The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-17

Experience has taught the public to
expect in Cecil B. DeMille picture
the highest expression of ephotoplay
art. IN the half dozen years of his
screen producing Mr.. DeMille has
achieved an enviabie standard, which
motion picture patrons have been
quick to appreciate. Entertaining and
pprposaful, pictures, magnificently and
accurately staged, built around real
people and real emotions, are charac-
teristics of productions which bear
DeMille's name AND the stamp of his
genius,
no stand stin. according to Cecil B.
DeMilIe. is TO go backward. Activity
in his work is synonymous with prog
ress. So in Male and Female" his
new film, screen lovers may expect
picture which closely approaches per-
fection. To surpass the high standard
set by Don't Change Your Husband
and For Better, for Worse" is feat
which only DeMille could accom-
plish. But in this latest masterpiece,
a perturbation OF Sir James M. Bar
rie's celebrated play, THE Admirable
Crichton," Mr.. DeMille has mingled
with the striking story an atmosphere
of rare charm and rich beauty that
will mark it as the highest point yet
attained in hts development.
Cecil b. DeNulIe. Master Producer.
Cecil B. DeMille was brought up in
a
father was a dramatist of note. His
brother, William DeMille, is skilled
writer. director and producer. Be-
cause of the intensely human qualities
of his pictures, Cecil DeMille has been
called "the photoplay producer for the
people" 1t is fitting title. For an
abiding belief in the high taste OF
the public in matters of art has actu-
ated Mr.. DeMille since his first days
as a motion picture producer He has
- -a0all nI M IL
1ectuals" who assert that the people
do not appreciate highly artistic pic
lures. He has never allowed any such
false notions to lower his standards
A DeMille production is invariably
free from shams, limitations or cheap
ness in any form. No expense is
shared to secure the most talented
cast, the best trained assistants, and
properties and furnishings that lend
an air of absolute reality
Cecil b. DeMille knows all sorts
and conditions of people. The whole
ean1ut of human emotions and their
manner of expression are an open
book to him. That is why his pictures
are inevitably true to life. But he IS
more than a realist; he is true dis
ciple of beauty. Unto the most com
nnonplace action On the screen he IN
fuses an atmosphere of rich beauty
and charm. 1t is the touch of the
tnaster-one of those qualities in
DaMflle production that senoS your
patrons away glowing and enthusi-
astic. MALE and Female" nne
drama written originally by the Britt
ish genius of the stage and picturized
nv the American genius of the screen,
is n film triumph that will fulfill the
public's most ardent expectations.
The name of. Sir James NJ. Barrie
stands for dramatic perfection. His
plays have been produced with over
yyhelming success on two continents.
His first long novel, THE Little Min
-ister." has delighted thousands of
readers and has been dramatized, wit 4
Maude Adams in the stellar role. A
mere mention of such masterpieces as
sPeter Pan" what Every Woman
Knows" and "A Kiss for Cinderella is
evidence of Mr.. Barrie's standing in
the literary and dramatic world. His
latest success, Dear Brutus," was a
sensation of the New York theatrical
season, playing before crowded audi
ences at the Empire theater with
william Gillette as star. THE Adj
Yairable Crichton." from which Male
and Female" the picture, was adapted,
has been placed by critics and the
public alike among his most stirringly