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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
Movies To Teach
 Highway Transportation

New York City. Dec. s-Moving pictures will be used lfberalIy to teach highway transportation at the coming Highway Transportation Show to be held January to 8, 1921, by the Motor Truck Association of Amer ica at the Twelfth Regiment Armory, avenue, and the First Field Artillery Armory, Sixty-eighth street and Broadway. There is nothing which so effectively gets home it's lesson as the motion picture; and it was this fact which led the show committee to gather together the greatest array of h-@hwav transportation films ever col 1ected for continuous sowing at any one exhibition The moving picture visua1izes the facts for the spectat- or and gives him ah impression which he carries away and members long after the printed word is forgotten.
 Highway transportation, wh1Ie the newest form of transportation 1s compared with the railway and the waterway, has many important phases both for the concerns which tfship by truck as well as for the companies which operate the truck equipment. Yet all of these phases will be ade- quately covered in the films to be run during show week. There will be films for the average business man who makes use of trucks to bring in raw pIOOUtIS or make Hnd1 OeIVer- ies es well as for the man who owns, operates and maintains the trucks. Arrangements are being made to secure the wel1-known film "what's
 v0ur Hurry featuring Wallace Reid, and in which the great work ability and stamina of the motor truck is vivid1y pictured. Another of the films which will be of general interest to every spectator at the show is entitled tHrhe Neck Of the Bottle" This is ship by truck, i film, and pictures all forms of trans | DOT tation-in New York city which is | the most highly motorized city in the world-having more than 71,O0o motor trucks of all sizes and descrip-
 dons in use today. This film shows i ~'eap& better than any other the
 many unusual hau1age tasks which
 the motortruck is capable of perform
 inr. Many of these truck tasks are
 wholly unknown to the general pub lie, and could never have been exc cuted through the use of draft ami i ma1s.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
CAN'T FOOL MOVIE FANS

t'But how different today! At tempt to substitute a boulevard in Lo~ Angeles for the Champs Elysees and half of your audience will be ready to call you for it.
 ''You must have the original locale or an exact replica if you expect to satisfy the motion picture audience today. :ftF
 stThe reason? There are several. The principal one is that thousands of our men were in Europe during the war. They visited many of the historical sites which serve as set tings for photoplays. They know the foreign boulevards, uniforms. cafes and costumes. They cannot be duped again. Then the war brought a bet ter Knowledge of foreign cities and costunes to America Pictures, news stories and word-of-mouth tales were brought back
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
EMBARRASSING
 SUCCESS

H. B. Warner believes in thorough rehearsing. While at work on "One Hour Before Dawn he wrote the following as ga reminder to himself but passed the sheet around to his supporting cast.
 Most successful men are good act DTS. A clever business man, about to interview some important parsonage, mentally rehearses the scene before hand.
 He anticipates what the other will say and tastes the flavor of his own reply like an actor studying dialogue.
 I: is this subconscious equality of reheara1 that makes him conincivng g when he talks.
 He does not stand blinking aim lessly at the footlights.
 He has studied his part
 He knows his lines.
 It is unfortunate that more men and women do not realize that success de- mands rehearsal. ~Fspecia1ly actors.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
MANY CHANGES

Modernity's trend seems to bring the disappearance of conventional ap- purtenances. For illustration, the Haig and Haigless bar, bobbed hair, and now, according to a communica- ton from Philip E. Rosen, director of Metros west coast studios, the que less Chinaman.
 When MT. Rosen sought six CeleS- tials for his a1l-star production of '"what Is the Matter With Marriage % he was unablezs to find them with queues. He finally had to take his half dozen oriental recruits and pro- vide them with wigs and queues. The incident, by the way, tempted MT. Rosen to be epigrammatic.
 s.Engaging Chinamen," he said speaking in a voice slightly louder than his usual, for there were sev- era1 friends in the offing, ''is like di- recting actors who've prepared their parts hastily. After you ask me why I say, you know, Because you have to give them their queues.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
LUCKY ELINOR

Elinor Lynn. who has just become 8 leading woman, is one of the ex- captions to the stories of young wo- men who, have risen to motion pie ture fame only after hard work, and her '1uck'' will be the envy of scores of would-be stars.
 Only seven months ago Joey Mo Creery was in her Salt Lake City home, filled with a longing for fame on the screen, but mot the slightest chance of winning it. Then she came acres a copy of a. Los Angeles papsr which told of a screen contest being held in connection with the Ince stu dios. Miss McCreery took a train, entered the contest and came out at the top of the tests. This won her a place at the Ince studios where she was seen by Jack White, who super vises the making of mermaids. and the result has just been stated.
 Oh, yes, it's the same girl She has just taken a new name because it's better for electric light signs and eSaier for the fans to remember.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
ELITE OF THE WEST APPEAR IN FILM

