The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-10


Charles Wakefield Cndmhn. the
great American composer. is writing
u complete musical scoTe which VIII
enrich Ferdinand Earle's forthcoming
screen production of The Rubaiyat'
OF Omar Khayynm.
Mr.. Codman, who Is perhaps best
known for his songs. AT Dawn and
THE Land OF the sky Blue Water"
has already completed several orig
iral orchestral numbers of this great
enterprise, us well as IA rousing Orien-
tai prelude. %embodyinE the grandeur
and mysterious charm Of medieval
Persia. and Is creating a new and last
Ing type of tonal art-what may be
called a ''voiceless opera"
"Shnnewis," n OF Mr.. Cadman's
operas, is the only work by an Amer
ican composer which IA evcr been
presented successfully for W. con
eCutivu seasons mt the Metropolitan
opera house. for which he Is now conf
plotting two other operas. His high
and nuuestioned reputation in other
forms Of musical composition gives n
truly great significance to tho an
ncuncemont Of his forthcoming 'Ru-
bniya.' score.
CouTtcnay Footc, who Inns just
closed an engagement In the
stage success, Adam and Eva"
has left New York for Hollywood.
cut, to play the leading role in
The Star Rover" for G. Il.
Shurtieff, Inc. This production is
&c be n special perturbation OF
the novel by Jack London and
viii he released tn ,ongh Metro
Picture corporations system OF
exchanges.
Mr.. Foote has had a wealth OF
experience on the speaking stage
as well MS before the camera. He
was selected by e. II. Shurtleff.
president Of Shurtleff, Inc. be-
cause he is Ideally suited to the
unusual role OF Darrell Standing,
hero OF the Jack London tale.
Courtney Foote is an English
man, a native OF Yorkshire. He
was educated at oxford and in
france and Germany.
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VI insurance companies n
cancelled their accident policies oil
William Duncan. the Vitagraph Sc
rial star. He had policies totalinl
more than $4,000. hut the companie
were not willing to TAXI such chance
with their money as the picture sta
was with his life and limb. Mr.. Dun
can has Just completed THE Silen
Avengcr." by Albert r.. Smith AM
Cleveland Moffctt. and soon will begll
work on another serial by the sam
authors.
ora Carcw denies that She IL 10 re
turn to vaudeville. No more profes
sional singing and dancing for or
until after she mas dode at least on
hundred more pictures, and then
the dramatic stage. As evidence tina
Miss Carew intends to remain in pic
lures for at least the immediate futur
she that she has signed Il
do the lead in the new Clermont pro
duction, an adaptation of Beyond tn
Cross Roads" by Bradley King. Fol
lowing this she has signed for a hi
special feature to he produced b,
Cecil DE Mile. Sh, is again undo
direction OF Lloyd Il. Carlton,
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The Misleading Lady, by
Charles Goddard and Paul Dick
ey. has been purchased ny Metro
Pictures corporation as "a starring
vehicle for Bert Bytell. II will he
Mr., Lytell's first picture to be
made at Metros New York stu
dos in West SiNty-first street
following his return from Cali
fornia. where he spent nearly two
years making special productions.
Announcement OF the acquisition
of this stage success for MIR. l.y-
tells use IL made by Richard A..
Rowland, Metro president. II will
be scenarioized by Arthur Iell-
ner.
Mr.. Lytell. in '"Thc M,siead-
ing Lady" n comedy drama, will
have an excellent opportunity to
demonstrate his versatility. The
role OF Jack Craigen. the con-
structing engineer who is led on
by a stage struck society woman
in an effort to get backing n
who develops into n a man
IL. order to teach her n lesson. ls
far removed from the parts In
which Mr.. Lytell scored his most
recent triumphs. as ALIAS Jimmy
Valentine" and as Charley Steele
in 'Ihe Right of Way"
Metro has Just received from
England pictures Of the Henley re
gatta. which will he used In the forth
coming production OF the spcctacula
melodfama. The Marriages of May
fair" by Cecil Raleigh. The scene
show closeups of the races and o
the arrival OF King George and QueeI
Mary in the royal barge. There ar
also scenes showing the crowds ant
the shifiing panorama of the Thamet
EiIcctor George w. Terwilliger, VIII
has had THE Marriages of Mayfair
company for the past few weeks Of
location at Stamford. Conn, has use,
NUtSo hNtlltN hllu nVhNth 49,
the story, matching them up with thu
scenes taken on the Sound.
When Joe Ryan and lean Paig,
have completed the Nitagraph seriaI
Hidden Dangers" In which they ar
co-stars. Miss Paige will visit NeN
York and then spend several week
on her fathers model dairy farm nea
Paris, III. This has been her frs
visit TO the west coast, all her previou
motion picture work having been don
at Vitagraph's Brooklyn studio.
Eugene Palette. model husband II
Metros production Of "Parlor, Bed
room and Bath" from the stage hi
by c. W. Bell and Mark Swan, de
clared to the world at large thai hi
vacation trip to New York was no
inspired by the riotous scene inciden
TO the story OF that play, but that n
would during his entire soJourn II