The Washington herald., 1918-11-08

New York, Nov. Louis sher-
win. devil-may-care thestrIcsf re-
viewer and bravo Of the New York
Globes editorial page. has harkened
to the call of the movies Sherwin's
facile pen for many years has now
and then dripped sulphurous rhetoric
upon cinema production. Now ne is
to be given an opportunity TO see
what he can do to uplift the movie
drama He has been attached BY a
large producing firm TO their see
mario staff
The onslaught OF the movie hosts
on New York's army OF dramatic
critics continues Unsbsted. Seven
in the past year have left the posi-
Of critic TO write and edit scenarios.
The reason? More money. Hector
Turnbull used to be a clever re-
viewer on a morning newspaper. He
lived in a comfortable apartment
and rode to his sob in the subway.
The lure Of the movies got him
several years ago. He has a villa in
California where he hies from tn.
r1gors Of New York winters and
Nhen, he comes to town he has a
flock OF mauve and deep purple
rooms at the Biltmore and rIides
ABOUT the city in a tUfted Limousine.
X A MacAlarney left the city edi-
torshlp or a newspaper. so rumnr
goes. to edit movie Scenarios ., ,,,.,
oouble the salary. There was taIk
just before Alan Dale patched m
MS quarrel with Mr. Hearst that be
was TO 90 TO the movies At
prlncely salary, but he did not MAKE
the leap. ''
however. there is one sturnbII,v
oIock in Changing from the newFns-
per shops to the movies Nearly
every man who has left the tohscco-
soaked atmosphere and hurIv-burI,
OF the editorial rooms for the I5Itr.
magohsny richness OF the r7o,.fa
magnates' homes in skyscr.1.-.
longs to get back into the old 80.
writing captions for Harold T,o,ro-
| aces thrilling rescue at the bri,l,
OF the cliff is not nearly SO eDte,-
tanning and satisfying as seei,g
typeNritten masterpiece in
gpe; AT least that is the opinion
OF the majority Of deserters fror,
INC newspaper ranks to the movies
Love indeed is blind. Mrs. Doro,b,.
Barnett, a pretty model. has sBs5
John w. Barnett. EeII-E,o,r,
broadway midget, for divorce. Rar-
nett Is y years old and IS two feet
anu seven inches tai. He has hee,
appearing in vaudeville sketches Tor
several years. -''
He met his wife when she VIZ,
snake chsrmer with the same cir-.,s
with which he Travelled. They bsv.
son years old who is as tan As
/ his father.
The wife says she does not know
why she came to marry a midget
She was going with a wealth. man
but turned him down for tho midget
Both accuse the other OF having msry
admirers.
Robert W. Chambers the Dov,r,s.
was at the Players the other dzv
and fell into conversation with life--
ary critic Il heard a good one tho
other day about a member OF YOUR
fraternity said Mr. Chambers ss7-1,r
chap had roasted a popular lady
novelist, and he met her that night al
a party.
I think il was 8wfuIly mean OF
YOU TO roast me- the lady novelist,
said to him, especially when yorS
know that I have three children and
a husband who is a literary critic.
to support"
1t is almost necessary to stun the
ears with cotton before entering ne
studio entrance OF Carnegie Hall
Scores OF voice teachers have their
studios there and with dozens tr1-ing
20 hit top at a bound the din Is
10 say the least confusing. Some waC
has said that Carnegie Hall would be
a great place to pull Of a first-clsss
murder. No one could hear q scream
for help. Across the street is Louis
! Chalifs studio building and on each
| floor there is a different kind OF
dancing being taUght-from the mod
k.al u =.