A real California. story with a na- turaI California background fur nishes the theme and setting for the forthcoming picturization of What Is The Matter With Marriage?" based on Jack London's novel, t'The Little Lady of the Big House. which will be produced by Metro.
 The story deals with typical Cali fcrnia ranch life among the i'm nensely wealthy. Highly animated and unusual scenes are incorporated in the picture. Among them are the thrilling scenes which take place in the huge concrete-1ined swim ming tank which forms part of the i'm proNements'' on the palatial ranch.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
SHATTERED
 ILLUSION
By Ala NazimoHa.

That it should have become com edy to me with the passing of years, a yelled nothing at the moment of tragedy when it occurred-and shat tered forever a cherished illusion
 We all cherished tive young girls of the dramatic school of Moscow the illusion that great actor must play his part with every fibre of his soul and body thrilled by inspiration. An, yes, to be a real actor one must actually live ones role always!
 There was one great actor, the greatest at the Imperial theatre, whom we decided to honor on the four of us to go to the theatre where he was appearing in his best part, t'King Richard IT," and to present him with 9 bouauet from his ad- speech, too-praising him for up holding the traditions of the stage, .etc-,, etc, etc, and I was to be spokes- man.
 I stood in the wings of the theatre awestruck by the solemnity of our mission and by the tense interest of the 'Fbig scene.' I realized that our hero would in g, moment stand be fore us, exhausted by the demands perhaps gracious1y rising above his exhaustion to listen to my humble praise.
 Thrilled, I heard his tragic despair: 'I think there be six Richmonds in the field:
 Five have I slain today, instead of him
 "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horsen
 ----and then he strode off-stage, toward us. panting and still tremb- ling with intense emotion. He stopped abruptly, looked about an empty table crowded with props and said in the most casual tone: 'Who in hell took my cigar? I left it right here!" I dropped my bOuCuet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

reading lamp with just the balanced tona1 values we get with the naked eye the illusion will be immeasurab1y increased.
 We now get pretty good effects '' continued Miss Park, with our inn proved lighting systems, but after all, they only simulate the real thing. We have to thigh-light' the actors or prominent objects, and the result is not after all like the object.
 "But if we can get a darkened room just as it is, or the true glow of a real sunset, or the play of moon beams on a glade, or a cataract in the gray of dawn, or a storm at sea in the night, the effects will be magi- cal.
 Talking pictures so called, will never be anything more than a technical wonder, I fear. Color pho- tography will be apt to satiate the eye. The more perfect they are made the more obvious will be the fact that they have been mechani- cally worked out, it seems to me-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
MODEST?

During the filming of Robert Brun- toms latest feature production, ''The Devil To Pay,'' a giddy little creation with bobbed hair and a Faunueroy accent applied at the producer s office for work in the. picture
 'Id make a swell leading lady, she announced naively. "All my friends say SOL
 We have a leading lady, said MT Brunton, apparently overwhelmed with regret. ! "Oh, wouldn't mind taking a smaller part at the start"
 ttWell-we might use you tomor- row in a ballroom scene.
 The visitor pouted. How much will I get?'
 What ever you are worth,'' as- sured the producer.
 Dear me-" the girl picked up her coat and started for the door Pm afraid I couldn't work for that!''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
INSPECTS CITY
 FROM AIRPLANE

Dora1dina, Metres dancing star, accompanied Mayor Snyder in a tour Of Los Angeles by airplane on a re- cent afternoon. Doraldina holds a commission as a lieutenant of police in New York, and when she told Mayor Snyder that she would like to see the Los Angeles system Of hand- ling traffic, the Mayor offered to take her sightseeing in his airpIane =
 For seventeen minutes the two scared over the housetops of Los Angeles and got a ripid-fire glimpse of crawling traffic below. The star was highly elated at the trip, the first sine had ever made over a city, although not her first in the air.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
MAY RUINS S14O0
 IMPORTED GOWN

May Allison, Metros blonde favor ite, established a record in reckless beach parties in the making of her new production, "Are Wives to Blame?" when, with a dozen other players, the beautiful star led the way into the turbuleslt PstNf1c at midnight.
 May was clad in an elaborate Parisian creation that had been used on but one previous occasion, while other members of the party cavorted in scarcely less extravagant attire. For the seven minutes she was actu- ally at work before the camera il cost the star $200 a minute. The $1, 400 gown of imported seQuins was total loss.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
MERRY MIXUP

