Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-26
Journey with
the Photographers

II is not safe to 60 into Grace Cunard 2
dressing room these days. Hung from the
ceiling nro several dainty and very filmy
skirts the ones she wears as the circus
rider IN the serial. Peg o. the Circus"
They fiil the room and how she manages
10 get around In II is a marvel. They look
mighty pretty. too. Grace has added the
thirteenth member 20 her dog family and
this time 81 IL q pedlgreed white Scotch
collie. a beauty. She has named II Peg"
In honor OF the serial.
Henry King. the Balboa actor-director.
whose production Of Little Mary Sun
shine was almost a sensation. has Just
completed western fiye-reeler entitled.
THE Strupgters. in which he took the
lead ne is row starting on another five
reeler. "A Message from the Dead" in
which he VIII take the leading part as
well as direct In this there are some In
terost!ng theatrical scenes for which big
sets are being built. II is remarkable
what o large amount OF work this en-
ergciic young man can get through.
~ AeNE ANnhfltE uHu IT'S hAaN HhE b'ti
20 zee Bessie Barrlscale In Bullets and
Brown Eyea. In this nightly attractive
photoplay there Is q scene In which dash
ing William Desmond literally throws
Miss Bsrr1scsle into horses saddle.
The scene ia cut as she reaches said
saddle. Wnen the occurrence was filmed
Mics Besse did not stop at the saddle
at ail--she went clean over the other side,
but fortunately was not badly hurt. She
will not forget the incident in a hurry.
William Gafwood was re ,roached by
young actor recently because Billy made
him act a scene with his back TO the
camera Garwood told him this: "Whon
you can act with your back to the cam
era you may feel you are making good.
Some OF the most telling work artists
do Is accomplished without ever their
face being seen. Pent-up emotion and
despair can be registered 10 an astonish-
ing degree by means OF back eloduenoe.
and unless you can do this successfully
you will never rise in your profession"
Two OF the most attractive figures on
the Los Angeles Broadway are Gretchen
Hartman. the BioRraph actress. and her
sister-in-law. Miss Hale. The latter Is a
blonde and Miss Gretchen IL n brunette,
and they are OF a size. and both know
how TO dress to perfection. Both are
vivaclous and are fond of shopping.
Their many friends call them Hale and
Harty."
Two comedies are in course OF prepa-
ration at the Western vitagraph studios,
ono under the direction OF Dave Smith
with Anne schaefer. Mary Anderson,
GEORGE Kunkel and Lawrence Weingar-
ten, and the other is being produced by
William woibert. with william Duncan.
Corinns Griffith. Carmen Phillips and
Otto Lederer Beat those casts, IL pos
sible-it can't be did.
Anna Little, whom Miss Constance
Crawiey describes as the loveliest thing
up here"-meaning Santa Barbara-ls
much interested In the little son OF Pete
Morrison. corral boss Of the American
company. Anna says that II IL the finest
baby she ever saw, such delicate and
perfectly formed features. Pete Morrl-
son. who. as a general rule. is rather m
argumentative cuss. entirely agrees with
Anna and says that her judgment II
excellent.
Charles Ray. the star who rose to tn
top Of the ladder by his own efforts an
the interest taken In him by Thoma
Ince, IL glad 70 be playing another par
with Frank Keenan,. II Is curious this
they should be father and son again. an
yet II seems natural. and the world {
pathos these two can get into seer
would make any photoplay even with
poor story, but they are working togeth'
again In a very good story. one whic
klver both these artists every opportunlt,
TIE one ns a kindly father torn by conflict
ing emotions. one who understands an
grieves, and the other a. the wilfuli. "
affectionate boy whose judgment Is poo
Everyone who saw THE Coward wi
look forward to the photoplay now b
ing produced under the direction
Charles Giblyn.
Edward sloman, who Is producing
the American studios with Frankl
Rltchie and winifred Greenwood as h
leading artists. has just completed a his
class feature and Is starting on his So
ond story. a flve-reeler, AS Mr., Ritch
seems to think he has a splendid direct
and AIr Sloman A. sure he has a III
artist In Mr. Ritchie Il would look
though the combination. coupled wi
Z Mrs Greenwood. would give some attra
D tive pictures.