The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Screen Shadows
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can agencies have NOT been slow lately
for their part in spreading the gospel
OF the glycerine tear and the iridescent
4 smile as made an the premises here.
David p. Howells. Inc, has arranged
! for the distribution OF probably the
largest batch OF American feature
films that were ever eAscrted to any
where but Europe to keep the blood
and the money-circulating more free
| ly in foreign parts,
This company has sold TO Max
| Glucxsmann, who lives Ian Buenos
Aires, even though his name doesn't
show 1t, about forty feature photo
plays about the biggest order of five
and six reel fiction subjects from these
shores that South America has had
an opportunity to swallow.
| Mexico also is eager for her share
Of the celluoid booty, and has taken
through the Howells company great
numbers OF films in the most impor-
tant contract vet signed in that coun-
try, which will do much to pass the
time away between those momentous
\ elections---or executions. The South
African Film Trust of Johannesburg
is to see that the Transvanl is COM
fortably wrapped up in reels.
These countries not only have been
little touched by the European film Of
fiorescence as yet, but they have nat
ural affinity for American productions,
and these pictures are expected to be a
strong argument for keeping them in
that faith They are features released
| by First National Exhibitors and the
| Associated First National Theatres,
Inc, and a number Of them have been
already dropped down on South America,
while more will be acclimated there for
the next ten months.
The stars represented in this excur-
sion are Miss Katherine Macdonald,
Charles Ray, Lionel Barrymore and the
Talmadge lassies-Norma and Con-
stance-who are quite popular in South
America, where femininity is said to be
all the rage, and the Misses Talmadge
ara quite the latest thing in famininity.
Through them South America will be
able to see, the latest Paris fashions,
which ought to help considerably In in
creasing friendlines down there toward
the United States. Marshall Nellan's
| productions, also included in this en-
dowment. are highly thought Of since
they are full OF action. which indicates
that Latin Americas like the spirit of
| "manana" In their own occupations but
simply can't stand it when they have
some one else working for them on the
screen.
| Carlyle Blackwell, after demonstrat-
| ing the elasticity of his emotions in
several hundred pictures, is to return to
his first love, the spoken drama, though
Blackwell is reported to have said he
was through with romance In any other
| form Miss Marion Davies, opposite
whom Blackwell brought his pompadour
to rest in '4The Restless Sex" also was
rumored to be on her way back to the
| footlights as the star In production
by A. II. Woods, but It developed that
Miss Davies will be concentrated on the
screen only for home time.
"The Queen F sheba," the William
Fox production, which advance reports
indicate Is all that the name implies
and even more hectic than that, is now
| being groomed for the Lyric Theatre
instead OF the Central about three
weeks hence, according to one of those
sudden changes in plan which happen
in the film world, where almost any
thing is liable to happen and usually
\ does. THE Four Horsemen of the Apoc-
alypse," Metros screen version of the
1banez novel. which is the present in
curnbent of the Lyric, Is scheduled to
undergo a change of scene to another
house, probably the Astor.
Sentimental Tommy" Famous Play
crs-Las sky's transmigration to the screen
of the soul OF Sir James Barrie's book is
due to take the air here around the
middle OF April at one of DR.. Hugo
| Riesenfelds stately pleasure domes.
"The Affairs of Anatol," Cecil B. DE
Miles production for which five noted
authors took a hand in adapting TO the
camera the permutations and combina-
tions of Schnitzler's play, will soon be
on sale here.
"rrhe Cabinet of DR. Caligari' the
first of the fresh deposit of foreign
films in this country, which will be
sprung at the Capitol on April 3, is said
to be more German than Italian In its
parentage, and that fact is to be clearly
stated when it is naturalized here.
Rather unjustly. S. L. Rothafel was
| criticised for not shouting from the
housetops the Teutonic nationality OF
Passion" when it was interned at the
Capitol. AS matter OF fact Mine Host
| Rothafel freely acknowledged its Ger
man origin when asked. and that this
fact was not featured until the news
papers got busy Is ascribed TO tho re-
leasing agency which sent out the liter
ary gems for advertising. However,
Mine Host Rothafel is so peeved about
the affair that he is said to be planning
I to be quite frank when "The Cabinet
Of Caligari" Is uncoiled. This bizarre
picture Is considered to be such a de-
i parture in film ventures that as one
\ cinema official said dejectedly, 'If il
doesn't go over then there's no hope for
i the movies"
Adoiph Zukor president or Famous
Players-Lasky. is reported to have won
in the drive among American film mag
mates to gain Miss Pola Negri. star of
Passion" as their objective. Zukor is
going abroad presently 10 finish ar
rangements to have Nine Negri ad-
4 vance on this country in the spring and
4 shrux her shoulders for Paramount.
Though her real name is said 60 be
Pauline Schwartz her antecedents clas-
4 ter around Poland. where she first toed
the mark in the Warsaw ballet
Her nationality emphasizes the Curl
GUS fact that of the four actresses who
are the most popular on the screen in
Germany only one is a native. which
rather offsets the claim that has been
made in Deutschland that Wilhelm,
Shakespeare was essentially German.
jawohl. Henny Porten is the one who
wears the mantle OF celuloid for Ger
many. Jenny Hasselquist is n silent
Il Swedish nightingale. Still moro iptcr