The New York herald., 1921-07-31
Screen Shadows
By FRANK vREELAND,

pected that Mary'S husband,
Doug, in view of his wild u
terances on their soil year ago, wou',l
actually thrust THE Three Mus
keteers" on the screen. Accordingly.
they have themselves produced an
other Of their film versions of Dumass
masterpiece to prove they have the
only true right to swashbuckling.
1t is, Of course, a serial, for the i'm
mortal romance could no more be COM
pressed into an ordinary five reel
feature in the Sister Republic than tbs
Board of Estimate could be restricted
to half an hours oratory. The role OF
D'Artd0ndn, essayed here byA Fair
banks, Is to be played in the French
production by M. Aime Simon Girard
who Is really quite a sweet faced
young man. He has longer and more
elegant locks than our Doug, but his
moustache Is not so fetching an OBJ
ject for the ladies to COO over. 1t is
more Of the droopy, alfalfa style, while
Doug IS is Of the north and south,
weather vane variety.
The Gallo version will be distributed in
October. curiously enough, just about
the time that Doug's product will be
ready to make stab in the dark. As
Marys production of Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" will probably have its curls COM
pleted for the market about that time
likewise, both the pair win then be free
to make their next royal progress to
Europe. Consequently 1t is now reported
that the pilgrimage will take place ir
October. having been postponed from
early this year, when 1t was originally
planned to have the Continent look them
over.
Charlie Chaplin, it Is also considered
likely. Will make the grand tour with
them and receive homage from to
daily, unless detained in Los Angeles b,
a pressing matrimonial engagement
However, there's no reason why This i'm
portant second event in his career
shouldn't be accomplished while II
transit
David Kirkland, motion picture direc
tor, Is having the good fortune OF
Russian grand duke at the current rat'
o. exchange between the Bolshevid anc
the Muscovite nobility. He and Lloyt
Ingraham, who are old echums, hat
planned for some time to have goot
soul rousing bachelor party at Kirk
lands ranch in California. but somehow
the fates had always blackballed thu
idea rudely. Ingraham had always beer
acting or Kirkland directing.
! A short time ago, however. lngrahan
| had a holiday when Kirkland was at res
at his ranch. So he started for the direc
tors corral, but just then fate slippet
the rollers under the plan again. A fiin
company telegraphed to kirkland q
come Immediately to Los Angeles t
produce picture, and the two frieno
passed each other like couple 0
strange dogs en- route. And wnen III
graham drove up to the ranch 1t CAV
him such a warm welcome that 1t ours
into flames.
When Ingraham teetered back TO r.'
Angeles, hopeful of at last meeting hirh
land there, even II he did nave
break 1t to him gently. he founo ma
the director was well out in tne ooeA'
hunting sharks, for a shark Is always
good asset to picture. =,
After getting a shark to pose for hi
n;cture out in the ocean he was capture'
| alive. for II was intended to take ]
ashore and have 1t cavort In tam
for the closeup thrills. When Kirklan'
consulted with the fishing experts as :
whether the shark could be taken al
the distance to land without killing
they answered.: 49,
Sure You can't kill a shark-'ceptir
it's willin."
So the captive was carefully bedde
down on the deck, and the yacht mad
all speed to get the shore while IN
shark still had strength to bite star
leg. But Just as they reached land on
of those persons who are always seekin
out life's little tragedies discovered tina
the shark had died intestate. Bac
kirkland and his crew went ito TN
sharks playground. bagged anothe
specimen, and this time tethered the liv
terror OF the deep In rowboat full 9
water trailing behind. When they mad
land again they discovered that thi
shark likewise had passed away rathe
than act In the movies.
Five times in all they put back to 80
live sharks and FIVE times the SHARK
foiled them. Now Kirkland realizes tha
a shark, for all his menacinB aspect
easily discouraged.
The Universal company chiefs wei
recently confronted with an unusu'
situation when Rudolf Christians. pla,
ing a lead in Eric Won Stroheim's ne
production, Foolish Wives" died SUD
denly when twenty important scene
remained to be shot. 1t Is happening
like these that explain why most NOV
directors are bald headed. for 1t Is
such occasions that they tear their hal
The sets specially erected at Montere
to represent the rear view OF Mon
. Carlo-the front view being ssemble
aIsewhere--had already been dcmolishs
and the picture had already proven
heavily expensive that any attempt
retake II with a new lead would nay
been as successful as getting Liber
to assume Germany's war debt.
II was at this point that Robert Ed
SON, a close friend OF Christians, volu
teered to do the part. and the Univers
executives, badly In the hole. fell on =
: neck. Though Edeson does not normal
bear a resemblance to Christians. q
directors let him 60 ahead with the II
personntion, for the general shape
his head was the same and he made
, his face so skilfully that no one b
some mean motion picture critic cou
tell the deception.
And that, children, Is the way III
much heraidcd feature was actual
; completed, for the Universal Compal
has kept as quiet about II as thou
IL didn't care a rap about space In q
papers. This Is the feature. by the wa
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