Evening star., 1916-12-31

and it announces that she is not to
marry within three years, nor to appear
in public unless heavily veiled. She
will even take her daily constitutional
at night.
And now a California lot owner. i'm
pressed by the high cost of things in
general, wants the Morosco company
to pay him $50 for photographing his
property in n scene with George Beban
for His Sweetheart.
A newspaper reporter, gin soaked
Australian and a cunning chinese VII
liain in a thrilling battle OF wits over
a bag Of rare pearls IN the South sea
Islands. make the story or fhe lslahd
of Desire" on release tomorrow.
sBrady-made world pictures sent out
its greeting of the season in an eiao-
crate folio adorned with a jovial pic
ture of Santa Claus. and containing
pictures of all its big players. NO"
let's all get together
In THE Argyle Case" which is being
filmed with Robert Warwick as the
star. Elaine Hammerstein. II. Cooper
ClifYe, George Fawcett. Charles Zines
and a host of stage notables are belns
pict1r
Campbell Gollan. the Kleine director.
who died recently, was an actor OF
note as we'll He played with Mrs. Les
lie Carter in >"Du Barry and was a
member of the American company
screened in the play in Europe.
Miriam Nesbitt, who began her
stage career at the top as leading
woman with James K. Hackett, under
the Frohman management, is co-star-
red with Marc MacDermott in the fea-
ture photoplay THE Last Sentence
Not as 4 fiendish poisoner but as a
woman of refinement with mercy TOR
offenders and liberal patroness of the
arts is Lucretia Borgia to be pictured
in Brenon's picture. ''The Eternal Sin,
with Florence Reed in the big role.
The Selznick production of Pan
thea Olga Petrova's stage success, with
Norma Talmadge in the Petrova role,
is to be released just after the opening
of the new year. From Monckton
Hoffe's novel, it is said to be one of the
most appealing love stories ever told.
Five real. live. ferocious alligators
will be seen in the Thanhouser production,
THE Image Maker. a story or relncar-
nation, to be released January II by
Pathe. Valyrien (the Baroness DEWITT }
is the star.
After seeing Vincent Serrano dive from
a ship. grovel in muck of seaweeds Tor
wreck, Charlotte Walker exclaimed, 1t
too much. Give me air" This is what
he does in "A Modern Monte Cristo.'
Florence La Badie is to screen star
in new "society-art-atmosphe story
by Philip Lonergan.
A mirage gives Phoebe Lester coun-
try girl, her first glimpse of the city OF
which she has dreamed in the Thanhouser
photoplay, Her New York
Shirley Mason is said to use smelling
salts and Chopin's Funeral March on the
phonograph to produce the necessary tears
for an emotional part.
Ann Murdoch. Nance O'Neil. Shirley
Mason, Holbrook Blinn. Charlotte Walker.
H. B. Warner and George LIE Guere are
the picture stars in the new serial en-
titled Seven Deadly Sins" They rep
resent envy, pride, passion, wrath, greed
and sioth.
Olga Petrova has signed a longtime
contract to produce features for the
Paramount program.
The Edison company has just COM
pleted for the Conquest Pictures,
dramatiZation of Gallagher" the
newspaper story that brought Richard
Harding Davis to notice.
Rex Beach. Ralph Henry Barbour, John
Bennett. Kirk MunEoe and Ellis Parker
are also to be filmed by Edison espe-
cially for young folks.
Mary Pickford's next photoplay fea-
ture will be "A Poor Little Rich Girl"
after Eleanor Gates novel.