Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-11
WOMEN WIN
AS DIRECTORS


w place in the sun with relation
to the dictatorial end OF mo-
ton pictures. Lois Weber and Ida
May Park have long held an. enviablc
piace-for several years alone as rep
fesentatives of their sex-among
the 200 or more directors of films,
and now they are joined by Lillian
Gish, who is directing her sister,
Dorothy ard Mrs. Sidney Drew,
who are to put their experience to
use behind the megaphone.
"Why shouldn't a woman engage
in this work." said Miss Park when
spoken to about the phenomenon OF
disproportion.\ Miss Park. who is
the wife of Joseph De Grasse, an
other able director, has made sew
eral of the most successful box Of
fee attractions during the past year
or two. In her opinion woman is
more fitted by nature than her
sterner competitor for some of the
demands on director.
Big things are always looked for
when the motion picture fan goes to
see Douglas Fairbanks, but he eX-
ceeds everything he ever did in his
new comedy, "When the Clouds Roll
By which is to be on the screen, at
the Moon theate- the entire week.
Not only has he produced an
enormous picture from the stand
point OF production, but he has shat
tered all the "it can't be done" ideas
that ever existed He has taken the
theme of superstitions and has
turned it inside out and upside down,
and has shattered every supersti-
tiously- loved idea that ever existed.
Added to the fact that he has devel-
oped wonderful production from
his story, he presents in this picture
some of the most elaborate settings
the screen has ever seen. Chief
among them is food scene, which
| is almost inconceivable, even when
you know it is being done in moving
pictures.
The Fire Chiefs association OF tho
Pacific coast, which includes chiefs
from nearly every town in the threa
coast states, met in q conventions
last week, and with a unanimous
vote, by acclamation, made Thomas
H. Ince an honorary member OF
organization. Before practically the
entire body of coast chiefs Mr.. 1nce
was made an honorary fire chief
with appropriate ceremonies pre-
sided over by Mayor Snyder Of Los
Angeles. who on behalf of the fire
chiefs presented the famous pro-
ducer with a gold badge of Office
set with diamonds, after which
Chief Scott of the Los Angeles fire
department presented him with an
aluminium fire helmet.
William Russell, the William Fox
star, is planning a walking trip OF
several hundred miles before he be-
gins his next production in the Fox
studios in Hollywood. The hand
some star insists that man was ere
ated to be an active animal and that
unless he continues some form of
the activity to which he has been
accustomed for many centuries he
will deteriorate physically. Hence
the walking trip, which will take
about a week, and for which Mr..
Russell has planned an elaborate
itinerary.
After making his escape from the
penitentiary Bill Carlisle, uneon-
sciously becomes movie star, with
no million dollar salary attached.
Exclusive pictures of events in the
capture of Bill" Carlisle, the lone
train robber were shown in re-
cent release of Fox News. These.
remarkable pictures were obtained
by two Fox News cameramen, r
V. Hurd of Denver. Colo, and F. J.
of Cody, Wyo., who were
notified to "cover" the story by the
home Office, when news of the ap-
prehension of the bandit was res
ceived. The two cameramen travelled
hundreds of miles-Hurd to DougI
las, Wyo., and Hiscock to Wheat4
land, Wyo., where Carlisle was iml
prisoned.
Scenes were taken a. William
Hills ranch at Rock River, whers
Carlisle spent Thanksgivin day
lfter having escaped from prison.
lndTobbed the Los Angeles limited.
The following day he went to Bray's
'anch, where he leaped through a
window to escape the posse and
vas trailed through the woods to
he cabin of Ed Williams. Mems
,ers Of the posse that captured tho
,andit re-enacted the scenes for tho
showing how the cabin
vas surrounded and how Carlisle
vas shot when he resisted arrest;
lso showing Sheriff Alonzo S.
Roach with Carlisle's weapons, and
tolen money pierced with bullets,
ound on the bandit.