Evening star., 1921-08-07
Filnograns.

THE historic Five Points, the most
L notorious section in New York
in the early seventies. where they
used to commit murder to amuse
themselves. is reproduced, it is said,
in Don't Neglect Your Wife" which
shows all the old underground pas
sages and secret hiding places.
Educational announces the August
release of 'Sketchographs." which
tells a story in sketches. the films
showing the actual drawing OF the
] pictures. Julian Ollendorf, the pro-
| nipulate the camera with his left
| hand while he draws the skethes
J with his right. The first issue. play
Ball" will show in humorous
sketches the development of the ma
tlonal game from its earliest days.
Ewes Leaves" will show the devel-
opment of women's styles.
Jack White. the director of Mer-
| maid comedies, says alley cats are
some. aristocratic maltese fails ut
| terly.
Elaine Hammerstein is now TO be
| ing. in The Way of a Maid" a story
by Rex Taylor, with William P. 5.
/ Earle directing.
| Selznick is starting a new kink.
| that of fitting the director to the film
| scenario.
The Importance of the motion pic
| ture as a visual medium of education
| is one of the subjects scheduled for
! discussion at the annual conclave of
| school teachers who gather for the
summer courses conducted by the
| Columbia University Miss Laura
Thornburg, film editor of the national
( Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures Cor
poration. has been invited to be pres
| ent to supervise the exhibition of
pictures in approved correlation
with the text books of almost every
| course Of study.
| A young inventor of Halle, Ger
| many. claims to have solved COM
pletely the problem of color photog-
| raphy, and French chemist claims.
to have invented an unbreakable film.
During April and May of this year,
it is said. there were exhibited IN
Berlin sixty,six pictures. one OF
emulate Madame Du Barry" known
as Passion in this country. Emil
Jennings, who played Henry VIII in
| Deception" is seen in the leading
role.
| Metro publicity gives an interesting.
account of Camille" adapted from
LA Dame aux Camelias." by the
younger Dumas. in which Nazimova
has been pictured for release this fall.
| 1t was first presented in Paris in
| 1852 with Nine. Doche in the title
| role. Jean Margaret Davenport Lander
first played it in the United States,
although Matilda Heron really popu,
| it in 1874. Modjeska in 1S1s. Bern
4 hardt played it in New York in 1874
and Duse gave an Italian version OF
| it in 1893.
The series of George d. Baker pro-
| ductions. starring Gareth Hughes. are
to have entertainment" as their
chief aim. .'One may not be sure, in
SO unsettled" it is said. that big
themes will prove agreeable to the
| public But we are very certain that
+! no time can come when the public
won't want to be entertained.
Thirty two photoplays are an
| nounced for release the coming sea
son by Metro. including three Rex
Ingram productions. Nazimovas $
/ "Camille" and seven specials each for
Bert LytelI, Violet Dana, Alice Lake
and Gareth Hughes.
Alice Lake is to have the principal
feminine role in the screen version OF
.sTurn to the Right" which is to be
Aimed by Rex Ingram for presenta-
tion by John Golden and Marcus
| Loew.
Pathe's production of Rudyard Kip
4 line's without Benefit of Clergy"
should prove interesting. Harry Cor
| son Clark, theatrical producer and
globe trotter. is said to have declared
It "the first accurate portrayal of the
| native life of India yet reproduced
on the screen; Virginia Brown Faire,
| who has the role of Ameera, was the
winner of the Fame and Fortune"
| beauty contest two years ago. while
Thomas Holding plays the role Of
John Holden. The story is said to be
i tense, romantic drama.
\. Charles Rays new picture will be
"Two Minutes to Go" college foot
| bali story Mary Anderson is seen as
the feminine lead.
Fritz Lieber, the fine Shakespearean
i actor il pictured in the role of King
Solomon, in 'The Queen Of Sheba-"
Lady Diana Manners 10 to be starred
by J. Stuart Blackton, in The Glori.
Gus Adventure" a romantic drama of
the seventeenth century. and it Is said
that one hundred of the most beauti-
full women in London have been
: chosen for ladies OF the kings court
In it. - ,.--s.;-7 u t--C- g.