Evening star., 1921-07-10

from q story by Freeman Tilden. Of
q boy whose imagination could not
be held down by the city limits Of his
provincial community. and Little
Eva Ascends," a story of barnstorm-
ing life by Thomas Beers.
Kenneth Harris magazine romance
Of California a half century ago is to
be adapted to the screen. with Bert
Lytell as its star. June Mathis made
the adaptation and Maxwell Karger
will. direct the picture.
Metro will star Alice Lake in '"The
Infamous Miss Revell," a story by w.
Carey Wonderly. Miss Lake will have
the role of a big sister who plays
mother to four children. ~
A Partisan inventor is said to be
working for q means to abolish the
perforation of films. thereby saving
the life of motion pictures. .
Philip Klein. SON of the late Charles
Klein, is producing q new play en-
titled Fast and Loose" by Philip
Bartholomae and I. 3: kaplan. In
Albany this week. preliminary to q
New York engagement
Ten years ago, 1t is claimed. Wal.
lace Reid was a strenuous peddler OF
hre extinguishers in New Jersey. Then
he became ambitious. and at the same
time engaged as a newspaper re.
his father, Hal Reid. After try on
the Daily Star Of Newark he became
assistant editor of q motor magazine,
and then the divine affatus struck
him and he launched into the movies.
Norma Talmadge says the kind Of
sex plays she likes are those in which
a woman Is depicted as doing some-
thing in the world for herself by her
self.
Charlie Chaplin's new picture, Van
ity Fair" it Is said, will surprise
those who are used to his derby and
big shoes of slapstick comedy. 1t
presents him as one Of the -four hun
dred." and at Palm Beach instead OF
in the slums.
Thomas Jefferson. who will play
the title role. will be seen In the cos
tune which his father: the noted
Joseph Jefferson wore before nsodSctdnn him. IN IN
"Trip Van Winkle."
Julia Arthur. the noted actress. has
been signed by D. w. Grtmth for the
role Of the Countess. IN the nim fas'. yer.
old play.
Larry Senon initiated himself into
'The Bell Hop" his new Vitagraph
comedy, by a rather sensational per-
formance. In "The Bell Hop" 1t is re-
barn and be rescued" by an airplane.
which, with a dangling rope ladder.
sweeps close to the roof. Did Larry
grab tho ladder7 The answer is neith-
er q clean-cut "yes" nor clean cut
mo" Those who watch this latest
thrill Of Vitagraphs comedy king Will
find the answer sufficiently sensa-
tional.
Among Vitagraph releases for Sep
tember and October will be the big
special production. THE Son OF Wal
written and directed by LII
lian and George Randolph r.. Cnester;; j;
Corinne Griffith. with Catherine CAL
vert, in Moral Fiber; Alice Calhoun
in. "The Matrimonial Web" William
Duncan, in Where Men Are Men," An
tonic Moreno in '"The Secret OF the
Hills" Earle Williams In Bring Him
mon In ''The Bell Hop" and Jimmy
Aubrey In "The Riot"
Earle Williams now vitagraph pro-
duction 10 bring Him In" q story OF
tho royal Canadian northwest police,
0y n. n. van AOAus VNT. " l1AlAiuS ID
best known for his work in society
dramas, but In "The Wolf and In his
recent picture, "The Silver Car" he
demonstrated that he Is equally at
home in the stalwart and rugged type
of role. Fritzi Ridgeway is his new
leading woman.
Owing to Illness. Seena Owen, who
won praise for her work in THE
Woman God Changed" the Cosmopoli-
tan production, will not be able to
enter the cast Of Find the Woman" )"
the Arthur Somers Roche story now
being filmed. Alma Rubens will take
the part Miss Owen was to take. Tom
Terriss s-directing. Others in the
cast are Eileen Hub.,n, Harrison
Ford George MacQuarrie and Nor
man Kerry. Doty Hobart wrote the
scenario.
Lizzie Evans, q veteran theatrical
star, will return to the stage next
season, after q retirement Of more
than twenty years. to play the leading
role In one Of THE Bat" companies
which wagenhals & Kemper will
send on tour.
Violet Heming. who will play the
leading role in "Sonya," to be pro-
duced by Marc Klaw in August. ar
rived from Europe last week on the
Mauretania, looking the picture Of