Evening star., 1917-03-04
Filnograns.

Tho Great Secret is still undiscovered
but Francis Y. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne are ruthlessly running it down.
A new argument against censorship is
advanced by a prominent director. II
is an invasion of personal liberty.
The Photopiay League. recognising the
motion picture as new, beautiful ano
Joyous art" is pushing its membership &C
million &c recommend new standards
on lines of wholesomeness and common
sense, in a constructive. not a destructive
Mrs J. Borden Hartman. Mrs. Ogden
Amour, Cornelius Vanderbilt and others
Sim Sunmervilie, the movie comedian
SAWS he was seventeen years old before
lie knew a chicken had anything but a
neck.
Mack Sennett says they are now eating
the pies instead OF throwing them at each
other in the movie comedies.
II is said there are $4,000 moving pic
ture theaters in the United States; about
30 picture studios or producing factories
in California and probably $50 more in
Chicago New York and Florida that
turn out more finished pictures than all
the rest of the world.
Gypsy rites and ceremonies OF ancient
origin have been unearthed and intro
t.uced by Ethel Barrymote in The Csii
cf Her People" Metro-Columhia Photo
play based on Edward Sheldon's Egypt"
Viola pana. is pictured as "a Hindoo girl
5r Gods Law and Mans. the screen YER
sion OF Paul Trcnt's novel, "A Wife by
Purchase"
adelaide F.ss. noted as a model for
nagazine-cover girls, has joined the Pop
ular Plays and Players COMPANY
\ new film company, with publicity Of
fees in New York. is preparing to produce
= series of religious subjects. scenarios
for which. it Is announced, were prepared
by eminent Catholic prelates- The dis
rribution OF the pictures Is to be made in
connection with the churches in each
diocese.
New duties are to be added to those of
fhe popular movie star. She will have
"a write weekly letters to the matinee
clubs named for her and thus keep up
the enthusiasm, profitable alike to her
self and her producer.
Loves Law" a colorful picture of ro-
nance and gypsy life. to he released
March u. will have Joan Sawyer for its
star. Stuart Holmes OF THE Scarlet Let
ter" will be featured with her.
March 12. also. will be released a de
luxe perturbation of Dickens "A Tale
of Two Cities,'' with William Farrlum as
the hero.
Monroe Salisbury is to be filmed in the
leading role in 'Zollenstein." based upon
popular magazine story of that name.
Vola Vale will have the opposite feminine
role.
Jackie Saunders has learned to ski. and
now her director is preparing thrill
ing film story to show of her accomplish
ment.
Jack Dean. "who dresses like an angel
and smokes fifty-cent cigars" ordinarily.
so to speak, appears in The Winning Of
Sally Temple" as just IAN ordinary
blacksmith
Dainty silhouette productions are being
made at the Edison studios for the split
reel features OF the program. Celebrated
fairy tales and other juvenile classics are
being produced in this form.
Under the Great Bear" by Kirk Nun
roe. is to be filmed in three reels for the
Conquest Pictures program. Ralph Henry
Barbour's stories OF school life are also
to be similarly filmed.
A film production that has the distinc-
tion Of not having a woman in it is Edi-
sons four-reel film Of Robert Louis
Stevenson's Kidnapped"
The production which was the first
feature" ever shown on the screen is
The Great Train Robbery" an Edison
picture produced and released in 1903.
Only simple subjects, devoid of plot
were shown before.
Herman whitaker's famous novel
The Planter" is TO be made into
photoplay. with Tyrone Power starred
in the role of Hertzer. by the Nevada
corporation. Most of the story is laid
in Guatemala.
Arthur Hopkins of the Goldwyn pic
lures is said to have some new ideas
of motion picture production which. if
successful. Will reyoiut1onfze the busi-
ness. Among them is the utilization of
color photography.
Maxine Elliott is credited with hay-
ing accumulated thirty-one gowns.
perfect in fit. mode and beauty. for a
single photoplay. and all in one month.
II you make the people laugh YOU
cannot hurt the public's morals"
\ fan. responding TO a request from
Samuel Childish for suggestions. re-
plied. There are too many common
place-lookins women in pictures. What
audiences want are those whose faces
and personalities reflect refinement
purity. kindness, sentleness and sweet
nessy
Hugo Ballin. whose mural decorations
made the executive chamber Of the
Wisconsin capitol rank as one of
Americas notable art achievements
has been called to the service of Gold
hE plClGIEs
Mary Garden shrugged her shoulders
AT submarines. trusting. she said, to her
Scotch luck" and sailed last Monday
for Spain. ON her way to Paris, in
search OF gowns" for her motion pic
ture work. She hopes TO return in five
weeks.
Walter Law says the film actor. like
The base ball player. often gets the
howl of "bonehead" from the fans
which really belongs to the director in
The one case and TO the manager in the
other. lie has to do as he is told.
Sidney Lust, manager OF the Selznick
Production Company, had advance
showing of his new iilm, THE Witchine
Hour" at Moore'S Garden Theater dur
ing the past week An invited audience
found the picture no less entertaining
than was the play as acted with John
Mason as the star. In the film c. Au-
brey Smith has the John Mason role
"Panthea, with Norma TalnadSe
pictured in the central role as a young
Russian singer suspected OF revolution