El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-08
Masterpiece OF Omar Khayyanl,
''The Rubaiyat',, To Be Screened

HOLLYWOOD. CALI. Nay s--The
i Rubaiyat.- Omar Khayyam's in
mortal apotheosis to the once
flowing bowl Is at last TO be
screened
The production OF this masterpiece
is now vel under way On an elabo-
rate scale The Rubaiyate has been
translated into nearly every civilized
language. and Il Is known and loved
wherever people know how 20 read
There have been a thousand editions
OF the poem. and every publishing
season Witnesses new issues OF IT,
The English-speaking world knows
The Rubaiyat" through the splendid
and sensuous transcription OF Ed
ward J. Fitzgerald. and there are
five different versions OF the Fitz-
gerald Quatrai1a In the present
screen presentation there has been a
careful and scholarly anal amation
or the i've versions. the best OF each
having been adopted FOR the purpose
Ferdinand Earle Has Task.
The intricate and gigantic task OF
screening this famous phuosophic
paean or Omar Is in the hands Of
Ferdinand Earle To Mr. Earle, more
than 90 any other man. is attribut-
able the now almost universal use OF
art titles and his Innovations In the
matter o. settings and scenes and
ll6nllns nave gritty enhanced the
beauty and Interest OF such famous
productions as 'Womanhood The
blue Bird The Judgment House
The Miracle Kan and Daddy Lons--
The company producing The Ru-
oalTat is called the Rubaiyat Inc.
and this viii be its first production
along the new lines they have estab-
lshed A special -cvclorarnic-' studio
n IHH HIHaaa H4a
hollywood Associated with Mr.
Earle are some OF the foremost lit
erarry. artistic and technical minds
In America
The Rpbaiyat@ Is to have a screen
presentation worthy or its great
1ame and popularity. Nothing per-
iunctory or conventional is to gointo
It's making.
drama has been built upon '''The
Rubalyat-" and while the story itself
Is not confined 20 the material con-
talneo In the poem. 10 Is said 10 be Ia
strictest keeping with the spirit OF
the time IN which Omar lived and
wrote.
Omar. Of course. is the principal
character. and the. story centers
about his life and Is m0tivated BY his
Ideas and personality II Is In the
role Of .the mender OF broken homes"
that he manipulates the destinies OF
the people IN the drama All the
important authentic episodes in
Omar's lie are woven into the play.
and We see Omar In the slave mar
ket. the busy streets. the eating
houses, the taVerus. the hills and the
plains. The eternal pathos and hu-
NOR OF lie have gone into the story.
~ hich Is Illuminated throughout wiki
sideights OF the period
beautiful Love sfory.
A beautiful love story. founded on
ancient Persian documents. runs
through the play; and the menace Of
the drama Is supplied by Hassan ben
sabbah. the notorious founder and
leader OF the famous Order OF the
Assasslns- who. from their mountain
fortress OF Alamac spread terror
throughout the entire Mohammedan
world at the beginning Of the 18th
century.
scenieaily the picture Is 70 be per
haps the most elaborate ever at
tempted In motion pictures The pro-
ducers propose 70 rehabllltate and
revise all the glamourous romance
and atmospheric beauty OF ancient
Persia with Its mysterious noun
tains and deserts. splendid oriental
Interiors. luxurious palaces. maEnifi-
cent gardens. wonder cities OF white /
comes and slender miuarets and gilt /
terinE towers, festive and flaring I
street scenes, Wild festivities. strange I