The Washington herald., 1920-02-22
A LITTLE BACKYARD OCEAN.

! Reproducing the ocean and a
iner about to leave her Ikock in
Tour back yard Is a task which
would stump anybody but a mo-
ion picture producer. Such a back
round was found necessary for the
Inal scenes in the Thomas H. Ince
PRODUCTION. ''Aary's Ankle" in
which Douglas MacLean and Doris
day are coming to the Palace to-
lay for q weeks run
The fact that there is a mag
Iificent swimming pool on the Ince
lot helped considerably. Using
his as his ocean" Mr.. Ince had
wo massive subterranean sweeps
constructed that ruffled the surface
Il the water and gave the appear
Ince of waves. Building the ship
vas an easy task for the Ince tech
ical staff. Their speed would have
lone credit to a gang of shipyard
1perts.
'Mary's Ankle" Is humorous
tory of an impecunious young doc
or and the pretty girl with the
prained ankle who proyidentially
ell across his path. Mr.. MacLean
md Miss May are said to maintain
he excellent reputation as fun
makers which they earned in
Twenty-Three and a Half Hours
cave"
Bryant washburn, the genial
Green comedy star, has a bone to
hck with Rudyard Kipling. Here's
he rub:
Down to Gehenna or up to the
throne
Ie travels the fastest who travels
alone"
So runs one of the famous poets
laps at matrimony. and as a hap
lily married man with two budding
youngsters, Mr.. Washburn grew
rifle warm under the collar.
It's not a fact" said the star
sarnestly. "KiplinS is wrong. \
roung man married in nine chances
ut of ten has a far better chance
or the throne and is less likely
o go down to Gehenna-' Marriage
uts pep and ambition into a man.
Z gives him something to work for.
and it's an anchor to windward
Ehen the squalls come and try to
Irive him on the rocks. kipling Is
. wonderful master OF English. but
lis opinions on marriage aren't
,early as sound as those which, for
Example, Theodore Roosevelt held"
Incidentally. Mr.. Washburn has
he role of a young married man
n a screamingly funny Paramount
Irtcraft picture, The Six Best Cell
ars." which is coming to the Co.
umbia Theater for four days be-
ginning today.
When Walter Hampden appears
Els evening at the Belasco In the
ole of George Washington, in
Percy MacKaye's vari-hued play of
nat title. h% will have achieved
me of the several strong ambitions
hat have marked his splendid ca
eer. For he will portray one of the
,reat figures of American history in
play written by an American
md he will do so as an Americans
contribution to the dramas national
portrait gallery. He will. further,
POSSESS the dual function of actor
achievement will not be wholly new,
or his Hamlet" of last season and
he early part of the current one,
vas under his own exclusive man.
lxement also.
Not a few playgoers yet regard
fr. Hampden as being English. The
mistake came about rather natural
". for Mr.. Hampden did actually
lay in England before he appeared
Il ali in hs own country and he
anne home with the prestige of hav-
ng been a full-fledged London lead
ng man. The facts are that Mr..
Iampden comes OF sturdy New
FORK stock that dates back far be-
rond the Revolution. His full name
n private life Is walter Hampden
oougherty and he and his father and
lis grandfather-and SO on for
many generations niore-were all
sorn within the confines of what
now Greater New York. His
ather. ]. Hampden Dougherty, was
or many years the leader of the
netropolitan bar. His grandfather