New Britain herald., 1918-07-26
II IN TIL. INCE
STANDS FOR HURRY
From Early Morn Till Late Night
lie Travels Fast
(By Kenneth MEGA ffey.)

by Kenneth MCGaffey.)
The present mystery IN ti}m circles
is when does Thomas RI. Ince find
time to WOO the muse of poetry and
song. He is generally the first at his
nig studio in the morning and the last
oNc to leave at six i'll tho aHcuing, AND
usually is back at night supervising
thc cutting Of d Ray, Bennett Or Dali
ton production, and still he finds time
10 now and then dash off a bit O, verse,
q short story or q. song, his latest,
for which Victor Schertzinger, Charles
Rays director, wrote the music, being
Il Am Giving You to Uncle Sam"
This is sung and Vhistled in all the
Gates and DyWaNS. As my memory
runs, MI lnce first appeared as a
composer when he made Billie Burke's
first production, peggy" He wrote d
song entitled Peggy" which he t1edi-
/ Gated to Miss Burke Tie is liable to
blossom out any day With a book Of
verse or a grand opera from his own
pen.
Dainty little Dorothy Gish is back
from her New York trip where she
signed nice, comforta bic contra ct
with Paramount and she has engaged
office, dressing room and stage space
at the Sunset studio, where d. ". Grif-
fifth Bobby Harron and Sister Lillian
! hold forth. While many attractive in
ducements were made for Dorothy to
build her own studio, she decided she
wanted to be near hor sister while
working so that they might confer
with each other in different matters
so she finally prevailed upon Mr.. Crit
| fifth to let them work side by side, al
| though they are in different organiza-
| tons
Speaking of Mr.. Griff1tl1-he is very
busy right now supervising the must
cal accompaniment for his first Art
craft production THE Great Love"
! The famous director is giving these
special five reel productions even more
care and attention, it is said, than he
did his big plays on which he worked
over year, for, according to what
he is reported as saying, big plays are
made up of so many bricks that one
flaw would undoubtedly pass unnc-
ticed, but the smaller five and six reel
productions must be absolutely flaw
less, as just a small flaw will be i'm
stantly detected and magnffied. Every
one who has seen the picture in the
making says that it will be a knock
out and has a thrilling and exciting
finish.
Little Mary Pickford doesn't need
a hedge around her lawn at present
because now it is entirely surrounded
by representatives of big moving pic
ture organizations offering her con-
tracts which run into coolies of money.
Marys contract with Mr. Zukor ex-
pired about two weeks ago and as yet
she has not decided what she is going
to do next. She has received MANY
f1attering offers, in one of which her
gross receipts would be two million
dollars per year. The ma jority of film
folk express a, grave doubt whether or
not she will leave Mr.. Zukor's man
agement IS he has been responsible
to such an extent for her success and
has always supplied her With excellent
vehicles for her productions and super
stitious people of the silent drama say
that If she leaves for another COM
pany a jinx will surely follow her and
she will never again be the Mary
Pickford of today.
A few OF the elite gathered recent |
ly in the projection room at the Las
ky Studio to see Lila Lees first pic
ture, THE Cruise of the Make-Be-
lieves' Little Lila is more clever and |
more beautiful on the screen than she |
was as Cuddles on the stage, and ac-
cording to the critical observers who |
are supposed to know, she will be a
great hit in the silent art.
Fred Stone is doing his second pic |
ture, which will probably be the first
one shown on the screen In this he
is a moving picture cowboy and the |
story is entitled Johnny Get Your |
Gun"
Bryant Washburn is going around |
the studio in the uniform of Il German !
officer, submitting to the jeers of his !
studio mates in a gracious manner. He |
is an American spy in Cecil r de |
Miles Propaganda picture paths of
Glory"
Douglas Fairbanks has left for the |
wi1ds of Pasadena to find some scenes
for 'He Comes Up Smiling" Charm |
ing little Marjorie Daw is his leading !
woman.
It was q, rather pleasant reunion the |
other day when Ina Claire returned on |
a visit to the studio where she made F.!
her first attempt in the silent drama |
This was about two years ago, and the I
Lasky plant was then a little institu- !
ton in the rear of q garage building !
Ina is now appearing in Polly With a !
found the studio grown to ten times !
it's original size and her dressing room, |
which was formerly the prize dressing |
room on the lot, bearing a sign Studio |
Red Gross Salvage Departm ent-Leave /
All Junk Here" Miss Claire met &C. |
Gil de Mile. her former director, and !
watched him shoot few scenes and !
remarked that some day she expected |!
to come back to do another prOduC- |
ton for the silent drama,