The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
Players Can Learn
, From Children, Says
y KID Film Director

II ncnEy AAil6s knE khes4@R 49, -
has become so widely known OF late
as the artistic guide Of Douglas mac
lean, Blanche Sweet and III. d. war
r.ersthat many have fofgotten ne was
formerly known N his craft as the
kid director" He got this title be-
Ncause of his success in making ehitd
s,stars Of the screen. Among those
who achieved fame under his guild
sance were Gloria Joy. Virginia Lee
.Corbin and Lutte Mary Sunshine. =
'"Tbe finest experience a director
ecan have" he said the other day, is
to handle little people of talent.
Children are rstuIal actors. prop
ably because self f-consciousness has
not yet taken hold of them. They
have a spontaneity and joy In con-
genial work that inspires a director
Sand reacts on him in the form OF
new ideas. Any credit received for
success in guiding child-s stars should
be shared by them. I simply was
fortunate in having the opportunity
thrust in my way.
Although Frank Mayo has achiev-
ed great success in the spoken
drama. he has nsver appeared on
the Amerlcad stnge, except as a
youngster of Z. in his grandfather's
company. playing the role Of little
Davy in the elder Frank Mayo's IA
-Ynous success. 'Davy CIocket It." All
of his dramatic vork CT the stage
mas been done in England. He even
made his debut in the silent drama
in Lcrdop, supporting the late Sir
Herbert Tree in his cinema prodic-
tion OF '-rr!Iby"
. Mayo relates that when he hrst
s<came to Los Angeles FIVE years ago
he was an unknown proposition to
&the film producers. He struck up
an acquaintance with Charles Ray.
also novice in those days, and
Sthe two approached O. wcll-known
director, who offered them SIS a
sweek. Ray accerted, but Mayo
srurned the Cfrer Then Mayo Sc
cured a good part with Universal
and for the past two years has been
a star. His work in "A Little
Brother of the Rich" The Brute
Breaker "I.asca," The Peddler OF
Lies" and Burnt Wings is an as
issuranee of the splendid performance
by him in his latest Universal pro-
duction, The Girl in Number %"
, IN which he is seen at CrandalPs
To-Day.
Tourists motoring through South
ern, California were called upon to
serve as extras" during the film-
ing, OF a. big country fair scene
which is part of Owen Moore's third
Selznick production, The Desperate
Hero" which will be shown at
I-oew's Columbia for four days, be-
ginning this afternoon.
= Director Wesley Ruggles engaged
800 men, women and children for
the scene, but on the way to Santa
Monica Canyon, near Los Angeles,
where the bazaar had been built, a
huge motor bus broke down, and it
looked as IL Mr.. Ruggles would have
to hold up activities until his
stranded extras" could be hurried
to the canyon.
The gsily decorated booths and
stands, along with the music, caused
a number of tourists to stop their
cars, however, and Mr.. Ruggles
found them glad of chance to
swell the attendance" at his fair
and get their first opportunity to
appear before the motion picture
camera y
The program at the National gives
nroptionaf name for .'.Ruddfgore."
tho comic opera. This other name is
The Witch's Curse" and IL is billed
-as q supernatural opera in two acts
A further perusar of the program
discloses the interesting information
that the ghosts Of at least eight har-
onets figure in the cast, that Forrest
HUFF is cast as "A Wicked Baronet."
Maude Grey will be the Rose May
bud. the winsome village maiden and
-tr -
ret. In addition Is found the young
farmer. his foster brother and other
Tportals, not to mention at least
two professional bridesmaids,sot tha,
there seems every promise that
''Ruddigore" will supply a very IN
~teresting evenings entertainment.
Its musical SCORE Is a guaranteed
delight.
Crandalrs Metropolitan Theater
will present an appearance OF re-
.freshing summertime GOODNESS when
II is thrown open to the public this
afternoon.
After last nights last performance
double shift Of workers was i'm
mediately put to work at the task
Of taking down the winter .hangings
of rich velour and replacing them
seat draperies of crisp. cool cretonne.
AT the same time the heavy cold
weather aisle carpets were taken up
ind the auditorium given a thorough
vacuum cleaning. simultaneously
with these changes in the house
draperies, Mr.. .Talbot's house staff
don their summer uniforms of palm
beach, as Is true also of Mr.. Vionis
Concert Orchestra.
Lambert Hiilyer Is one Of the few
riding directors. He is the man who
holds the megaphone for William 8.
Hart Ho.rides a horse like a punch
err. and also he drives a car. But on
location he Is always seen mounted
on his steed, shouting across ravines
Ito the players, or riding at break
neck pace over the rough country to
arrange some incident to the action.
In fact. there are not many as YER
9 satfle aeniuses as Lambert Hillyer.
and his personal qualities have en-
deared him to his many friends. His
careful direction viii be noted in the
~new William 8. Hart production.
The Toll Gate" Paramount Art
craft release, which opens its second
consecutive week Of showing at
Moore's. Garden Theater today. :,
Matt Moore, who easily holds the
title as champion ex-brothef-i in-iaw
of noted motion picture actresses,
plays the leading role In Marshall
Neilan's latest production. Don't