Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-15
CHAPLIN BUILDS
HIS STORIES AS
HE GOES ALONG
BY CONSTANCE PALMER

"hyWood, Calf.
T HAD a ridiculous day ycs,ora.-
! First / visited the Christie stua,.
and then the Chaplin. These ara ~.
haps the most widely contrasted a, ~.
comedy studios. Christie's Is choo,,.'
Chaplin's neat, with flower beds A.,
things. At Christie's Bobbie yous
was cavorting as a Swedish imm,or...
1 was much impressed at meetins NJ.
Chaplin. 1 admire him very much ho,,
from what know of him persono,,v ..s
from his work. He is doing tho r...
last scenes Of VANITY Fair" on VI,
he has been working since Jnnuorv
He uses no script. starting out ,,.,
general idea of the story anS WIN WIN
working out the gags" ns bo snen
along. The finished picture vii, bo soss
haps two or two and n half reels per
The scene numbers yesterday wero os' ~
teen hundred and something. anS NJ ~.
total footage is IN afraid To saw has hne
many thousand feet. They took "VS .Ss
scene watched twenty six times"N-,o,nn.. IN.
shots and close ups.
Edna Purviance was workinv ,.,..
day. She looked marvellous In q Ca,s
borough hat and Colonial costume ,.Lis.
wig and all. She uses no make .nn wn'ts
very sweet and amiable. and I Iiks
Mark Swain, the original Amb,aeI'
was fetching IN Highlander's co.tUs.
with all the pleats in the front. n.
MISS purviance's father in the n;ciu,Im
me story hinges around a fancy s. d..s..
ball. Charlie Is a tramp. The bn,,ss ms
lets him In. thinking his natural cIo.Lerl IIriL,er
hum. oh Things
WISH people would stop telling ~.
~ y the Fl, funny things Will Rogers saw, W.
Il apologetically explained >. u
Chaplin that I didn't know what Mr.
TO- famous people. He said be d;ar.V y sV
either. For instance. he was asL.a "
meet the famous French General NJ 70
veile. lie was somewhat at a loss wh.,
10 say, having nothing in common WIN WIN
&c general. (Oh. yes, ! know obou,
,t shoulder Arms but you know how
We'll. any way. he was waiting IN ~.
lobby of the Alexandria, viii Rnrars a ,ne
was there. Mr.. Chaplin askcd ''ftrs S;,s
what he would do to open n convsrs. n,,n
tion with the general.
| VIII said. "Oh. ask him 70 be wo. 4.
the war. and what side he was on ~ "
| WlLLlAM DE MILE Ia just finish.
w ing The Stage Door" which 1,
taken from the story by Rita Weiman
He IL to start on a new picture abon,
the first Of August. Thomas Mejshnn
also starts at that time on "A Princ.
There Was,' George NJ. Cohan's stage
success.
Jack Holt's first starring vehicle will
be Tall Timber" North woods story
that every one ought to like. He will
start the middle Of July.
Agnes Ayres starts the first Of Au.
gust. This will be her first starring
venture.
They do tell me thnt Marie Provost
saved the life Of her company's assistant
director yesterday.
out on location at the Coffin estate IN
Pasadena. He dived into the swimming
pool. Got cramps. King Baggct
jumped in after him. but slipped on the
wet concrete, hit his head and wen.
out. Miss Provost jumped In after
them and pulled the assistant director
out, then went back after Mr.. Bnggott,
but lie had by this time recovered and
was able to help himself.
Molly Malone is playing opposite Hoot
Gibson in his first feature production,
"The Sheriff of Cinnebar," which Is
from Peter b. Kyne story. How have
the mighty fallen!