Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-26


once served Llebler & Co. to good pur-
pose, has reached the film stage despite
the earlier protests OF the author against
what he felt to be a form OF blasphemy.
For many years Mr.. Caine steadfastly
refused to permit this work to be repre-
sented upon the screen. 1t was due to
Adolph zukor's eloquence during a visit
to England last summer that consent
finally was obtained.
Next Hugh Ford and Edwin s. Porter.
the Famous Players directors, went
abroad with Pauline Frederick and other
woll-known players to begin the actual
work. Scenes in the Vatican Gardens, In
the Castle of st. Angelo. the Coliseum,
the Roman forum and other historical
spots In the Imperial City,, were repro
duced with the acqulescence of the eccle-
siastical and civic authorities The Fa-
nous Players company regards the film
as its most sumptuous product to date
CoLLEGIANs IN MOVIES.
Several hundred University of Penn
sylvania students helped Barry o'Neil in
Widow" Lubin photo-play. They made
their part so realistic that many OF the
Lubin players are still nursing bruises.
All of the exterior scenes were taken
at Pennsylvania colleges and unversl-
ties. When o'Neil with his camera men
and players arrived ut the University OF
Pennsylvania the students looked on with
interest. O'Nell needed lot OF students
for an effective background, and he asked
the Penn men to help him out. Every
student in sight volunteered and there
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army that constantly grew larger.
George Soule Spencer who plays the
lead, stood cheering with the students,
Make a big fuss over that fellow and
lots OF actlonl" yelled O'Neil through a
megaphone, pointing to Spencer. o'Neil
got more than he had expected. The
student army swept down upon Spencer
and the Lubin man was lost to view for
fully 10 minutes. Round and round, this
way and that, the students danced, and
the human vortex swooped up almost
every Lubin man in sight, one OF the
camera men and his camera and a couple
of policemen. Barry O'Neil and one of
the camera men eluded the mob by run
ming into a nearby University building
and getting the thrilling scenes below
from a second-story window.
When the "fusing party" was over,
Spencer emerged looking as though he
had been through a railroad wreck, and
the other Lubin performers were no bet
ter of. All were bruised, but there was
some compensation in the fact that cam
era men who escaped the students war
dance obtained some OF the best student
pictures ever taken.
BETTY NANsEN ORDERS HER
CHRISTMAS DINNER.
please have ready for Miss Nansen
on her arrival at the Plaza Hotel on
Christmas Day the tollowlng Bofteg
mod Log, B1ydt HyidkaalshOved. orter
Of Falsete, Vandergrod, Rodgradde med
Flode ana SmOrrebFOd med SolbeFroom." Z"
This was the wireless" transmitted
from the ScandanaV Vian- American liner
United States to the William Fox ofnces
in New York yesterday from the man
ager Of Betty Nanssn, the famous
Royal" Danish actress from the Theatre
Royal, Copenhagen, who is coming here
TO pose In a series OF big feature films
for Mr.. Fox exclusively. The wireless
was a poser. What under the canopy
"Flyldt HVidkAalsshoYed" meant nobody
knew. The Danish Consul. George Beeh,
obligingly translated the radlogram and
Christmas bin-or-fare enumerating Miss
Nansen's favorits dishes.
THE CHRISTIAN" COMING"
Positive announcement OF the presenta-
ton OF THE Christian" In photo-play
form al the Chestnut Street Opera House
cannot be made, but IL Is assured that the
film viii be shown early Ia January. The
part OF Glory Quayle Is played by Edith
Story. Earle williams Is John Storm.
Others IA the cast include Charles Kent,
Harry Northrup. James Laekaye. Vim
cent sternroyd, Alberta Gallatin, Carletta
da Felios, Edward Kimban, Rose Tapley
ana James W Morrison.