Evening star., 1921-07-24

| NhAhLlE SaASklNS . new picture
~ will be known as "The Idle Class, -
and not as Vanity Fair" by
which it was first made known.
THE Porcelain Lamp" made by the
Harry Levey Service Corporation for a
well known motor car company. is de-
soribed as q beautiful story with h
charming atmosphere Of romance, which
F. illustrates the discovery Of gasoline and
! its explosive powers as applied to loco
motion.
Several inquiries have been received
| In this department as to why "Th
! Four Horsemen OF the Apocalypse hs
not yet been shown in Washington tn.
! aters. Rex Ingram. its dirnc.or, NC
an honorary degree from Yale for this
picture.
! armament.
Bayard WELLER has become facetious
with the board OF censorship. ''If." h"
is reported to have said. "all scenes IL
which women expose parts OF Their
anatomy which ordinarily are kept COY
cred must be eliminated. It places M
in an embarrassing position. becaus. j.
an important member OF my compar!
insists upon exposing her ears.
Viola Dana Is to be directed in r.:
| first starring production under a nev
| Harry Beaumont. who was the direct
| when she made her first appearance %:
4, the screen ten years ago. The pictur
will be called 1.-The Fourteenth Lover
1t is by Alice Duer Miller.
! Metro is said to have reorganized 1t.
| research department at Hollywood M
/ der the direction Of Josephine Dillon
with the most comprehensive HbrtG.
of reference books ever used In a m"
1 tion picture studio"
A moving picture studio joke has i;
that "the moon. residing outside the
three-mile limit, can get full when it
! pleases.s
Unemployment. II Is said. has hit tn >
moving picture industry at Hollywood Il
relentless blow and the actors are con :
senting to appear at lower salaries. ii
now being anything to get job"
Associated First National Pictures.
Inc. is promising some big surprises
in the way Of entertainment for the
coming season AZ the result Of recent
Lieber, with Charlie Chaplin. Carter de
Haven. Dorothy Phillips. Katherine
Macdonald, Buster Keaton. Marshall
Neilan, Anita Stewart, Charles Ray and
others.
Gus Edwards 10 to film his vaudeville
Offering. School Days" and is to show
II with spoken prologue
Robert Edgar Long has sent out q
cry that II is all wrong to mix up
Miriam Battiata and Alma Rubens.
They are not the same person. he says.
and proves IL by saying Miriam IL only
eight years old, barely four feet high,
Miriam was the little crippled child in
"Humoresque."
Lucien Hubbard. scenario editor OF
Universal, says: I'VE want stories OF
life-stories about people who are real
to their authors and who can seem
real to US. Perhaps then we can make
them seem real to the people In the
| theaters. We are not looking for strik-
ingly original plots or q climax utterly
things that have never been heard Of
deserve their fate"
Carl Laemmle, president Of Universal,
says that famous novelists and popular
fiction writer's have done almost nothing
for the screen: certainly not nearly 50
much as the screen has done for them
He thinks that when their productions
are flashed on the screen they bear only
q nominal resemblance to their Original
stories. It is only those who have grown
up in the business that seem to count.
Miss Du Pont," the screens newest
star, II described as a blonde beauty
who won stardom by her work In Fool.
ish Wives" and now Is being exploited
in 1.-THE Rage OF Paris" romantic
story by Du vernet Rabell. under the
direction Of Jack Conway.
Charles Dillingham; announced last
week the receipt of a number OF plays
which Fred G. Latham bought for him
while abroad. In his stay OF four days
in England Mr.. Latham made hnal
arrangements for the production in
this country by Mr. Dillingham; next
season Of seven London succesSe Ses.
which is something OF q record in
theatrical shopping. He Ii said to have
brought the manuscripts. scene plots
and contracts with London players
back with him.
The Man With Two Mothers" by
Alice Duer Miller. will be Tom Moore s
next picture.
It is said that Dimitri Buchewetski
has been engaged to produce a German
film version Of the Passion Play
which will take place at Oberammergau
during July, August and September.
Nine Nazrmova IL said to be nego-
roll Theater, New York, to be CON-
pieted in November. where she hopes
to head her own stock company. at
the conclusion of her motion pictur1
work on the coast