Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-05
PAvLOWA PRONOUNCES
1T ''POR- TEE CHEZ"
The Dancer Turns Movie Star
and Linguist-Other
Movie Notes
nv the photoplar editor
,w would ron rronounee .,portIcI"7Y

How would you pronounce PORTER
Since the announcement that the Eor-
rest will house "The Dumb Girl or PoIllo,
| next week. with Anna Pavlowa IN the ieau a. .
| ing role, the proper pronunciation OF tns tns
| word "Portici" has been the cause VI
| considerable tongue-twisting.
Even at the Universal headauarteir 'si,,
| there are hardly two persons VINO WI M
| give an Identical pronunciation 10 ss
word, which prompted Carr Lae,,,,,,sJ L.,,,nad
president of the Universal, who produced
the picture, to seek the proper way 70 poD- paU
nounce the word from Mile. Pavlowa hei
self when she last visited New forK'
In the Universal offices and the news
papermen, who had occasion TO can up
for information about the play, ,p,,ith
nounced II about 81 different ways "lN
the following variations: ra.,,-
Por-ty-see, Poor-ty-cy', Por -te,ol, IL,
ST, Por-ti' shy, Port -ishy, Porteohe, FV IL
tl-ci, Por-tl-oy', Por-te-cy, Por-te.cne,, ~
IL remained for Mile. Pavlowa hersel. "
give an entirely different pronouholatIIo,.l,, I,.,
she pronouncInr It "Por-tee'-chee," WIKI
the accent on the second syllable soIt t.
According to Mile. Pavlowa, tna' 10
the way Il is pronounced apro"u' ~
she has several expert linguists III her
ballets who have interpreted tne I,o,
of "The Dumb Girl of PortIoi' 10 ner
from the original, which was wrItten Wy
Auber. Frenchman, In ltalian' 'ie e'O''
of Fenela being laid In Italy.
So we can now call 1t "Por-tee'-chee anu
be on the safe side.
one or more fine arts subjects are 70 De
produced at the Eastern studio OF tne Ma
iestic and Reliance Company, ana Johh
Emerson has been sent East from Carior-
mia to be in charge of the directlon Az
companying Emerson is Norma Ialrlaose'
who will be starred in the first nurnper.
The Fine Arts Triangle prSachII,en. 1,s I!1.
.,f
Fiend," made under the direction OF Ches-
ter whitley and with Norma Ialmauee
and Tully Marshall as co-stars, mas oeen
completed and was given its first studio run
last week so that Miss Talmadge coulo SEQ
1t before departing for New YORK,
The Fine Arts Company. with Douglas
Fairbanks as star and Allen Dwan as d.
rector, is still in the big tree country OF
California working on scenes for IN the
Carauinez Woods" In this story Fairoanks
appears in the part of a half breed.
Negative for 1.-THE Wild Girl OF the Sier-
ras" with Mae Marsh, Robert Harron and
wilfred Lucas in the principal parts, Is
now in the Fine Arts print factory ana
will be an early release for the triangle.
Miss Marsh appears as girl whose sole
have been the birds and beasts
of the forests, who is encountered by
party composed of youth with
means and a gambler with his confeder-
ates In crime, who plan to sell the youth
worthless mine The subject is spoken of
as "close to nature stuff" as there are said
to be but three interior scenes in the entire
five reels
Just why the programs announce 'in
seven parts" when there Is no break in
the showing of the play 1.-THE Law Decides"
at the Victoria is hard to imagine in these
days of modern projection of pictures.
Abe L. Einstein, of the Stanley Company.
and Messrs Hagerty and Bell, of the Para
mount Advertising Bureau, represent more
than 80 theatres as publicity represent
atives. There are many managers who
should know the sound of advertising's call
and be prepared for the 25.000 visitors to
the "Ad" Convention coming here the weeF
Of June %.