New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

her first appearance as screen ac-
tress in the role opposite Mr.. War
wick.
Crcdulity is taxed to the limit by
story which arrived from the Lssky
studios, stating that twelve Hula Hula
dancers we're imported from the mid
Pacific islands 10 take part In "rhc
Bottle Imp" being filmed In the Cali
fornia studios. Were there really so
many left in Hawaii, or did Sussuc
Hsyakswa import them from New
York? The Hswaiisn dancers arrived
in California during one of the cold
speils, which true Celifornians say
never happen. and as their costumes
we're not designed to meet the exigen-
cics OF cold weather the dancers
threatened 20 throw art and grass mats
to the four winds and don good Amer
lean trousers. They we're psciiied by
an oil stove.
"The Eleventh Hour" has at the clev-
enth hour been changed to "The Social
Leper." Carlyle Blackwell is the star,
and is supported by Evelyn Greeley
Muriel 0striche and Arthur Ashley.
"The Habit of Happiness" one of the
Douglas Fairbanks smilingest photo
plays, was shown recently to the in
mates of Seattle sanatorium. Many
Of the characters portrayed in this re-
msrkable picture were chosen by Mr.
Fairbanks from the "bread line" At
first, he said, they we're sensitive about
appearing before the camera, but when
they learned what their remuneration
would be a change of attitude became
apparent. They all learned to love the
work and to smile real as we'll as
screen smiles.
Edgar Selwyn, vice-president of the
Goldwyn picture corporation, has acted
in two pictures, and while so doing he
studied the industry from all angles.
The things he discovered we're most APP
palling. He says; 81 saw men without
experience or mental equipment given
the important task of producing pict-
ures, and | watched arrogant and igno-
rant directors behaving as veritable sui
tans in the studios, revealing their con-
tempt for every one ofthe fixed principles
Of dramatic construction, and even
greater contempt for the authors of the
plays they were screening. ] believed
then and believe now that the story
is the fundamental basis of the good
motion picture. Personally / feel that
the biggest things that are to be done
on the screen will be original stories
written for the screeN not adaptations,
not conversions Of old material pre-
pared before the art Of motion pictures
had been discovered"
"The Scarlet Letter" Nathaniel Haw-
thorne's masterpiece, will be presented
by William Fox on February II. More
IMAM lHIS6 nCAO oPNhS Az
ing this picture. Stuart Holmes, erst-
while villain, will play the role of the
repensnt pastor whose heart is scared
by the scorching "a" Of guilt. Mary
Martin will be Hester Prynne, the suf-
ferer from the stern Puritanical laws.
Tn sub-titles have been taken from the
book.
Marie Doro arrived in New York last
week, after an absence of nearly a year.
Miss Doro will begin work at once on
Forget Me-Nots" at the Famous Play
ers studio.
Robert Warwick has engaged Olive
Tell, the English actress, as his lead
ing woman in "The Court Of st.
Simon" a photo-play adapted from
the story of the same name by Z.
Phillips Oppenheim.
Rollin S. Sturgeon, for years noted
for his Vitagraph productions and until
recently director general of the West