The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

ton picture show" said Elsie Ferguson,
am0us screen star, who recently returned from a
pictures They sit on long wooden benches and
rsISe most barbaric din the films are run
Miss Ferguson spent much time while in
China studying the legitimate and motion picture
theaters She says the theater is still primitive,
out IN Pekin they now change scenes which is a
step forward for the Chinese drama.
! In the motion picture theaters their orchestras
help to create the bedlam," Miss Ferguson ex-
planned. Apparently the whole family turns out
and has a good time. They seem to like melo-
American and Chinese, goes off with excellent
effect. They laugh themselves into fits
comedies, beat their wooden benches and make
Speaking OF the social side of their life Miss
Ferguson said she found the Chinese at their
best within their homes Apartment houses are
Chinese homes and slumS seem to be mixed quite
promscuously in the large cities. One of their
part of the city and their tea house and labyrin-
thine gardens quite remote from their residence.
'The Chinese make perfect hosts and hostesses," :"
oG, sod of 6osPay ta. seem to % belong to
other age. They have the graciousness that is
sadly lacking in the United States today and are
fond Of gayety-.the girls dance, smoke and gos,
sip But with it all they retain their inherent
dignity. They normal as Americans are
and work much harder. The most casual observer
roud not credit them with being dominated or
- HERE are in Los Angeles. which boasts Of be-
ing the film capital of the world" acre after
acre covered with obsolete motion picture sets
hese used in two pictures, are wrecked for
he salvage lumber at q very small return in com
hrson with their original cost. Some genius for
Egures recently announced that he estimated there
syas more than 100000 tied Up in new-worthless
sets in one studio district alone in Los Angeles.
very evident that oliver Morosco was i'm
pressed with when he went into motion pictures
with a s2,5OO,OO0 corporation bearing his name For
typical ingenuity has started out to elm
mate much Of this dead-set waste. -.
In connection with the Morosco Greenwich Village,
which is being built angeles twenty-acre
tract as a counterpart OF New Eork's famous Green
wich Village. Morosco is constructing the new Nor
studio But the entire village will. in effect be
Of the studio Each street of the village will
be reproduction o part of Europes most
famous capitals with shops restaurants and archi-
lecture done in absolute of the original There
in Europe now two expert craftsmen with Nor
architect, preparing the plans for these struc
Each Of the foreign" restaurants will be conducted
by natives. here nlm settings, will not only
the-real buildings instead of initiative SETS
addition here will be the characteristic people
costumes
Of the features Of village be the colony
Of writers the Morosco dramatic and nlm STATS.
Among those who already have accepted plans for
quaint residences Edward Rose and Ann Nichols
Il believe that the first need of pictures to-
day is to eliminate waste" in explain
ing the Greenwich Village here that the reason
the possibilities of combining a big amusement
sace with the studio. We erect a revenue-pro-
cling village what it would cost to build few
In addition to large theater Greenwich Village
there Morosco is building s1,OO0,O0O theater down.
town in Los Angeles Both theaters will be used for
varied programs including vaudeville symphony
orchestra concerts.