Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24

NV of motion picture produc-
tiCn in the attainment of
its ultimate goal as an art. Obsta-
Giles seemingly insurmountable have
been heroically attacked and over
come with q courage that is admit
rabIe.. Photography mas been revolu-
tionized. and effects produced that
almost tax the credulty, and in trans
ferring the settings of its drama from
the narrow confines of the artlnclal
stage to the great outdoors effects
have been obtained that arouse the
highest admiration. Apart from the
mechanical side of production OF the
silent drama the worlds greatest
story writer's have been enlisted IN
the effort to procure the pest results
in photoplaSS to win the interest ana
excite the admiration OF audiences
who might never hope tp enjoy such
things under the ordinary processes
of play production. Great stage d.
r-CforS have been engaged, anu with
them actors and actresses whose fam
~ beyond question. AMI through II
all an encouraging pubic mas icHt
tho most substantial aid. The PIC
ture industry today ranks among the
Iic. Industries of the world, and very
near the top of them all when IL
comes to financial returns. All thlS
is The accomplishment of decade.
II is a wonderful story
I;ut there is an old maxim of the
French. .'noblesse oblise, which II
all inyokes. In the good old Anglo
saxon "noblesse obIige" means sub
stantially that rank impos S an oo
Hgation. In other words, an enter
prise which has achieved such won
dcrfuI results and in so brief a space
Of time has something more TO con-
,.rdsr than it's marvellous success III
\ financial way. For this success
1T is indebted to a generous pubhc
and il nothing else. 1t is bad form
To Iniure ones benefactor. The mo-
ton picture industry owes every
thing 10 the general public. and by
that very token il has no rirht even
IN the slightest degree to work pup
lie injury. 1t is public injury to
corrupt the morals and impair the IN
rpcenre of the young. Ana TINS IN
iury is wrought every time the screen
PRESENTS to the public picture that
sacrifices good morals to financial eX-
radienCv II is not a good thing Ter
experienced directors, with the ala OF
talented PLAYERS. men and women, anu
with all the accessories at the COM
msDJ of the motion picture industry
that lend interest, attractiveneSS ana
charm 10 make pictures with evil
suggestions, questionable themes or
sslacious scenes. The innocence and
u,rity of the world is not so hrmiy
established that children, even those
of larger growth, can view these PIC
lures without lasting injury to them
selves and consequently to the com
r,unity ar large The corruption of
the Young however profitable 1t may
prove as a financial investment. is a
dastardly thing. And with the great
wealth of material at It's command
the motion picture industry ouSht un-
questionably to place itself. as IL can
easily do, beyond the suspicion OF such
d crime.
Waiting for days on mountain top
ito photograph the sun coming
through the clouds, standing waist
deep in swirling water for hours,
pkotogra phing rocky. coast-hne clins
during one of the worst storms of the
year-theSe were a few OF the Ieats
which Alvyn Wyckoff ana hari
Strauss cinematographers, were called
upon to perform during the produc-
ton of Cecil B. DeMille's photoplay,
Something to Think About.
1t required three days of waiting to
secure the glimpse of the sun which
the story demanded. Additionally,
five-hundred- trip along the coast
of California was made before the
proper bit of Storm-torn coast line
was discovered.
Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge.
tased on the story by Margaret Pres
colt Montague. which has given cause
for wide discussion, is to be shown Tor
the first time i'll Washington today.
League of Nations day., according 10
an arrangement between Harry Levey,
the producer and the League of Ma
tons Association. through Mrs. Kate
Trenholm Abrams, according TO an
nouncemcnt just received.
The photoplay starring combination
Of Douglas MacLean and Doris May
has been dissolved. Needing the in
sistent demand of screen enthusiasts,
who have universally accepted Mac
Lean as a juvenile actor. Thomas III
Ince. it is said. has separated hi:
team of stars, although Miss MAY
viii head the cast in MacLean's first
independent production, The Jail
bird
William K. Ziegfeld. brother of Flo
jr" of F'olies fame, has invaded 1.-The
movies and is to spring as his first
production an original story by Ethel
ponoher, with Florence Reed as its star.
Emile Chautard is the director, and
Norman Trevor, Henry Stephenson, Will
liam Roselle. Virginia Hammond and
Mile. Dazzle are to be in the cast -.
Benjamin B. Hampton contemplates
a picture the locale of which is to be
odern Egyptian. and to this end has
engaged the services of a noted re-
S-arch expert. Mrs. Josephine Percy.
20 has travelled the orient and parts
- Africa with scientific research ex-
positions.
Tod Sloan, the famous jockey. is
now playing jockey for the movies in
The Killer" a Hampton photoplay OF
Stewart Edward Whites novel.
Ever since the opening of the new
S;.5o0,00 studio of the Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation, at Long Is
land City, it is said, the Paramount
picture temple has been a mecca fol