The Washington herald., 1920-07-18

story, has been caught In a won
derful way.
1t is the wondrous beauty Of the
many desert scenes, with their
miles and miles OF sand stretching
as far as the eye can see, here and
there dotted with the figures OF the
followers of the Prophet as they
turn their faces to the East at the
call to prayer. as well as the mag
nificent acting OF Thomas Santschi
as the Trappist monk, who flies his
monastery after twenty years,
breaks his most solemn vows to
marry the woman he loves, and who
then, with her as his companion,
seeks peace and forgetfulness in the
garden of Allah. that will make this
screen play long remembered
The hero OF "A Dark Lantern"
which opens a weeks engagement
at Moore's Rialto Theater today, was
a very peculiar kind of man. No
body knew him iptima .ly. Nearly
everybody was secretly half afraid
of him. He was silent. inscrutable,
brusdue, yet high In his profession
and in popular favor. How did he
spend his leisure? A regular DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde sort Of .
human enigma was DR.. Garth Vim
cent. Alice Brady, star of many
stage and screen successes. Is the
heroine. and II Is stated her nne
acting. with that of half a dozen
other actors of note. goes to make
this one Of the strongest emotional
dramas Of the picture year.
In a deal that establishes him as
the highest priced actor In the world,
Harold Lloyd has just been signed
as an Associated Exhibitors, Inc,
star. More than a million and a.
half dollars are involved during the
first year of the contract in the ar
rangement whereby Paul Brunei,
vice president and general manager
of Pathe Exchange, Inc, has re-
leased Lloyd from his contractural
obligations to Pathe, in order that
he might sign with the Associated
Exhibitors. Fred c. Quimby, general
manager of the Associated Exhibit
ars, engineered the three cornered
deal, with Lloyd and Hal E. Roach,
the producer. forming one side of the
triangle, and Mr.. Brunei and Mr..
Quinby the others. .
Sam Boyd, private secretary to
Harry NJ. Crandall, wishes II known
that the necessity of buying any
gaudy gasoline juggernaut does not
exist in his case because since he
was asked last week to drive his
boss twin-siN down to the Metro
politan Theater from the barn he
rresumes he has been promoted to
the position of secretary-chauffeur
to the president of Associated Ex-
hibitors and therefore will get
rides enough. E
Charles Meredith, under contract
to Famous Players-Lasky for lead
ing roles, has gone to the coast to
play In pictures at the Hollywood
studio. His last work here in New
York was with Dorothy Dalton. He
played opposite her in her first pic
ture.
Macy Harlem Is responsible for
the following yarn on Al Jolson,
who landed In Los Angeles a few
weeks ago and has managed to cir
culate around the Hollywood studios
considerably. Mr.. Harlem, who is
playing the heavy In Betty Comp
tons picture, was summing himself
on the beach at Santa Monica with
Al Jolson when q stranger slipped
up to them and said:
Say. you look great deal like
Al Jolson."
That so?" was the reply. so a
man told me down at Palm Beach
one day. Jolson is a pretty good
comedian. isn't he?' .a.. =.
Hes a whale, I'm telling you,"
said the stranger as he sauntered
away.
Guess I'm rotten, eh, Macey?'
said Jolson as he started for the
water.
'Tis said on good authority Mr..
Jolscn is considering a motion pic
ture contract and may sign at any
time. ~