Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-21

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or not the applicants type OF beauty
10 Of sufficiently high standard to
meet the requirements that Mr..
Lehman has set for himself in all
his productions.
Prizma Nature Color Pictures in
reaching out to the far ends of the
earth for wonderful scenes showing
natures marvels have made them an
essential to successful motion pic
ture houses. Its latest release is
THE Apache Trail of Arizona"
which is one of the oldest travelled
routes of this continent.
The Apache country is the Oldest
inhabited part of America, and along
these trails passed the vanguard of
white intruders-Spanish adventur-
ers-"Father of the Pueblos." This
wild region, criss-crossed by canyons
and mountain ranges. with fantastic
peaks and sheer precipices, was ope
of the last retreats of the Apache.
It is to this land that Prizma
takes you. At the gateway to the
Apache country stand the Super
stition mountains, ancientlyregarded
with great fear by the indians. Land
Of 1.-THE Painted Cliffs" The pro-
fusion Of brilliant peoples is por-
trayed as truthfully as are the bright
coIors of the indians in their hunting
array
Mountain peaks, snow-clad, stand
a mighty barrier in the background,
while at hand the waters of Fish
Greek canyon rush on.
Nor is it a deserted land, for many
modern building has given it an
appearance not unlike an Alpine
scene, and the Towering cactus and
the Apache camp provide added
touches Of local color.
While not far away, the homes
of the ancient cliff dwellers give a
touch of antiquity that serves but
to deepen the mystery and charm of
the old Apache Trail.
Since Douglas Fairbanks, asso-
ciated with Mary Pickford, Charlie
Chaplin and D. w. Griffith, decided
to produce independently year ago,
each forthcoming announcement
from the big Four" is greeted with
much enthusiasm. The United Art
lists corporation from its New York
Office Thursday evening wired the
Moon theater that "Doug's" next
production, when the Clouds Roll
By" will be ready for exhibition in
= Omaha in the near future. 8
The new policy of the Moon, in
augurated week ago, which is to
give its patrons the very best pic
lures money can buy, was the in
spiration which caused the booking
Of this big production. An entixe
city destroyed by flood in max
ing when the Clouds Roll By"
Those who glory in "Dougs" red
blooded stunts will have the thrill
of lifetime, for Fairbanks outdoes
every previous picture in his athletic
stunts during the great food.
In a number of the scenes in the
picture more than 1000 extras were
used, which will give some idea of
the scope of the production.
Mary Thurman was at one time
beach beauty and created, naturally,
a great crop of beach nuts" She
was of the Sennett school and ran
true to form; in memorizing and in
mermaiding she was always perfect
in her lines. She was an opulent
eyeful; pulchritudinous knockout,
and had all of the pictures of Venus
rising from the sea-looking like
bilious jitney chromos. All the time
Mary was shaping her future. Good
bye to the beach beauty stuff And
we find her, modishly draped, vamp-
ing Bill Russell; but now she is the
entirely charming heroine with Bill
Desmond in "The Prince and
Betty" a rafting good production
to be shown at the Empress for
three days starting Thursday. And
Mary, from whatever angle you take
it, is still running true to form.
Paul Scardon, who is directing
the production of Leroy SCOTS
Partners Of the Night" for Emil
nent Authors Pictures, says that he
is beginning to believe it IS a sheer
waste of money to pay extras for
king part in scenes. Night be-
Iole Iast, scenes were Shot" at the
Hotel Commodore, New York, from
o'clock until daylight, and, of
course, Mr.. Scardon had a lot of
extras there. "But I could have aot
along without them," he sighed
when telling of it. "a lot of the
hotel guests came in from the thea
ter and stayed in the pictures. Not
only that, but they phoned their
: friends and they came to see the
fun. And they wanted to be in the
pictures, too--they and their ermine
and their diaHonds. If we need
folks to start at work up at the
Goldwyn studio at 8 in the morning,
l suppose we'll have to pay them,
but if we want men and women,
dressed in the latest mode to work
all night, all we've got to do is to
let them know when and where.