Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
Photoplay Features.

1HE announcement comes from
! far-off California of the fill
ing, in Los Angeles. Calf, of
the papers for the incorpora-
ton of new two and a half million
dollar corporation to be known as the
oliver Morosco Productions, Inc.
coupled with the announcement is the
: statement that henceforth Mr. Moros-
co Is to play as important a part in
the motion picture business as he has
IN the production of plays for the
lStaSe. 1t has been his ambition to
isee ms successful plays reproduced in
ithe MINIS with the same elaboration of
detail and intelligent supervision that
characterized their stage production
He has wealth of material for the
Ipurpose-enough, he says, to keep his
organization busy for years. Many of
ms stars viii repeat their stage crea-
!lonS Tor the pictures, and it is prom
|lsed the works of a number of promi-
jnent authors will be screened that
heretofore have appeared only on the
lstage. In addition to a half dozen
new plays, Mr.. Morosco has acquired
,he stage and picture rights to a num-
world 'ooA
The Rainbow Bridge" in which
francis X. Bushman and Beverly
PUBIC will be one of the subjects of
Mr.. Morosco's film work The Mas
ter Thief" in which these players APP
Peared last season, will be another
o ..rhe e,a are to be Judge and Jury"
Highway" In South Carolina" "The
Hummingbird,' Maude Fultons new
play. now running at the Little Thea
ter; Seven Miles to Arden" THE Clam
CDlgger. "Linger Longer Lefty" with
Poor Girl" The Half NA Breeds ihe
i,.Mamma,s Affair" Wait Till We're
Married" 1.-The Fox" and several 9th
ers now In course of preparation at
the dramatic school of Harvard ITni
iverSity. oAi
Ferdinand Pinney Earle Announces
TO- follow his screen production Of
| ne Ruba1yat,' a screen version of
| the famous Scandinavian saga. best
| mace known to the world through
the operas of Richard Wagner. 1t is
planned to spend eighteen months in
| preparing and photographing the CO.
lossal pageant and to dedicate to the
art OF the screen worthy and per-
manent classic. Only by Mr.. Earle's
new process. it is claimed, can the
TWg1s reg CT the Walhalla and the
Walkure. the dwelling place of the
gnomes and the haunts of the Rhein
| daughters be viSualized. The Hand
snelgle color process will be employ
ed LOT tlntlng the scenes and Nine.
| Aldrlch. the operate star. will be
mined in the role of Brunhilda. The
Nlbelungen Ring will be accompanied
by acknowledgements Trilogy, but the
! Wagnerlan stage settings will be ig-
nored and something of the New The
alter movement will be introduced
Mr.. Earle's purpose is to INTRODUCES
.
poetry, drama, painting, architecture
| music and dancing. and thus to open
to all humanity the worlds MASTER
! pieces.
Trumpet Island" the story by
Gouveneur Morris, the screen rights
to which were purchased some time
ago by Vitagraph, is now announced
! in film form as ready for release and
furthermore as the biggest picture
in the history of the Vitagraph cor
poration. 1t is Tom Terriss produc-
ton. AS originally photographed it
comprised more than twenty reels
Lillian and George Randolph Chester,
however. have edited it down to
seven reels, performing their work
SO well, it is claimed. that nothing
can add to its impressiveness as spec
tacular drama. The production is one
of contrasts, presenting to the spec
tator the depths of poverty and
Indebtedness on the one hand and
the Babylonian orgies of New York's
fast set on the other.
"wanted-1oo girls to leave the
dishes is in the sink sink. and and go to
teaser prepared as trick adver-
Using" by the manager of Penn
sylvania film theater to draw pa
tronage for picture, which the pub
licity man for the producer declares
has smashed all records for at
tendance but how about the homes
where the dishes are left in the
sink while the 'Iady of the house"
goes movie hunting, and how about
the breadwinner at his work, whose
home is thus left as a fly trap and
disease breeder meanwhile? Are high
er wages the only thing worth strik-
same periodical asks why not censor
eVerything?"
]. A. Fitzgerald, president Of the
Congressional Film Corporation of
Washington, announces that his con-
Germ has merged it's interests with
Film Lore Productions. Inc, of New
York city, and that the following stars
have been submitted to the Con-
gressional: Marguerite Clayton, Ann
Luther, Jean Sothern, Claire Whitney,
Emmy Wehlen, Kenneth Harlan and
William Desmond.
, Robert Brunton, owner Of ex-
tensive studios in Los Angeles, has
waded into an elaborate paper dis
cussion of the merits and dement's of
the so-called star system in moving
picture production. and at times
, seems to get dangerously near a
judgment in favor of the "all-star''
system. He says the public makes
. the stars. and that the producer SIM
ply follows its verdict. He ignores
, the possibility that perhaps the pub
! lie as whole may not be able to
qualify as a starmaker, and he never
: that as the publics judgment i'm
proves and it's telescope becomes
stronger and clearer many of the
stars" of today will fade out into
the milky way of tomorrow and leave
never trace of their one-time il
J Illuminating power. Too many stars
spoil the beautiful contrast of the
| armament.
Tina Modotti. a new italian film
star, is said to have won her rank by
winning a newspaper subscription
contest. her reward being an order
for a dozen photographs, one of which
the photographer put in his show
| tention of keen-eyed director-and
there you are.
glimpse of the wonderful home
of Charles Loomis, who has made a
life study of the prehistoric Indian
!, and is an authority on the Incas and
the AZtecs, will be given in Honest
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