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Helen Hesperia. French actress,
has set New York's movie world TO
talking Of her characterization OF
Camille" IL Is unanimously de-
clared one OF the best portrayals OF
the famous French character that has
ever been given, critics and contempo-
raries giving her unstinted praise. All
actresses at some time have an ambi-
ton to play Camille" Theda Rara
has Just done II for. Fox and now
Ethel Barrymore is going to under
take it, But the divine Sarah's" por-
tlayal will doubtless stand as the
greatest Of all time.
Maxine Elliott's second Goldwyn
feature is evidently much stronger
than Fighting odds" which did not
live up to its notices The new picture
is The Eternal Magdalene." and II
has been harmed by the censor boards
Of Philadelphia and Chicago This
doesn't mean, however, that II Is so
nwfully bad, for that Chicago board
also prohibited within the Law" uil-
less Vitagraph would agree to cut 1t
of Its most virile scenes. within the
Law" was read and viewed by mil
lions and nobody ever discovered any
| thing demoralzing about II. The
Chicago board also banned The Lit
tie American" but public opinion got
SO strong against the action that the
ban was lifted. The chairman OF this
board is a Major Funkhouser. and the
name arouses the suspicion that he Is
still In sympathy with his father
land" Now he has disapproved THE
Freedom Of the World" big spec
tacular war film which has been re-
| leased thru the Goldwyn distributing
| agencies. f. X. Lincoln is the star.
supported by Romaine Fielding and
Bar bara Castleton. Funkhouser
should be removed from his Job and
! interned.
Ivan Mozukin. Russia's greatest ac-
| can screen In "The Painted Doll" 1t
| is one Of a number OF Russian feature
pictures that have Just come over.
Edna Goodrich wears some of the
most expensive and beautiful gowns
ever designed for a screen production
| in her forthcoming drama OF Southern
| life, "a Daughter of Maryland"
| Alice Brady. who showed her spirit
n few weeks ago when she severed re-
,ations with her fathers world Pic
' 'tures-Brady Made" because she
thought pa" wasn't paying her what
i her talent and popularity justified,
has quit Mutual, with whom she sign
ed Immediately afterward and Is now
with the new Select Pictures corpora
ton, which will star her In eight fea-
lures the coming year. directed by Ed
ward Jose. Her first picture, on
which she is working, will be "Her ST.
| lent Sacrifice"
Elsie Ferguson's second Paramount
release will be The Rise of Jennie
Cushing" which will show the noted
beauty in the role of a waif of the
New York slums. 1t is nearing COM
pletion. Elliott Dexter is her leading
man.
Mae Marsh's latest Goldwyn is
probably the first screen champion of
The Society for the Prevention of
! Cruelty to Animals. In Sunshine AL
:ey," her next release. the thread Of
the story is laid around a little bird
and animnl store kept by herself ana
grandfather.
At last Mary Garden has reached
America from France and Is now with
her Goldwyn supporting company
down in Florida taking scenes for her
first picture. which will be screen
version of the famous French opera,
"Thais." 1t is strong story and she
chose it in preference to all others for
her first appearance on the screen"
Arthur Hoyt has been engaged by
Triangle as casting director. He is a
capital delineator and one of the
most sympathetic things the screen
has seen this year was his portrayal of
"Mr. OPP" for Pathe. Hoyt was
long with Henry w. Savage produc-
tions and on the legitimate stage sup
ported such actors as Viola Allen.
Eleanor Robson, Henry L. Dixey and
Henry Kolker.
Thedd Bara's muchly advertised
cleopatra" is now on Broadway and
1t is being roasted and praised in turn
Wid's. noted New York critic, says its
chief feature Is the generous manner
in which Miss Bara bares her personal
charms without any too much COW
ering Thcda pretends To think Cleo
patra was a muchly wronged fiancee
of julius Caesar, and isn't much to be
blamed for her little Irritation with
Mark Antony. The record, however
bellies Thcdas view 1t doesn't show