Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-10
Screen Play S
and PLAYERS
BY KENNEBECK

take Bessie Love to the South Sea
Islands to make film production.
Under the terms offered Miss Love
would be away from this country
six months.
Mary Miles Minter is in France.
For several days now she has been
awaiting over the Flanders battle
fields and has decorated a number
OF graves of the unknown heroes.
Rpdolph Valentino has been en-
gagged to play the title role in "The
Sheik," which George Melford is
producing. The role is said to al
ford him as good an opportunity
as "The -Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse.
Julian Eltinge has been confined
to Los Angeles hospital with an
appendicitis attack. On recovering
lie will at once start his vaudeville
tour.
Having completed extended trans
continental personal appearance"
tours both Clara Kimball Young and
Johnny Jones are back at studio
work in Los Angeles.
A California school has made over
lures to John Griffith Wray to con-
duct class in photoplay writing. He
has agreed to offer course of lee
lures and will tell intimately how
motion pictures are made.
Gloria Swanson husband, Herbert
X. Sanborn, is president of the new
producing concern which is featuring
Juanita Hansen. 1t is called Fore
most Photoplays Co. The blonde
Juanita is making more serials.
Tod Browning has reached the
ultra-dramatic middle distances of
Fanny Herself" upon which he has
been at work for several weeks.
Mabel Julienne Scott, former Omaha
woman, is playing the name role in
the Edna Ferber story, which is the
basis of the production. She is sup
ported by an unusually large and
popular cast, including Earle
Schenck, Stuart Holmes, John Da-
wilson, Grace Marvin, Max David
son, E. A. Warren, Dick Cummings,
Snitz Edwards, Joe Swickard, Danny
Hoy and others.
Clyde Fillmore has been engaged
to play opposite Marie Provost in
her first Universal feature, work on
which has already been started un-
der the supervision Of King Baggot.
Miss Prevost's initial starring We
hicle is "The Butterfly" by Percival
Wilde. Clyde Fillmore was the
leading man of the Morosco Stock
company during the run of Civilian
Clothes" and played the leading role
in Won Stroheim's last photodrama,
"The Devils Passkey.'
Allan Curtis, comedy director, has
been added to the directorial staff at
Universal City and is now at work
on "The Mystic NJ" a one-reel
comedy.
Joe Alamo, the screen daredevil,
who recently made the 80-foot jump
from the blazing villa tower at Uni
versal City for scene in Won Stro-
helms production. Foolish Wives"
again risked his life the other day by |
making a lS0-foot dive from Suicide
Cliff at Languna beach, for scene
in Edith Roberts feature, "Storm
Tossed" The water at the base
cliff is so shallow that Alamo had to !
wait for an unusually high breaker
before making the leap.
Penrhyn Stanlaws is scheduled to
begin work on The Woman in the
Case" by Clyde Fitch, about June
27. Betty Compson will be the
star.
Dorothy Dalton and Julia Faye
are on their way east. Miss Dal-
ton will meet her father in Chica-
60, while Miss Faye will visit St.
Louis and French Lick Springs.
Julia Arthur, legitimate stage
celebrity. has been signed by D.
w. Griffith for the role of the
countess in the screen version OF
The Two Orphans"