Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-09
STARS OF FILMS
FLOCK TO CITY
FOR MOVIE SHOW
BY ROY FLANAGAN

glorious LlIne at the OpeuluS ulSAlI
of Atlanta's motion picture exposi-
ton in the auditorium Monday. They
were a bit embarrassed at first, when
one by one they came on the stage
and saw the multitude which was
there to greet them, but after that
first moment when they realized that
it was a carnival crowd and not a
camera which they were facing
they had good time. It wasn't
work. for one thing.
Eugene O'Brien was there, as i'm
maculate in real life as on the silver
sheet. So was Lillian Walker, VINO
made a film company famous by her
dimples. Petit Mural Ostriche was;
there, and Willie May Carson, and
Louise DuPre, the Atlanta star. who
has met with great success as a
cinema actress.
After the first announcing bugle
note, and the address Of welcome by
Mayor James L. Key, they came
upan the stage one by one, and with
genuine bushes they made what was
to some of them the first public
speech in their lives. The little
speeches struck the point of contact
between Atlanta and the mystic land
Of the. camera because the motion
picture people refuted successfully
the old argument that a screen star
should be seen and not heard.
The big exposition opened with
concert by the Royal Scotch High
landers' band. The musicians were
CARRIED in brilliant uniforms and
their program WAS well selected and
admirably rendered. When the music
began there was hush all over. the
great building, and they were fire.
quently applauded.
Great Crowd
The crowd began to arrive shortly
after o'clock, and almost from the
moment they entered the deliberately
decorated building, and caught the
Tilt of the band music, they were
at home at the exposition. The out
side walls of the auditorium held the
exhibitions of the Atlanta film ex-
| changes. which were magnificently
furnished and decorated: the high
walls of the building were festooned
with flags and draperies; and the big
stage, fashy with the red and plaid
uniforms of the bandmen. was orna-
mented with colored balloons.
The guests included every Atlanta
type. There were curiosity seekers.
society girls with pIllH pdIeHlS'
working men; business men-almost
every kind of man and woman and
boy and girl in the city. The beauty
of some of the girls caused many
of them to be hailed as movie stars.
and the dignity and poise of some OF
the young men caused more than one
wide-eyed feminine guest to mistake
them for moving picture actors.
There were Pickford curls; O'Brien
pompadours; and Theda Bara colt
fures almost everything except
Chaplin fee. The crowd possibly was
the most cosmopolitan that ever
gathered in the great auditorium.
Mayor Key. of Atlanta, welcomed
the motion picture stars and the out
of-town guests in a short informal
speech. Julian Boehm presided and
introduced the stars.
Willie Mae Carson was the first to
make her bow to Atlanta. She is a
chick blond young lady, who has
done some excellent work in Charlie
make the first speech. and 1T was
almost as attractive as was she her
self.
Mur1e1 ostriche Presented
Muriel Ostriche was next pre-
scented. She is dainty young lady,
very small, inclined to be flirtatious.
and just as attractive off the screen
as on e.. Sn6 was lOllOW6u ny MIS-.
Garnett Sabin, her manager, who
also made a pretty Acknowledgement
to Mr.. Boehm's introduction.
Then came Lillian Walker, known
in every corner of the world as the
Vitagraph girl because when she
pictures also were young, she. used
to play in .one-reel films in which
no star was featured. 1t was at that
time she first became famous for
her smiles and dimples, and it was
the same smiles and dimples which
her friends at the first evening of
the exposition.
Louise DuPre, Atlanta girl, and
former understudy to Mary Pick
was a shrinking similarity between
the understduv and the star, and
Miss DuPre was enthusiastically re-
ceived by her many local friends.
Eugene O'Brien was greeted 1T
orally with a gasp when he, he came 1ae., up
self in spite of the added third
dimension, and the call upon his
voice. For one who has such repu-
tation as a screen"l lover, 1t is great
test to have to speak to his film
audience. But O'Brien spoke well, in
a deep, masculine voice, and soon
had his awe-inspired feminine hear
ers perfectly at their ease. His short
address was full of humor and
anecdote, and it strengthened his
popularity in Atlanta, if that is pos
sible. AS one young lady said, 'Why.
I believe that I have known him all
my life!"
Stars Are Welcomed
C. g, 'Petijohn, assistant to the
president of the Select Pictures cor
ed, with Charles Geigerich, manager
OF Louise DuPre. Forrest Adair well
coined the film people on behalf of
the motion picture fans of Atlanta;
ard Willard Patterson, manager OF
the Criterion theater, represented the
the stage
The grand march of the ball con-
cluded the introduction of the stars.
Eugene O'Brien and Louise DuPre
led the gay procession to the martial
strains % the Highlanders' band,
followed by Forrest Adair with Lii
liam Walker. Then came the dance,
in which the costumed Hanson SIX
Jazz orchestra assisted the band In
providing the music.
An interesting attraction at the
exposition is the model motion pic
ture studio erected back stage by the
Scenic Film company Of Atlanta. In
the bright glare of the camera lights,
many guests were given the oRpor'
tunity of having their moving por-
traits made "behlnd the scenes. III
an impromptu entertainment at the
miniature studio, little Miss Marion
Ivie Harris made a great hit with an
esthetic dance before the camera.
Miss Harris is one of the most prom
inent of the youthful dancers of the
city. and according to the experienced
stars who saw her perform she has
great promise as a screen performer.
Attractive Exhibitions
The exhibitions at the carnival
were also an attractive part Of the
entertainment Souvenir { pictures
were distributed from many of them.
and at others the spectators were
given the opportunity Of seeing many
of the mechanical details of film pro-
| duction and exhibition. Among the
| organizations having exhibits at the
| al in