Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-17
.MOVIECRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON

vIyHEN william ID. Taylor undertook
wv the direction of ''Hucklcbcrry
Finn" which will be shown Mt the Stan
ley for two weeks beginning Monday,
he Insisted that the film version must
Pillow the novel. Not only did he
search for types which In the flesh would
esnbody the authors written pictures.
but he also sought the actual scenes OF
the story for locations. ...--.......
~ Naturally, he turned first to Hannibal,
Mo-. Mark Twains boyhood home,
where many of the early scenes. OF the
story are laid. Here it is that he pre-
sents Huck and Tom Sawyer and their
pirate gang, Just as 1t was to Hnnnibal
and his own youthful friends that Mark
Twain turned when he wrote the tale.
\ 10 the peaceful little village, much
the same today as It was when Mark
Twain lived there, he took his company,
and worked with IL for several weeks.
The Missouri river scenes on Jackson
island, were all filmed at the
very spots which the author had had IN
mind. Judge Thatcher's. house, the
little old Sunday school building the
cave whore the pirates held their ma
night orgies, are all to be found in the
picture.
{ Later Mr.. Taylor moved his COM
pany down the river. taking the scenes
In which the King and the. Duke played
their ROYAL Nonesuch honX in hamlet
and the episode of the Wilks fortune
Is one of the upper Louisiana parishes
CoMBINING their talents and dis
~ playing uncxamplcd versatility.
William s. Hart and Lambert Hillycr:
together wrote the story of The Toll
Gate which will be shown at the
Palace next week. 1890
? Mr.. Hart is author of little book,
s'Pinto Ben" and q longer story for
, boys. "Injun and Whitley" He sees
the West through the eyes of West
erner. with sympathy for the char
acteristics of the people and a love
for animals and children.
Mr.. lIillycr Is an author and also n
capable director. He rides horse like
a cowpunchcr; and also drives n car.
/, On location he is always seen mounted
on his stccd. shouting across ravines to
the players, or riding at brcaknecl;
pace over the rough country to arrange
some incident in She action.
vIJHEN Harley Knoles, in the pic
w turization of David Graham Phil.
lips 8, novel. "ThC Cost" to be seen at
the Arcadia next week desired abb
polute realism he went to the New York
Stock Exchange with the idea of sccur-
ing sketches. from which "sets' might
be erected in the studio.
lie was surprised to learn that dur
ing the war no visitors had been ad-
mittcd to the exchange and that the
prohibition had never been revoked. III
looked up reporter on financia
newspaper who had access to the flOoi
and from him secured minute dc
scription. This served rs q model fO'
the background against which tn
thrilling panic scenes in THE Cost
take place.
An accurate reproduction of
nationally celebrated Fifth avenu
jewclry store forms the background fo
a dramatic scene, in which Niole
Heming goes to the store and discover
that her husband hCs purchased a yer!
expensive necklace for another woman
DEALITY is characterize tha
~ even actresses cherish under Ger
tain circumstances. Certainly ColceI
Moore was gratitied by the very sub
stantial nature of the bracelet prCsentet
to her by Tom Mix. star of the william
Fox production. ''The Cyclone" whic
will be seen at the Victoria next week
It's curiously wrought circlet {
gold. distinctive in detail, and one tina
could not be forgotten, once closely OBJ
served. In The Cyclone" is consti
tuted an important property. Now TIL;
the play is completed is it still proI
B. srty--in another sense of the word, Il
property of Colleen Moore.
ta9s OF course. any near silver, nickel I
brass bracelet would have done the trio
equally well in the production. Il,
the cowboy hero had it as little su,
prise for his leading woman.
NTHEN the United Artists Corpora
wv ton was formed. the aim of Il
four stars--Mary Pickford. Charl
Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D v