The New York herald., 1921-01-30

discovered that she has wonderful
voice, which the spectators fortunately
don't hear. and Chinatown section
where amid the simple hearted laundry
clan the vampire smokes hop. eats GIN
ger and otherwise makes herself allur-
ing TO the innocent Bay Ridge boy.
Jacksonville distinctly menaces the SUI
prenacy OF the Los Angeles school of
culture.
The Interchange of pictures with Eu-
rope noted above Is TO be started tow
ard fever heat by Associated First Ma
tioral Pictures, Inc, presently with the
release OF Gypsy Blood" starring Pola
Negri, the Warsaw ballet dancer who
tucked herself so adroitly into PAS
sion." Since Passion was the title for
this tale of Nine. Du Barry. 1t Is no
surprise to learn that "Gypsy Blood" Is
the dino novel label for Carmen" The
same subject has been done before on
tho screen-with Geraldine Farrar. and
much to her credit. Theda Bara-but
apps rentiy II has been thought capable
of standing another treatment. In this
new foreign picture IL Is to be hoped
that Ernst Lubitsch, the director, has
cured Mile. Negri Of her one glaring de-
fect-a glaring smile-and that she
doesn't act so strenuously with her
gums.
Marc Klaw has received a print OF
"JAccuse," the French made picture.
and with 1t soon will do his share to help
Europe from comatose state into a
celluIoid state. This picture. which Is
not a reincarnation Of the famous novel.
was written and produced by the young
est director in Europe. and yet Is said
10 have made the French and others turn
pale with emotion at sight of It, King
Albert of Belgium has viewed 1t, and al
together IL Is said to have reconstructed
society very successfully. 1t will prob
ably be at one Of the new Klaw theatres
that the New World will shortly redis-
cover the Old World cinematographically.
Other theatrical managers aren't likely
for a while yet to follow Klaw's lead
into the field Of exhibiting. the Shuberts.
for instance. being quite satisfied to stick
to their legitimate and vaudeville VEN
lures besides few million other inter-
ests. Though they have big slice in
the Goldwyn company these managers
feel that lin exhibiting requires special
talents, just like the lace collar business.
The striking effect OF the crystal palace
in forbidden Fruit" being repeated this
week at the Rivoli, reveals something
truly novel and artistically encouraging
in the movies while pointing the folly of
hiring expensive colorists who have made
a reputation by their brush work for the
speaking stage to design elaborate scenes
for a medium where fine complexion
Is a dead loss. Large sums have been
thrown away in the past in hiring de-
signcrs accustomed to different meter,
though one would imagine the producers
would realize that a painter, however
notable. would be singularly out OF place
in sphere where the most highly de-
sirable tint is bilious saffron.
Sensible ideas on this score are held
by Basil Sydney. now acting in John
Emerson's and Anita Loos's satire, wife
Insurance" in order to gain strangle
hold on the secrets OF the business and
wear the spats of a producer himself
eventually. Though he Is one of the
most prominent followers of Gordon
Craig, he has flled away his ideas OF
stage decoration in the ash can tempo
rarily. lie is experimenting with colored
lights before the camera. but solely for
the purpose Of discovering whether they
won't give sense of depth TO the spccta-
tor, who sometimes would like to feel as
far as possible away from the star.