'fTorchy's Double Triumph" latest Of the comedies from the stories of Se- well Ford, in which Johnny Hines is starred, has sorae fun at the expense of double photography in motion pie lures. The plot turns on confusion al g. masquerade ball when Torchy and a thief wear the same costume. here is some clever burlesque, for instance, when the thief is seen stan ding be fore a mirror lighting a cigarette and when he leaves Torchy to step out of Q mirror frame. Other laughs are prom ised in the way that the red-headed office boy restores necklaces to wom- en's necks after the crook has taken theDn.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

him, but really enmeshes them both in many conp1ications-funn for the audience but decidedly em- barassing to both the young persons involved.
 Equally interesting to the fol- lower of Realart pictures, however, is the announcement that the clever team of Harrison Ford and Walter HierS are again to offer their joint services in support of the star. Those who saw Miss Hobbs and Food for Scandal appreciate the share this pair played in those Realart successes.
 In ooh Lady Lady, Walter Hiers has the excruciatingly funny role of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Realart has made sure that every morsel of joy in "Oh Lady, Lady, the Bclton-W musical com edy success, will be preserved to the public who will shortly see it as the second screen starring vehicle for the beautiful Bebe Faniels.
 Certainly Miss Daniels is a perfect choice for May Barber, a small town belle, who later become a dashing- ly fascinating young actress. The transition between the two stages of growth allows the star excellent comedy opportunities when she en- te1s into an innocent conspiracy against her old country sweetheart which, she has been told. will aid
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
HELP WANTED

Lillian Rich, who plays the lead ing feminine role with H. B. War ner, in ''Dice of Destiny" was dis cussing the oft.repeated stateme ment that foreign nobIemen are usually poverty-stricken and usually are on the alert for an heiress bride.
 Why" said Lillian during a heated moment of the discussion, tI once overheard at a ball in London a Baron speaking to a wealthy banker. My good sir he said, T happen to be just now in pecuniary difficulties; could you not assist me with one of your daughters 9 ''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

fat wi1loughby Finch, slow and ser
 ious-minded. Willoughby has some
 desperate moments when he thinks
 lively young stage person, is about
 to throw a monkey wrench into the
 machinery of his perfectly conven- tional marriage with a perfectly con ventional girl. The role is one that gives Hiers the best comedy oppor- tunities of recent months He is certain to repeat his successes in "Going Some,'' Mrs. Temples Tele-
 gram" 'fThe City sparrow, 50 Long Lettys' and other of the pro- auctions in which he has appeared as the comedy lead.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
BY THE WAY

Where are the loves of yesterday :? Getting married to somebody else, usually.
 Love always seems sweeter after a n1isund derstanding and a reconcilia- ton.
 Heaven save us from the we'll meaning persons who try to save us from ourselves.
 wouldn't love be dull if there were no misunderstanding to ripple its srnoo oth surface.
 The most dangerous business in the world: putting your finger into som ehody e,se's love pie.
 Quarrels are needed to vary the monotony of true love, just as hill are needed to vary the monotony of scenery.
 Nemesis a Greek goddess, but any former sweetheart who incon- veniently bobs up on the eve of your marriage to som ebody else.
 Beware of the amateur vamp. Her motives may be more pure but hef work is much more bungling Ask poor Willoughby Finch. He knows That old sweetheart Of yours-be ware! And don't bell ire that ab sence makes the heart grow fond CT She's forgotten whether your nam. | begins with ''P'' or ''W.' They met on train in the fore ing in the afternoon, exchanged vow 1 of eternal love before eleven a right Oh Lady, Lady. what a fas worker you are!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
PLAYER LOANED

Queer turnings of motion picture production are shown by the fact that Eddie Barry, who has so often been seen in bNrlesque feminine roles in Christie comedies, has just been loan ed to Julian Eltinge to play the lead. Eltinge himself. of course, will inn personate a woman. Barry was seen as a dancing girl in 'fMr. F'atima" and in 'tNobody's Wife he poses as a mother in order to act as chaperon for the sweethearts of his two chums.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
SPEECHLESS

During the filming of a Pathe Special, an extra who played a rather important bit wanted to be excused because of illness H. B. Warner, who stars in the production, wonder ing why the scene was being held up, approached the extra and said:
 Let me see your tongue, plea ase.''
 "Oh, MT. Warner" was the reply mo tongue can tell how bad I feel!''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
''Bawn and Raised"

s Cullen Landis, who was "bawn and raised in Nashville, Tenn, expects ker's company filming snow Blind ness goes to Banff, Canada, for ex- teriors. The company. which is now working at the Coldwyn studios, will leave in about three weeks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
What's the Answer?

