The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-26
NEWS OF FILM LAND
LITTLE LORD FAUNrLERoY

Ii l Tx LORD FAOiN LGhO'
After an absence which is account
ed for by the length Of time required
to make her latest picture, Mary
Pickford will again be seen on the
screen at the Casino theater in what
is also her most ambitious production,
Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the pic
ture of which Mary PitEiOrd is proud
est, and upon it she III lavished an
outlay said to be tNi, as large as
any required to make i1rmer pictures.
The principal location of the story,
being in and about magnificent Tu-
dor castle in England, gave opportun-
ity for catering to the intense art
craving which the American public
| is growing to have, and the majesty
of it's backgrounds have been fabri-
Gated. with the liberality that distin-
cuisines the American producer, of
whom Mary Pickford is one. She
makes her own pictures.
But the great novelty of her Little
Lord Fauntleroy' is that besides play
ing the endeavoring character of the
Little Lord as might have been eX-
pected, she plays also that tender and
appealing Mother of the story, Dear
ries of double exposure scenes in
which Mary Pickford in both roles is
playing opposite herself.
Little Lord Fauntleroy" is a com
edy-drama of the more exquisite
sort. That is to say, pathos and good
| hearty laughs mingle in theme of
strong moral wholesOmcncss. Fran
ces Hodson Burnett's story is too
well-known to readers to need much
description. They have accumulated
since dad was boy and his mother,
fascinated by the story, used to dress
him like the Little Lord and let his
curls grow. With all her curls. the
Mary personality is bound to give the
role the human touch which has
caused reviewers elsewhere to de-
scribe it as her finest achievement
Few books have been so alive with
adorable characters than Little Lord
Fauntleroy." The only Williams are the
false heir and his designing parent,
| and they get disposed of, finally. to
the satisfaction and the relief of ev-
eryone.
1t should be added that Lakeland is
promised Il view of the most laugh
before the solution is accomplished.
The army of lovable people who as
sst in the untangling of the plot in
clude that forbidding hammered old
Earl of Dorincourt, who is under the
surface an admirable gentleman. This
role is played by the strongest char
acter player that has so far been new
| ly discovered, Claude Gillingwater.
He is new recruit to the studios,
I having come from the Legitimate
stage in such productions as The
Three Wise Fools" Havisham is
played by an eminent picture player,
Joseph Bowling" of THE Miracle
Man" fame. Hobbs, the grocer, is in
terpreted by James A Marcus, who
played as Hobbs in the stage Little
Lord Fauntleroy." Kate Price is the
buXom Applewoman. Dick the boot.
black is played by Fred Malatesta,
well-known character actor. Rose
Dione is the adventures, and her
greedy offspring. Francis Marion.
There are other fine types in the
+ story, all seen in Mary Pickford's
/ production.
The ten-reel production of Little
Lord Fauntleroy" testifies to its i'm.
portance as story worthy of Miss
Pickford's inimitable talents. The
underlying note is humor and its foil
is pathos, in portraying both of which
she is an artist. A staff of accom-
plished people has assisted her in
preparing the film. They include her
brother Jack as co-director with al
fred E. Green; Bernard McConville
as adapter of the story, and Charles
Kosher as director of photography
Kosher has done such work as to gain
individual comment from all who
have seen the picture, and in fact he
is probably the highest-salaried mo
ton picture cameraman on any studio
staff