The Washington times., 1921-03-26
Film .Byevities

that one aliegorical character has
oeen dAleted and . new one substi-
tuted.s ~sFrohibition takes the place
OF @Intoxication." probably proving
70 the producers satisfaction that
the nediciAe u worse than the
TIE SIX best films for Aye1l 90
oerAlng to . prominent critic whose
opteion is based on advance show
ings. are ~ follows: what Every
Woman Knows" "A Connecticut Yam
kee In King Arthurs Court" The
Witching Hour" Buried Treasure"
The Faith Healer and "A Play
thing of Broadway"
Barrie has already writtAn the
scenario for "Peter Pan" shortly to
be produced by Paramount. and 1t is
believed that the gentle Scotchman
viii como to America to supervise
Its nlming.
George Arliss, one Of the few
Prominent actors who has never ap-
reared on the screen, has at last
succumbed to the lure of the Kluge
lights and the more substantial al
urcments of Pathe's lord of the
treasury" and will shortly be seen
In Fritz Molnar's play. '-The Devil"
in which he created the chief role.
David Warfeld. another of the fast
dwtndling brotherhood, h still stick
Ing to his only love, the legitimate.
Claiming Pollock, once dramatic
editor of The Washington Times and
now a famous playwright Is the
uuthor of THE Sign on the Door,"
Norma Talmadge's next picture.
Europe, beware! Ford Sterling. a
comedian whose success even preceded
that Of Charlie Chaplin under the
Mack Sennett direction. left last
Saturday on the Olympic for an ex-
tended stay abroad, during which
time he Ii to make several pictures.
You'll probably see him later poised
on one foot on the Leaning Tower of
Pisa, or casting succulent custard
pies at the Pyramids.
"Jim. the Penman," perturbation of
the stage classic or the same name,
IL Lionel Barrymore's latest.
David Wark Griffith will next turn
to an elaborate perturbation of
Faust" work upon which is to be
commenced about May 1, with tenta-
tive release set for around Yuletide.
Charles Maigne, once attached to
the editorial STAFF of The Washington
Times and now recognized as one of
1.-THE prominent directors in filmdom,
has Just finished work on Alice
Erady's now picture, The Tower"
He will probably direct Constance
Binney in her next flm.
Owen Moore. once Mr.. Mary Pick
ford. Is On the road to rapid recovery
after a long hospital stay. Infam-
matory rheumatism.
Rudyard Kipiing has arranged with
Pathe for the filming of three of his
stories-"Soldiers Three" without
BENEFIT Of Clergy" and The Gate of
q Hundred Sorrows"
Twenty two-reel Mermaid comedies
will be released by Educational Film
Exchanges Inc. during its second
year. .t.t .<t.
Announcement has recently been
made that in the near future The
Three Musk eteers" will be adapt ed
for the screen. Douglas Fairbanks
will play the leading role.
Mildred Marsh is sister to Mae
by the name Of Ygnacio John
Forester.
Mary Pickford is twenty-seven and
her husband Douglas Fairbanks Is
thirty-eight. Charles Ray is thirty.
Bessie Love has been engaged to
play the feminie lead in The swamp"
Among her most recent successes are
"The Midlanders." "Bennie May" and
"The Old Curiosity shop" She is
still In her teens. and unmarried.
Lillian and George Randolph
Chester have gone to the Pacific coast,
where they are to produce ''The Son
Of Wallingford," the latest of the
Chester stories for the screen.
On April 10 the w. w. Hodkinson
Corporation will release J. l.. Froth-
ingham's production of "The Other
Woman" Norah Davis novel which
was classed among the recent best
sellers"
THE Light in the Clearing" the first
of the Irving Bacheller stories to be
screened, is rapidly nearing compile
ton.
Zoe Atkins, author of "Declasse,"
has written a play Tor DOrlS heane.
Miss Keane plans to do the piece next
season.
Dooley 4 Sales. who are appearing
H., Midnight Rounders of 1921" at
the Century Promenade, have signed
"a contract to appear next season in
Shubert advanced vaudeville.
Charles Dillingham's spectacle, Good
Times" Mt the New York Hippodrome
will reach it's 400th performance on
the thirtieth of the month.
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