Raymond Hatton wen-known Goldwyn character actor, rises to in than he. No one else responding Hatton answers his own riddle: Be cause the baby can always get a laugh from an audience.' Whereby MT. Hatton proved his own mod es.y
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
PUBLIC SPEAKER

Leatrice Joy made her first ap- pearance as a public speaker the other day when she was guest of honor at a luncheon given by the Comm ercia1 Board of Los Angeles. Miss Joy piayed the leading role in 'Bunty Pulls the Strings Regi- nald Barker production just com pleted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
NOW STARRING

Vera Gordon, the Russian Actress, who plays in the Goldwyn- Rex Beach photoplay, '"The North Winds MaIice," came to America from her native country, with her husband and her young son, at the age of eighteen. She had neither friends nor money and d not know the language. Miss Gordon will be remembered for her wonderful char acter acting in "Humoresque'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
SHORT SHOTS

"The Highest Law an American izadon picture, wdu be released by Selznick as an appropriate offering for Lincoln week. Ralph Ince di- rected tha picture and played in it. He appears in his famous Lincoln role.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
CLEVER.

Jerome Patrick, playing with Tom Moore in Goldwyn's perturbation of f"Oficer 666,'' is the son of a New Zealand cattle rancher. He made his first stage appearanae in New York in 1911-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
MAYBESOs

Cullen Landis, leading man for Goldwyn, observed the other day that jewelled dice in platinum cases were to be the fad this winter. It is go- ing to be, he prophecies, a great crap year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

As a useful knockabout, Martha Mansfield has purchased a suit of navy blue cheviot serge with a short cut-away box coat, revealing a waist coat of peasant embroidery in blue end ferracofttA-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

The completed all-star cast of "A Mans Home,'' the next big Ralph Ince special that Ralph Ince will make for Selznick, includes Harry Mercy, Kathryn Williams, Grace Valentine, Roland Bottom1ey, F'aire Binney, Matt Moore and Marg Sed- den.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Before going abroad in the spring, Mary Pickford will start work on Little Lord Fauntleroy" The in tertors will be made here, and the exteriors abroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Eileen Sedgwick Is nearing com pletion of her current serial '"The Dia- mond Master," which first appeared the Saturday Eventng Post
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

It is said LIenore Uric, the we'll known clever star, used to spell her name 'Lenore Ulrich." As her fame expanded, her signature contracted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Douglas Fairbanks, who has hith- erto changed his leading lady fre- uaently, has signed Marguerite de la Motte for a year..
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Lady Patron to Manager of thea tre: "Tell me- who are the most inn portant persons around theatre ?'' Manager: 'The ushers. If you doubt it, ask them. They'll readily admit it"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

A picture in the theatre is worth three on a contract.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

The R. Cecil Smiths are preparing the scenario for ''1,he Fighter a story by Albert Payson Terhune in which Conway Tear1e will appear for Selznick following the production he is now making.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

A real birthday party was staged last week at the Selznick Fort Lee studios when Elaine Hammerstein was hostess to about twenty girls who appeared in several scenes of Poor Dear Margaret Kirby her next starring vehicle
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Eugene OBrien and the company making the "Wor1ds Apart are back at Selznick's Fort Lee studio
 after making several fox hunting scenes in Warrenton, Va More than a score of persons in society took part in the chase scenes.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Don't blame it on the movies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Our grandparents have told us about stars they have enjoyed in their day. Now we hear of these same stars claiming they are 25 to 35 years of age. Wonder what detained them?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Heaven save us from the we'll meaning persons who try to save us from ourselves.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Say it with flowers!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

An actor friend asks this one: ''Why is A. room full of married peo- ple like an empty room?' The an- swer: Because there isn't a single person in it." Spare him, he is still young.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

wouldn't love be dull if there were no misunderstanding to ripple its srno oth surface.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14
TOTTINGC c By D. y. L.
By D. y. L..

sona movie stars have their own coat -of-arTns, consisting of a couple of bank books and the motto, 'The Mighty Dollar!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Beware of the amateur vamp. Her motives may be more pure but hef work is much more bungling. Ask poor Wi1loughby Finch. He knows
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

The most dangerous business in the world: putting your finger into somebody etse's love pie.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Love always seems Sweeter after a naisund and reconcilia-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Someone once said there has been speculation about George Cohan's 8 middle name. The "M' generally accredited to him is simply a W' inverted by a careless typesetter, and stands, of course, for Washington. Now for some flag waving!
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Nemesis-not a Greek goddess, but any former sweetheart who incon- veniently bobs up on the eve of your marriage to ornebody else.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Where are the loves of yesterday? Getting married to somebody else, usually.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-14

Quarre1s are needed to vary the monotony of true love, just as hill are needed to vary the monotony of scenery.