hluli tNhoAhb NV
cry Of the world.
The motion-picture camera extends op-
Dortunities that were necessarily lacking
n the original production, due to the linz
tations Of the oral stagc. In the hlm
version, the fairies can be made 10 grow
mon fhe spot and vanish in the air. aud
he soul of Charles, "the good little
devil" when il battles with his worse
self for supremacy, can be symDoh1eq
through double exposure great deal
sr ID. . sHsrN fhn rran af
the different characters as in the original:
II is produced under the direction OF
Edwin s. Porter, and the mechanical and
camera effects bear the touch of his Wiz
ardry.
"The American Beauty Of Filmdom"
s only one of dozens Of similar titles
bestowed by her admirers upon Orml
Hawley. The three years she has spent
in phOtoplay have brought the celebrated
Iubin star a following which girdles the
globe In Japan she is known by her
loveliness, and in South Africa and Rus
sia she is acclaimed the American OF
surprising cOmeliness.
Miss Hawley's personality. overshad-
ows the charm Of her acting for no mat
ter how great an effort she makes to be
Judged by her histriOnic ability alone,
her beauty remains supreme; her pro-
file is purely classic, its perfection call
ing to mind the faultless regularity Oh
coin or medal of ancient Greece.
Miss Hawley's birthplace is Holyoke,
Massachusetts,, and il was from there
that she set out q few years ago to ac-
cept her first engagement on the stage.
After a short stock experience she was
noticed by Mr. Lubin, who Immediately
decided that his great studio in Phila-
delphia must enlist the promising young
actress. Accordingly, to Lubinville she
came, she saw, and the picture world
Noeriv fbree hundred roles have been
created by Miss Hawley, embracing ev-
cry form of expression from the modern
melOdrama of the underworld TO- the
Eheerest fantasy. Scores OF those photo-
plays which gradually gave prestige to
the Lubin trademark were cast with
Ormi Hawley in the lead, and she added
10 them the unQuestionable advantage
that always accompanies beauuIu
woman in the eyes of the public.
- Some of the noted leading men of the
screen world have played opposite Miss
Hawley. chiefly Arthur " Johnson
Harry G. Myers, Edwin August, and
Edwin Carewe, and many authors nave
written stories around her. None, how
ever has been so successful in proyldini
her with n congenial role as IN Made
lines Christmas" which ii. A. DArel
wrote expressly for her talents as al
J emotional artist;
The birth and childhood Of motion pic
tnres has been strenuous; men have en-
tered the field aud gone broke and mef
have made fortunes within few years
men have entered the artistic end ana
ike n skvrocket have dashed into tam'
onlv TO sink out again quite as suddenly
Bluff and boast and wild haste have hat
their place in the development OF the IN
dustry, but only small place. hign
now there is a great shuttle and weedmg
out, and the men who have moved o.
thin gas are to be found crumpled by TN
road, while those who have stood for con
servatism for ratiOnaism, who have stu
died the game from all angles are TO b
found firmly planted in the high places
Frank Smith assistant director to Kim
Ragrot character lead and scenari
writer. is to be classed with the latter
Frank is, and has always been, conserNa
tive, far-seeing and a student. lie wa
an artist of the highest rank when he en-
tered motion picture work as assistan
director with Herbert Brenon in the I'M
some years back Frank has never bee
q self-hoostcr but there are many Wh
know him and his sterling qualities.
Frank was born in 1860 in Paris, Ken
/ tucky. of rich, but honest parents. a
/. the close of the Civil War Frank moved
with his parents, to New Orleans. wher
his father managed "rhc New Orlean
Varieties Theater." At that time Franb
In child parts. supported such stars a
Charlotte Cushman. Forrest, Joe Jehel
son. and Ben DE Barr. In fact, fran
has spent all his life among the scener
and greasepaint. He supported. in late
years, stars such as John n. Raymond
Charles Fechter. Mckee Rankin, an
Fanny Davenport, and Robert Mantel
He starred for three years in "Ihe Sie
of the Cross" after which he came und'
the management Of Mr.. Brenon in John
town. Pa. From this stock engagemei
he went into the pictures
Director Thomas H. Ince, Of the IA
,f Mutual Movies inst
proud Of the unsolicited compliment pa
him by Capt. Frederick l. Macy, u.
A. the exchange officer at Fort Steven
Oregon. Mr.. lnce has won fame as q
greatest director in motion pictures IN q
staging of great spectacles, particular
Of a military nature, and especially I
that most pretentious of all war phot
PLAYS. "The Battle of Gettysburg Fl
lowing is an excerpt from letter fro
Cant Macy to William It. Binfor
branch manager for the Mutual at POI
land. Oregon:
"Our men are surprisingly critical al
appreciative. Though they live peculis
" masculine lives, yet none are more
sistent upon real merit in pictures,
more impatient with the coarse or med
ere. As a rule soldier plays only exc
disgust among the men. as they are
unmiltary in every way that the OF
amusement the men find is in CRITICS
Rut 7 saw your Narcotic Spect
Saturday. II was the only correct m
tary film I ever saw. II was pert'
I'm every detail Of uniform. guard dt
and atmOSpherp The orders and ilotti