Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-26
MOVIEGRAMS FROM
SCREEN TO PATRON

l. players and their work is not all
peaches aud cream is evidenced by IN"
characterization portrayed by Sylvia
Ashton. whose 2iO pounds of flesh has
earned for her the tito of heavyweight
character actress. in Wallace Reid :
"The Love Special which will have
its premiere at the Stanley on Monday.
Ii is seldom that Miss Ashton ever
releases wall Of woe because she seems
10 apply herself to everything. and $
satisfied with anything. but during one
of the scenes in The Love Special
she emitted sigh which carried with
il n hint Of disgust due to the necessity
Of climbing into an old fashioned side
saddle on II horse.
81 "Thosc girls back in the old days
were brave" followed the sigh as she
was being helped on the animals back.
And although this was her first ride on
a horse. "MuthCr" Ashton met with no
mishaps and returned from the Nosc-
mite location trip ns healthy as ever.
"TherC wPrc fourteen pounds lost dur
ing that ride related Mrs. Ashton.
but thC horse lost them. As for me.
/ gained five.
The new picture is n railroad story.
founded ON the novel. The Daughter
of a Maguatc. by Frank II. Spcas-
man. The east includes Agnes Ayres.
who did such splendid work in the
Paramount picture, Forbidden Fruit. ''
which was the opening attraction at
the StanIcy. Theodore Roberts and
others.
,. ,-,.
FhANh 'I'hNl"VN. who plays
y. opposite Clara kimball Young in
her latest pr"dn"ti"n, "llnsh. which
comes I" me stanton next week, has
been WrII known hSurC on the stage
enu IN morton P,,!ur'S, ni' was on ,n'
speaMnk H''h, u''' !'"'S ue'"!r I. c.'l
10 h o,I ~ 49," - Inii,i,iI I"i"i,, ~
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20. Henry was invariably broke.
he said. often he would send note
10 his publisher asking that small
loan. say so be advanced on story
which he mad promised to deliver at a
bpecia time.
.nonL w., To y"nt u,", norc 30 his nmbI;s sbcr
asking for SD. saving the story would
he delivered within two days. The pub
fisher wrote him a reply in which he
said that ne had lust kicked an author
down the steps for asking for an ad q.
vance paymCut.
30. Henry sent back this reply:
{" PERHAPS YOU earn your living with
your feet; | don't
Tho publisher. who had sense of
humor. sent thc money. and the follow =
ing day q. Henry delivered the story.
Glcndon tells another q. Henry story.
"Hc never knew what he was going TO
write about tou minutes before he
began story. In order, however. to
get money enough 10 ray his room rent
and board he would often send down to
his publisher three or four sheets of
COPY, written in lead pencil, with tho
explanation: This is the introduction.
remainder nj story will follow tomor-
row Rarely did his introductlons have
anything to do with his stories. HE
wrote them simply 70 get the advance
payment. When he didn fccl IN the
mood to write a story h" would pre-
pare an Introduction. and he always
had a dozen or more lntrodu"uons or
hand.
a,.,, ,.cy I.,,., -, ,ho a,-
AohN'r' r''N' ur'."'' "
IL thor, John Fox, 'Ir:' o-op"rated
screen production Of his brother,
novel; IN" N'n'uykian>' Nn"u oii WI
ne teaIIIt at lmt ''Ut, t,ain 10 ne ;o,;,ro,,
thus ehupuns nun " i "O'",n ~,
touches 'hd' "IlIH ON !" ', o,,,",
with the writer 'ou'u "aNN "''o'"
phshcd'
That iS one of the reasons why this
picture, in which Monte RIue is fca
tured is probably tn" most realistic
Kentucky mountain story over filmed.
Di-oc,o, Naioro took his ronnonv r.
Ris S,omo C,an IN ,he CumbpriauJ
,,nnrtoi,c rho oId Fox home town. anc
when they arrived there Horace Foa
greeted Them hospitably and snid h'
was enthusiastic over tho picturzatior
of his hrofhrr's novel, Mr. Fox intro
ducod Mr. Maigpc 10 the author,
mother md sisters and they charm
jnsIy govn him vo,t store Of loca
.Ior;cs fro,, vhirh no drew interestins
tovrbes for tho rir,ure
NIor,o ure ,as rho role or Room,
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