The Washington herald., 1920-12-19

Quarry on the West Coast. pora-
ny DaIton' who has practically fn-
tsneo The Teaser:" Ethel CiSyton
who is nearly finished WITH sThs
frlce OF Possession" and BIN.
burke are among the stars now IN
the East who have been. calie6 A.
Los Angeles 10 appear toeether On
special productions,
30 enthusiastic is Lasiky over the
new policy. Il was announced th,t
ne plans 20 give all the big super-
stAr specials his personal sttsntIo,
oinctdent with his decisIoa 30
orsiE the new superstar prod usttop.
al once, Lasky Rnnouncad tha.
weather conditions and location fs :
cilities made IL imperative that thes.
big productions be made in ~.
West The presence OF all the Par
amount stars in the West, he an
nounced. will make Il possible q
expand the facilities In the Eastern
studio TO . point where eight big
special productions can be taken
care Of at the same time.
80 that IL viii be in a position 20
handle its program Of specials under
hr. Lasky's personal supervision
when he returns in February ne or
! oered that work be started al once
I on certain alterations. during which
, the new studio viii be temporarily
\ closed.
In summoninE the stars 70 Holly
wood Mr.. Lasky also IL taking ad .
vantage OF the presence there OF the
group Of famous authors whom he
has engaged 70 write directly for
Paramount pictures Edward Rno-
block is now at work on an original
story, which will soon be put into
production with an all-star cast.
Elinor Glyn has completed her fret
original photoplsy, in which Gloria
Swanson will star.
Big pictures which are TO 20 into
production Immediately under the
. super-star system will include Cecil
b. DeAille's production of SchnitI-
ler's The Affairs Of AnAtol :"
George H Melford production Of
You Can't Fool Your Wife" By
Hector Turnbull; Elsie Ferguson in
Matrimony a Failure ," with Thomas
Meighan in the leading role Gloria
Swanson in Everything for Sale. d"
a william DeMille production Of an
original script by Edward Rnoblock:
George Melford's production Of The
Money Master" an original story by
Sir Gilbert Parker and Cecil p. De
Miles production OF an original
story by Avery Hopwood. author Of
The Gold DiGg>rs," and a large
nuBber Of other successful plays.
Maurice Tourneur contends that
producers Of motion pictures arc
rot in the least overpsid, never have
been overpzid and never will be"
Recently. when We were mskia=
The Last Of the Mohicaus.' states
the French director. "a nnancicr
came to me and asked what my sal %
airy would be 20 make films for him
When ! stated my price, he nearly
tainted"
Heavens" he exclaimed. that is
absurd-why, it's more than the
governors Of any nve States are
making"
"Ah. So ] replied. then 70 and
get the 1--WE governors 20 come out
here and make your motion pic
lures"
Tyrone Powder, the eminent ira
gedian- has just been signed BY "
r. Ziegfeld. the producer. 20 appes r
In q forthcoming production
From the Akron CohioD Journal.
No word has yet been received
from Ziegfeld as TO his plans re-
garding those wsll-known favorites.
'Djer-kiss" or +'Vivadou."
What the next step In the art Of
the motion picture drama will Be is
often the subject OF speculation
Usually the reproduction Of the ac-
tors voices with the action, or the
perfection OF a natural color process.
takes hold Of the imagination Of the
gueSser.
4 But Ida May Park. who is gen
I orally recognized as one Of the few
able directors OF her Sex making
pictures, differs in an original way
She said the other day:
1 Many experts, 10 my knowledge
I are working on those lines, but, in
4 my opinion, the next really epochs
! and worth while step in the evolu-
tion will be OF a chemical nature
1 By that mean IL will come through
sensitized Photographic plates.
Somebody will hit upon a way 20
I render the plates so delicstely re.
sponsive TO the fsintest lights and
shadows that realism will reach the
nth degree. For example, Il IL were
possible to photograph, just as Il T.
the figure Of q man sitting by =
reading lamp with just the balanced
tonsl values we get with the naked
eye. illusion will be immessUrSbly
increased"
Harry N. Crandsll spent last week
in New York in conference with
other prominent exhibitors and pro.
ducers of motion pictures with re-
gard to the immediate leEislativ.
needs Of the industry.