Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-03
MOVIECRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON
r;,u Flashes of Interest to
Fans of the Photo
play

ac'tIS Y youth," Clara Kimba'l Young has
ci ciJ n IL necessary to study intimately
l1u"" lou ,roys and habits of addicts. 1t will
u NV .Oon ot the Stanley next week, the
y,.oirc pe through crystal into the
in,ro hplV.o finds that il she narries one of
iu.", suitors she will be later forced into
mo az, lower levels of society. finally be-
.ne p,inc dug user. In the play this
gO,"' 1,"."nt into the life of the slums is
uto, uton.n with Miss Young in the leading
snI sn,o but as the time approaches for the
LV,n,rayaI LV,v, of the scenes. it was found
ro, pu M one about the studios numbered
Jrnp addict among acquaintances,
al therefore. it would have been a
n,,or anu, of more or less guess work as to
:nst how an unfortunate would behave.
uNiss Young decided that the best way
!. snd ont would be to study drug
,ons u ""o ot first hand. The services of a
loI;ce eypcrt on the drug traffic i'll Cali
ffOrnio we're enlisted and, with Miss
T"nnr. several of the most notorious
drmg users in Los Angeles were visited
and studied.
WILL ROGERS, the roper and come
w diop, who will be seen at the
palace next week in "Jubilo,' has II
ioshion of saying snappy things and
t;s fame as humorist is widespread.
uSro nrc a few of his 'shorts with Il
nnnch' concerning motion pictures and
motion picture people:
"Inv girl would be good looking in
tbis picture with all us homely guys.
"If YOU don't think I'm all married
un watch me wipe dishes in 'JubilO'.'
'"J like this tramp stuff like 'Jubilo. >
non't have to dress up, shave or any
tbmg. Wash my face once II day any
woy, lust on general principles.
"Thc continuity of a picture is one Of
those things that man sweats blood
writing. and a director throws away
Supervision about picture is the
,r of being noisy about the stage and
renorting at the cashiers regularly on
Saturday for check.
Detail in set is all bunk. Every
body talks about it and nobody tries to
get it.
A REAL lady colonel has been ere
n ated out at the Goldwyn studios in
California. She is Miss Sophia Wach-
nrr, designer of gowns extraordinary.
The two aces of the studio. Lieutenant
William Wellman. of the Lafayette fly
ing corps. and Lieutenant q. Il. Manly.
Of the American flying corps, have
dubbed her Colonel Whchner. and when
they approach her on the stages. the
cafeteria or in hcr own attractive Office.
they invariably salute her with great
dignity.
As an example of Colonel Wachner' S
efficiency she was recently given a
+ hurry .up order for some 300 fancy ball
costumes to be used in ''Toby's Bow
starring Tom Moore, which will be seen
at the Arcadia next week. One scene
in this play is Il real screen vision of
the Pagan rout ball. given each year
in New York New York artists and
their models attend this ball and vie
with one another in designing the un
usual. beautiful and picturesque cos
tunes.
From every corner of Los Angeles
Miss Wachncr captured clever modistes.
who, in many cases. were running their
own shops during the day. They came
to the studio several nights TO build up
the .innumerabc designs which Miss
Wachner made The result is brilliant
COstuming of the ballroom scene.
0NE of the best works of lnuucrn
" masters of fiction are finding their
way to the screen. Joseph Conrad's
novel, Victory" has been made into
motion picture by Maurice Todrneur
and will be shown at the Victoria next
week.
In the perturbation Of Victory"
Mr.. Tourneur was in his element. He
has lately given to the screen such
thrilling and massive productions as
Sporting Life. "The White Heather"
and THE Life Line the latter found
ed upon the famous "Romany Rye"
Like most of Conrads S novels. "Vic-
tory is story Of the sea, laid in the
South Sea Islands. The hero, son of
an Cxpatriatcd Swedish baron. drifts
to the South Pacific, and after some
thrilling encounters with group of
unSrlupulouS adveuturers who seek the
supposed fortune he possesses. wins the
love OF the girl whom he rescued from
her brutal master.
THE feature at the Victoria for the
4 week Of January 10 will be May
NIllson in Fair and Warmer" by
avery Hopwood. The picture is an
ssuap!atlon of one of the most success
ial larces presented on the American
slaso IT ran in New York for two
srarS and elsewhere for fully as long,
Snd had extended vogue in London.
The advent of Miss Allison. one of the
moS' captivating of motion picture
condolences, in a new picture is event
enough, but in so popular a niece as
Fair and Warmer" those who follow
anc screen here will be given an ex-
coptional treat.
EoA FILM CORPORATION has OBJ
&, lained the cinema rights to 1.-The
CCIo"ns'St' a novel written by Georges
NNinehCeau, VI premier of France.
Will olemenceau himself is credited
rauL. nh prepari ing the cinema version.
mI"s ragoJ on 1t even while he was en-
e"fya on IN difiicult diplomatic problems.
bob bObh many years the cinema been
Fr"Uoy FUopy OF NJ. Clemenceau. ,hom the
bocoM,lna people refer to as 'The Tiger, I"
wbich who's OF the merciless manner in
,i'n. ,InlpS of France. He has pointed ont
rai n story told in pictures woulG ans
FyaS Eta, as forcibly to the Siberian. The
taN!limau or the Asiatic as II would
" the European or American.
oNL remarkable effects in photo
srgaphy are said to have been intro
S"V"u a" Sy Paul Perry into "Eyerywom
mort Notable among these is the treat =
1cco,nnI,h vi the character Nobody. This is
inc Vttih,l'4Shcd thp s,hcd by double exposure, max :
paront Te "gEre entirely visible, yet trans
nora ;, ms makes the character far
ycrsion IMPRESSIVE f than it was in the stage
wos woG, oiro tor IN the latter the spectator
fore biS HAYS n aware of a living figure be-
makoImS,' ",S eyes despite the phosphorescent
lgbts VIZ accentuated by colored spot i.
double exposure is also clovor,r o,,
proved in hrinninn uoo ,NNCrIE eM :