Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-09
NEWS, VIEWS, RUMOR
AND GOSSIP FROM
Neutrality-suspicious.
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
Hollywood. Cal,
May %, 1921

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THIS was an eventful morning. I
l. met Rex Ingram; saw Rudolph VAL
entino die to the tune of Massenets 3
Elegy - Che must have died. II
couldn't have been less than that.) and
listened to Alice Terry listen to
Sweetheart" while she got into the
mood Of the closeup being taken.
The picture is The Conquering
Power" and Mr.. Ingram likes it. He
says he wants to make pictures on the
Continent. He wants to go to London,
to the southern part Of France, to
Italy TO make 'em and send 'em back
for us to see.
A very good idea, I calls it.
Poor Edith Roberts was stopped by
a minion Of the law when rolling down
Cahuenga Pass faster than fifteen miles
an hour--a lot faster. Then the NJ.
of the l.. gave her three additional cards
for not having her drivers license in
her pocket, having glaring headlights,
and because the front bumper ObsCured
the license plate.
The gallant officer struck ten matches
all over the highly polished car to light
his darned old pipe. says Edith, while
he estimated that the evening would
cost her at least 500. Then he sent
her merrily on home with a warning
that she would eventually hang If she
didn't mend her ways.
Saw Gareth Hughes for the first time
in year-in the flesh.
A years not 80 long, depending on
| h1n n n U
grown more mature, less boyish. His
marvellous speaking voice has deepened
and he Is less eccentric in his man
nerisms. He's lost some of his fas-
cinating Welsh brogue.
He was dressed in the raggediest
clothes | ever saw, with chic length
Of hangman's rope knotted about his
waist. He said he'd give his tailor s
name. When / declined, he said all
right, he'd do an imitation Of the leap
ing getlte fish for me. but | fed, re-
mcmbcrlng OF old how strenuous his
limitations are.
After all. he's not changed much.
MARION FAIRFAX is still working
, 1Vl on her production of Lying Lips "
| in which are, among others. Margery
Daw, Pat O'Malley and Miss Fairfax
! husband. 1nlly Marshall.
They have Just built them bcauti
| full house, next door TO Mr.. and Mrs
| Charles Eyton. Mrs. Eyton Is KAth
/ locn Williams on the screen. and Mr.
! Eyton is manager for Famous Players
| Lasky.
Right across the street lives Theodore
| Roberts, who. by the way, Is just get
ting over an illness, which, though not
! octnnTy serious has kent him he'd
ridden for some time.
Not far away lives Olga Print2lau
William de Miles pet scenario writer
Isn't that an interesting neighborhoOd
And n little further up the road live
Jim CruZe and his wife, who was Mar
guerite Snow. Beyond them NOal
! Brery. some little Beerys. Mrs. Beery
and a Beery bulldog abide.
Richard Bennett is going back 10 thu
stage, his first love. He came out her,
under contract with Famous Players
I.asky TO spend four months learning e
direct, but he feels that in order to Dc
the pictures TO which he aspires. a
we'll as his high ideals will allow him
he must have longer.
While Mr.. Benefits leaving tn
stage would be n severe loss. his com
ing to motion pictures would be a gail
Of which we are in great need lie ex
poets to go in July.
But he has not deserted us entirely
II I understand it rightly. During tn
time he is rehearsing his new plays
one Of them is "The Hero" which ha
already been tried out, with Gran
Mitchell-he Is going to keep on study
ing us in the Famous PLAYERS Ney
York studio. and expects to come bac
next June, hCeled for the fray.