Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-18
ART AND WORK
MADGE's> HOBBY


NFADGE KENNEDY is inclined
wi to disagree with Oscar Wilde's
A'A epigram about art Initiating
life. That is because the picture
which she is now making at the
Goldwyn studio is not at all like
the experiences she has had, al
though it has to do with an actress.
The story is Two Cents Worth Of
Humaneness," the first Of Octavus
Roy Cohen's to be filmed, and in it
Miss Kennedy plays the part of q
plucky little girl who has many
struggles before she is able to earn
her living on the stage. Whereas
Miss Kennedy herself began by
playing leads! She was studying
art and had no thought of going on
the stage. She appeared in little
play given at >Siasconnset one sum-
mer and in the audience were num-
Der of the prominent actors who
have such an interesting colony out
on Nantucket. Among them was the
late Harry Woodruff and he was
so much impressed by Miss Ken
nedy's talent, combined with her
youth and beauty, that he offered
her the leading part in new play
he was appearing in. She took It
and although Of course she has had
to work conscientiously she has
never had any llasdshipsaor strug-
giles whatsoever until now she is
having them in a picture play.
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While Rex Beach made his repu-
tation as a writer Of tremendous
dramas of love and hate in. the far
north, he is also a master of COM
edy. Going Some," his next pic
ture of Goldwyn is q sure-fre laugh
maker with funny characters in
funny situations. As in all good
comedies, the people in "Going
Some" are in deadly earnest. Cullen
Lands is trying hard to live up to
the. reputation of ]. Wallingford
Speed as a champion runner. His
trainer, Willard Louis expects to
get killed if Speed loses the race on
which the ranchmen have bet every
last cent. Both Willard Louis and
Walter HERS have fat parts in this
picture, and both Rex Beach and
Director Harry Beaumont. gave
them every chance to register big
laughs.
One OF Alice Joyce's feature pic
lures has just reached the unique
distinction of weathering literally.
the worst weather North Dakota \
can produce. The picture is "The
Lion and the Mouse" The weather :.
was 20 degrees below zero.
E. H. Ellsworth of the Auditor
ium theater at Kildeer, N. D., made
the following comment in his letter
to Vitagraph, reporting the incident:
Cant help but tell you that The
Lion and the Mouse is some picture.
Even though we were hit hard with
20 degrees below weather, our pa
irons appreciated and raved over
Alice Joyce. Pictures of this kind
will certainly keep your reputation
at 100 per cent to the good"
The technical correctness OF the
battleship and submarine scenes,
both exterior and interior, in the
Thomas H. Ince special production
Behind the Door, featuring Ho-
bart Bosworth, was assured when
Director Irwin Willat enlisted the
services in an advisory capacity of
Lieut.. John Cook Of the H-8 at The
submarine base at San Pedro, Cal,
to guide him through the nautical
sets. Mr.. Cook approved all the in-
terror boat sets before they were
photographed, and was with Mr..
Willat on the battleships and on the
submarine during the making of the
exteriors to see that every move
ment was in strict accordance with
naval discipline.
Famous exploits of William Flynn,
former chief of the United States
secret service, and now special in
vestigator in the Department Of JUS
tice, who is responsible for rounding
up the reds" recently deported to
soviet Russia, are to be shown on
the screen. They will be released
in eight two-reel stories.
Tuesday. Edith Greeley in me and Cap
tain Kid" and Pearl White In 'sThe Black
Secret" chapter 7. Wednesday and Thurs