Evening star., 1919-08-24

Justin Huntly Mccarthy's IF Were
King" produced for the screen by
William Fox,
'-The Girl from Outside" to be re-
1 leased by Goldwyn, contains a scene
Of Nome. Alaska of the old days, so
true to life that it made an old timers
eyes pop.
FATTY" Arbuckle postponed work
appendicitis, but the ailment would /!
Y not develop, so he went back to screen
work again.
j Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman."
who knocked out Jack Dempsey in
1912 and was knocked out by Demp-
Il sey year later. is now helping to
/ knock out Mack Sennett comedies.
Scenes photographed in s9ves far
underground by the aid Of reflected
sunlight are featured in Cecil b.
De Miles latest production. Male
and Female Created He Them"
+ The Bonds of Love-" Pauline Fred
4 erick's new picture. the story of which |
: was written by Louis Sherwin, the |
{ dramatic critic, concerns a second |
{ wife. whose life was made miserable
by the naggipg of relatives of her
I predecessor.
! Soldiers of Fortune" Richard |
Harding Davis story is being filmed |
: under the direction of Allen Dwan for |
( Reaiart by the Mayhower corporation |
Il Robert Edeson made his first appear
ance as stage star in the play.
Wallace Reid has signed a five-year
contract with Famous Players-Lasky.
!; He began with the corporation nve
! years ago at SIS per week, but his !
new contract it is announced, runs
well into four figures.
Betty Blythe. who has been called
= ''the Cleopatra of the SCREEN" and |
4 who Is said to be "a coming person
{ atty in pictures.' has an important |
role in Rex Beach's new production, |
The Silver Horde"
{ IT, as news reports indicate, tho
! movies are absorbing the prohibition
made "drys" speculation is being
I aroused as to whether they will also
= absorb the taxes lost to the govern
/ ment by the dry movemnt.
4 II is said Elinor Fair could not do
the proper weeping in posing as The
\ Lost Princess" until Norris Stolof. con-
i Song" and then they could not stop
her for the succeeding scenes.
!. Paramount-Artcraft admits that
heretofore its aim has been to sell its
slphotoplay features to the exhibitor
\ public" This ought to mean that the
7 public will get what it wants.
\ Through the Longfellow Leogue of
} America, it is said. William Fox Is ar
\ ranging for the exhibition of Evan
{ ge1ine." with Miriam Cooper in the
I. title role, for the benefit Of schools
J and educational societies throughout
the country.
I A wise young press agent in a west
q ern town has advanced the astonish-
ing proposition that ''the best way to
get free advertising from the news
papers is to feed them with news"
He fails to tell his readers. however.
what Is news"
Rupert Hughes believes children
should be sent to the movies. They
are no worse he thinks. than the diet
upon which pre-movie children were
fed. such as "Grim's Fairy Tales"
Jack the Giant Killer" Jack and the
Beanstalk." and other cannibalistic
orgies of their kind
Goldwyn's new eastern studios, It
Is announced. will be as large as and,
perhaps, larger than, those at Culver
City; Calf. The corporation has re-
Gently annexed Lee Shubert, A. n.
Woods and Edgar Selwyn. besides
raising its capitalization from three
to twenty millions. This ought to
make it some power" in the industry.
Now comes 81 Snyder. publicity di-
rector for the Bessie Barriscale pic
lures, and declares that America won
the premiership in motion picture pro-
duction for the very good reason that
the best pictures in the world are
made here. the stars are here, the
technical workers are here and Ameri-
can subjects are in greater demand
that any other pictures. London may
become a world clearing house. but
not the world clearing house: neither
will southern California lose it's NOV
ing picture industry.
Fay Brennan, Washington society
girl,S daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.
Brennan, has been selected as a char
acter in the photoplay entitled de-
termination" a ten-part production
designed to feature noted screen stars
Miss Brennan studied at the Wilson,
Greene School of Music and is a for
mer student of the Fairmont Semi
nary. Camera tests are now being
made in Washington for some Of the
scenes of this colossal production,
whose estimated cost is 100000.