Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-08
Doings in Movieland
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Although "The Swamp" is Sessue
Hayakawa's first attempt at photo
play writing, it is by no means his
first literary effort. While ut the Uni
versity of Chicago. Hayakawa pro-
duced a number of one-act plays and
It was through these that he secured
his first professional engagement.
Many of our most noted screen stars
are said to literally "get under the
skin" of a role, but il recently oc-
CURED that a role actually got under
the skin OF the actor playing it. The
victim was Clyde Fillmore, who ap-
pears opposite Pauline Frederick in
The Sting of the Lash" In the story
he is horsewhipped by Miss Frederick
and in order to preserve the realism
mule skinners' whip was used with
the result that the evidence of his
role remained under the skin OF the
actor in the form of welts and bruises
for over a fortnight.
! Miss Cornelia Skinner. daughter OF
| Otis Skinner, the actor, and who made
/ her first professional appearance with
the noted star in the screen version
of "Kismet," has scored one Of the
personal hits in Blood and Sand"
the play by Tom Gushing, based upon
the novel of the same title by Blasco
Ibanez. 'Blood and Sand" had a dis
tinguished premier recently at the
Empire Theatre, New York.
'"The first step toward perfection
as a motion picture artist is natural
ness and the best way to overcome
the tendency to eXaggerate simple
emotions and movements. is TO study
carefully the work OF really success.
full players of stage and screen" ad-
vices Louis J Cashier.
4 Montague Love is one Of the yer,
few players who is able actually I,
on the screen. Mr.. Love is an idea
business man type and the demand 70
his services in the various studio
great. He usually reads very care
fully the various roles offered him il
, Crder to determine which would per
It him TO do his best work.
Colonel William N. Selig, who i
very busy these days producing tn
two-reel all-star dramatic photoplay
+ for Educational, offers the priz
unique application, offers the priz
the form of a 21-page letter from
17-year-old boy in England. Sine
hrevity is at a premium at the Selig
Rork studio, you can only hav
three guesses as to the outcome.
| Percy Helton. who made a big hi
! in The Return of Peter Grimm" wit
David Warfield, is working in a pic
! ture which Edwin Carewe is direct
ing. and in which Mary Carr is play
! ing the lead.
William Fox is making a drive o
: comedy pictures this season. Wit
| the elevation of Al ST. John to sta
|, honors in special comedies, Cheste
Conklin has been re-engaged to pla
: principal roles.
Virginia Valh will be leading woma
for Dustin Farnum in his new pic
| III = tffAlS lil1Gi tic ANlAAlfOi
title Cursed" 1t ss from a novel b
2 George Allen England.
J Charles Gerard, one of The mo,
! polished villains on the screen, hs
been engaged TO play the heavy in
: special Charles J. Brabin is directin
e 1t is somewhat of a new kind of vi
lain. too, for in the end Gerard turT
out TO be the Devil in disguise.
Tom Mix has started a new ri,
e ture under the working title ''Tf
y Go Getter." Lynn F. Reynolds is d
: recting and Eva Novak is tn, feminir
: Head.
: Eileen Percy has finished "wha
: ever She Wants" Edna Murphy az
: Johnnie Walker have commenced Il
making of new picture under Il
: working title Extra, Extra
The full cast of Dustin Farnum
new production, made under the worl
ing title Cursed" includes: Nigel
Brulier, Otto Hoffman, Bernard Dur
= ing-who is also directing the pictu
Z Hazel Deane. Evelyn Selbri, il
of Farley, Tom O'Brien, Kirk Lucas, 3
IS Perry. Charles German and Virgin
ii Nalli, leading woman.
ID
le William Russell has signed a NJ
Of contract with the Fox organizatio
i'd Russell will soon begin "The Re
rs Tree" his first picture under
new contract.
ST Francis Ford. who has probah
T. played in more serials on the sore
e than any other actor, has left Z
e, chapter drama for time at lea
Ford has one of the principal rol