The Washington herald., 1920-12-12
A years run on Broadwayl


class motion picture of the future.
why should q picture run one
week in a nrst-run house and then
be forgottenT' asks Eukor. I'VE
hope to produce pictures that will
run for months - for a year on
Broadway. There will be no release
date to meet There will be no such
limitations as in the past may have
been placed on production. There
will be but one consideratlon-to
make the highest-class picture
money and brains can make Why
not, then. run Of q year on Broad
way?
'It is . pride in their profession
that has prompted our stars to tell
me hey win cooperate In the in
novation- I have talked with them
all--Wsllace Reid. Gloria Swanson,
Dorothy Dalton. Thomas Meighan,
Elsie Ferguson, and they are enthu-
siastic about appearing in all-star
pictures They AL are big enough
to see that having q part In q COM
bination Of people of great talent
and equal rank Is not q detriment,
but q great advantage to them.
ber of famous authors, noyeltsts and
pl4yWrights, as Sir James N. Barrie,
SiFIGilbert Parker, Edward Knob
lock. Elinor Glyn. Henry Arthur
Jonsl Avery Hopwood and others
Of eQud fame. will be tremendous
Tam watching with unusual in
terest the progress being made by
Cecil b DeMille In this preparation
for the start Of work on his produc-
tion based on The Affairs Of Ana
tol.' = This picture will be the first
under our new production policy Of
combining several stars in one su-
percast and because Of that is of
epochal importance"
Since her first appearance as a
Paramount star in The Mysterious
Miss Terry" in August, 1917, and
in which she was supported by
Thomas Meighan. himself a Para
mount star, Billie Burke has been
seen from time to time in a long
series Of fascinating photoplays.
The list Of pictures starring this
dainty actress is given herewith in
full:
The Mysterious Miss Terry"
Arms and the Girl" The Land Of
Promise" Ewes Daughter" Let's
Get Divorce" In Pursuit of
Polly" The Make Believe Wife"
Good Gracious Annabelle," The
Misleading Widow" Sadie Love-"
''wanted-A Husband" Away Goes
Prudsnce," and The Frisky Mrs.
johnson" Miss Burke will be seen
in the last named picture at Loew's
Palace this week. beginning today.
Lawrence Beatus, the benedict
manager Of Loew's Palace Theater,
Is due to reach Washington some
time today from his wedding trip
10 Jacksonville, New Orleans and
the South He will assume charge
of the Palace again tomorrow morn
ing.
Mary Miles Mfnter was sitting
"off set" at the Realart studio, her
eyes closed. her fingers straying
over the leaves Of a big book which
rested on the arm of her canvas
camp chair.
Such an unusual position looked
indeed interesting-so a passing
friend asked, "why?''
I'm learning how to be blind"
said Miss Minter. 'I have to play
little blind girl in my next pic
ture, Eyes Of the Heart I've had
to study like everything, tool You
can't realize how hard IL Is for a
person with eyesight to simulate
the actions Of those who have been
deprived Of 1t. It's extremely dim
cult to mimic the trained. motions
OF fingers and bodies that blind
people use SO expertly to make up
for their lost sense. 1 have gained
a aAnnfroffnr
and all the other wonderful people
who have achiev ed such remarkable
success without the aid of sight"
To learn bow to play blind"
properly, Miss Minter made daily
visits for a week to a California
institute for the blind. There she
learned the correct method Of read
ing Braille book (Braille being
the raised letter system of the
blind) and observed the gestures
and gait Of the blind, which in the
case OF those sightless from birth
is never awkward or halting.
Eyes of the Heart" which opens
at CrandalPs Khickerbocker Thea
ter Thursday, is a Clara Kennedy
adaptation from a Ladies' Home
Journal serial, blindness" by
Dana Burnet-
George Crouch. executive cashier
OF all the Crandall theaters, whose
usual ONCE hours are from Q a. m.
70 a m, with time out for pran-
dial pastimes at IL m and D. m,
now finds II possible to play around
until a m, or even s. II the spirit
hststh. As Mr.. Collier. the horse
man. so trenchantly puts II, ''the
answer is in your lily-whfta uaitt"
Mrs Crouch Is visiting relatives In
New York over the Yuletide.
The principal locales of Conrad In
Quest of His Youth" the new WILL
lam DeMilIe prodnction, starring
Thomas Meighan, which opens its
second consecutive week at Moore's
Garden today, were London and
Italy. This afforded an opportunity
for the construction Of some Of the
most beautiful settings ever
screened.
The old English settings were
quaint and quite representative, and
that OF the early home of Capt.
Conrad Warrener, about whom the
story. revolves, was particularly
striking. II was a complete Ola
English house with gardens and
lawn In front, and a typical English
lane running along outside the
fence The house contained a hall
way and three other rooms, and
scenes were filmed IN each Of the
rooms.
Later this setting was torn away
and on the same spot was construct
ed q beautiful italian villa, with,
promenades, gardens. fountains and