The New York herald., 1921-05-01

Ter ten day imprisonment she received
100 pounds of candy and 1000 letters.
Her cell was lavishly furnished.
Tom Santschi is putting into scenario
form some of the experiences OF his
twelve year screen career.
A movement to curtail the sending
broadcast of autographed photographs
Of stars to whomsoever requests them is
being sponsored by Miss Bessie Love.
Charles Ray mails out nearly 10000
pictures a month. Each print costs up
ward of six cents.
Two directors are never known to
spend their week-ends in the film city.
Lloyd Ingraham has a ranch adjacent to
Santa Barbara, Cal, some ninety miles
from Los Angeles, to which he goes
each Saturday. John Griffith Wray
motors to San Diego, 100 miles, to su-
ierintend the final rehearsals of stock
company he owns.
Miss Ann Forest has sufficiently re-
covered from an attack of appendicitis
to resume work.
Work on Miss Betty Compson's first
picture was delayed while the Lasky
star wrestled with an attack of measles
After a sojourn in the East, during
which he called on President Harding,
Douglas MacLean has returned to Los
hngeles.
Metro is planning to send company
to the Orient to make a film play with
native players. excepting a few that will
go with the director, Daniel F'rawley.
Nine. Nazimova will sever connections
ith Metro, according to late reports to
turn to the stage. Her version of
auille" is her fast picture.
Several film celebrities have been re-
hospital patients. Miss Myrtle
oman has recovered from pneumonia
at kept her off the screen many weeks.
Iiss Thelma Percy. a sister of Miss
Eileen Percy, the star, has been in a
California hospital for an operation.
Nearly everybody in the film capital
believes that Charlie Chaplin and May
Collins, a 17-year-old beauty from the
New York State. are engaged.
Films are to be made in Hawaii by
9th Allan Dwan and George Loane
Fucker.
The Board of Education has sane
toned a series of lectures on scenario
writing to be held at Community Centre,
Public School 1S4. The first will be
given by Philip Bartholomae. well
known author of stage and screen sue
cesses.
Percy Marmont has finished his work
as the sculptor hero of Love Is Every
thing" Whitman Benefits screen
adaptation of "The Price" Opposite
Marmont are two women in the story.
portrayed by Misses Pauline Starke and
Emily Fitzroy.
Vera Gordon will appear at Philadel-
phia next week at the Grand Opera
House. When in Philadelphia two
months ago Mrs. Gordon aided the local
newspaper mems club, "The Cubs" in
its charitable campaign for the Jewish
Foster Home.
Miss Ivy Duke and Guy Newall. "the
English Mary and Doug" who soon will
come to the United States to film a pic
ture here, now are being shown on
the screen In 1.-THE Lure of Grooming
Waters" and "squandercd Lives" Brit
sh made pictures.
In the role of Li==ie Parsons, the New
England girl who touches fame as "Lisd
Pdrsinova," a Russian" actress. in Rita
Weiman's story, "Footlights," which
Miss Elsie Ferguson has just completed
under the direction of John S. Robert
son. the actress Is called on to do a
strenuous fencing bout and an imper-
sonation of Eddie Foy.
Miss Henny Porten. who makes her
debut before American audiences in
Deception" the Paramount picture
now at the Rivoli comes from a theatri-
cal family. She made her first appear
ance on the stage at the age of 4 in a
solo dance.
W. X. ZiegfeId has just obtained
through George ". Boehm for his next
screen production the rights to q new
story by a we'll known author which
recently appeared as a magazine serial
II was by arrangement with Mr.. Boehm
Miss Florence Reeds personal manager
that Ziegfeld obtained this star and also
the director, Emile Chautard. for his
first screen offering, THE Black Pan
theirs Cub"
The worlds motion picture rights TO
Henning Berger's drama "Syndafoden''
have just been bought by Goldwyn. An
adaptation OF this play was produced In
New York by Arthur Hopkins In 1917
under the name of THE Deluge."
Arrangements have been completed by
Metro Pictures Corporation, makers and
distributors Of the screen version OF
Vicente Blasco Ibanez's THE -Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" to present
this great picture at the fremont Tenn
pie Theatre. Boston, to-day. Boston is
the fifth American city to see this Rex
Ingram production.
Marshall Neilan soon will start work
on a motion picture that will take six
months to produce. Preparations for
the presentation OF this film now are
we'll under way, and the entire Neilan
company will travel extensively In order
to give to the story its proper setting.
Charles Ray announces the cast for
Scrap Iron" his next production and
the first TO be directed by himself. Miss
Vera Stedman, recruited from the Chris
tie lot, plays opposite the star. Miss
Lydia Knott gives another of her ma
ternal portrayals. Tom Wilson and
Tom O'Brien furnish the ringslde char
ncterlzations.
Is Miss Mary Garden 10 be won over
to the movies again7 That question
arose following her recent visit TO the
Goldwyn Studios at Culver City. When
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