Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19
ing. Smiles and laughter are the first
bases Of all friendship"

ing. Smiles and laughter are the first
bases Of all friendship
A large part of the action in Tho Soul
OF satan. Gladys Brockwell's next pic
ture. Is shown upon The screen as 1t APP
pears In a mirror. This treatment is said
to make 1t extraordinarily effective.
Geraldine Farrar having finished her
production. THE Woman God Forgot" ia
now In the California mountains filming
exterior scenes for her next picture. an
Aztec drama by Jeanne Macpherson.
Jack Gardner, the musical comedy star,
says he quit the stage for the movies to
get rid OF the monotony Of the stage and
TO avail himself of the opportunity for
wider development of his histrionic tai
ents.
Douglas Fairbanks. after impressing
ana being impressed with happenings at
the recent wild west cowboys show,
promptly signed up J. H. Strickland. con
queror OF bucking bronchos," for his next
picture.
THE Discounters of Money and 1.-THE
FURNISHED Room complete the series OF
twenty two-reel productions of the o.
Henry stories. These are to be followed
with Henry stories elaborate enough for
four-reel productions.
Marie Dressler's next picture, the
product of the "Dressler Producing Cor
poration," of course, is called THE
Scrublady," and is to be quite the fun
n1est thing she has ever done. There
are some celebrities in her company.
Rev. Hannibal Goodwin, rector of
the House of Prayer, Newark, N. J.,
who is credited with being one of the
discoveries and inventors of the mod
ern motion picture film, Is to have q
fnr n fra
In Japanese movie theaters. 1t Is said,
they have man lecturer for every pic
ture, who works in relays, and who de-
picts the emotions of the actors. He weeps
with the heroine and roars with laughter
for the comedian.
C. ]. Hubbell of the Hearst-Pathe
News stan. who has just returned from
a trip around the world. says in the
Chinese movie theaters the visitor. as
he deposits his ticket at the door, in q
box, is handed hot towel with which
to mop his face for comfort. The towels
are then hurled from the seats to the
usher
Goldwyn is pointing to the fact that
1t took Margaret Mayo two months Of
preliminary preparation to prepare her
stage success, Polly of the Circus"
for the films. and this was followed by
eleven weeks of Photographic work, as
reasons why Goldwyn Pictures are go
Ing to be something superior in char
acter.
Madge Kennedy's first Goldwyn picture.
Baby Nine" was shown to exhibitors
OF Virginia and the District at Moore's
Garden Theater last Sunday. The en-
thusiasm of the audience was such as goes
only to a success. The picture will be
released in Washington September %. 1t
is comedy that almost borders on farce
and is very laughable.
Manager Beatus of Loew's Columbia
has announced George NJ. Cohan's pic
ture production of Seven Keys to
Baldpate" as the attraction from next
Sunday until Thursday. inclusive When
first produced as a stage attraction it
was heralded as the greatest novelty
Of the theater. For the last half of
next week Vivian Martin will be pRc-
tured in her newest photoplay, Little
Miss Optimist." in many guises. nota-
bly, as a little waif and later as a
factor in recalling erring youth from
the paths of folly
what Money Can't Buy" featuring
Louise Hun, Jack Pickford and Theo-
dalrs Savoy next Sunday. The pro-
gram next week also includes Earle
Williams. in The Stolen Treaty;
Louise Glaum. in "A Strange Trans
Ashley. in THE Iron Ring; William
Desmond. in Time Locks and Dia-
monds": George Beban, in The Cook
of Canyon Camp" and Ora Carew. in
Oriental Love"
THE Guardian" featuring June FL
vidge, Montagu Love and Gerda
Holmes, will be shown Sunday and
Monday Of next week at Crandalfs. The
story concerns James Rokeby. presi-
Dacre, and his love for her, although
she regards him only in the light of
a parent. She becomes indignant when
he declares that Fenwick Harvey. with
whom she is infatuated. is worth
,sss scamp. who only seeks her money.
Harvey. on the other hand. tells her
that Rokeby himself seeks to marry
her in order to control her estate.