The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-22
Great Cast Chosen to
Assist Mary Pickford
in Capitops Picture

ton thdI the IapItOl gave ia
"Smilin' Through, this week, will
be maintained for the showing OF
Little Lord Fauntleroy. with Mary
Pickford and great cast, opening
at the Capitol theatre tomorrow.
In addition to the film, consid-
cred the greatest Miss Pfckford
has produced, there will be an Edi-
son song recital with Nine Ma
belle Wagner Shank. The Capitol
augmented orchestra, with Prof.
Albert Peterson conducting, VIII
present Victor Herbert's Babes in
Toyland" and Walter c. Steely, or
ganist, recently at the Cort theatre,
Chicago, and Strand theatre, Mil
waukee, will introduce THE Isle of
My Golden Dreams.
At no time in her career has
Mary Pickford given more care to
the choosing Of cast or to the
assembling of suitable types than
for her United Artists film Of
fering, Little Lord Fauntleroy'.
The leading character role. that
of the equity and irrascible old
earl of Dorincourt, is played by
Claude Gillingwater, footlight vet
eran, whose most recent success
was as the crouch in Three Wise
Fools Mr.. Gillingwater has many
other triumphs to his credit, hav-
ing been on the speaking stage for
more than 25 years. This repre-
sents his first venture in pictures.
Joseph Bowling. who registered
the pinnacle of cinema fame in
''The Miracle Man, is playing the
part of Havisham, the dignified,
understanding and shrewd solicitor
whose analytical mind does much
to help solve the great difficulty
which forms the climax of the
story. Those three lovable char
acters, the grocer, the applewoman
and the bootblack, are portrayed
in their respective order by James
Marcus. Kate Price and Fred Mala-
tesla. Marcus played Hobbs, the
grocer in the original Fauntleroy
cast on the stage in 1888. Kate
Price is recognized as one of the
greatest delinerators of Irish char
acter parts on the screen. AS the
mother in Mary Pickford's anna
rilly of Clothes Line Alley" she
was a tremendous hit. She also
appeared in Miss Pfckford's last
production, Through the Back
Door; also with Douglas Fair
banks as Mrs. Candy in ARIZONA.
The Lasky features that Kate Price
has appeared in are far too many
to enumerate, and she was one of
the first stage actresses to take up
picture work.
M01 OF ch -,
splendid advantage in the follow
ing features: The Mask, in the
part of Enrico Korala, for First
National; big Happiness, as
Raoul Bergerac, for Robertson
Cole; "The Sins of Rosanne", IN
the role of Revanal, Lasky play.
Malatesta is expected to give an
excellent representation of the Ital-
ian bootblack who was one of the
New York cronies of the little lord.
Rose Dione will play Minna, the
adventures who challenged Lord
Fauntleroy's claim to the title.
Miss Dione has done excellent
character work in many produc-
tons; most conspicuous perhaps
are Studs" in which she played
Nine. Didier; Goldwyn's "The
Great Lover, in which she inter
preted the role of Nine. Sabatini;
The World and Its Woman, where
she took the part of Irena
The role of The Stranger, hus-
band of the adventures, will be
taken by Arthur Thalasso, who will
be remembered for his work as
Joe Sylvia in Allan Dwan's For
hidden Thing; also as Evengali
in Lasky's "A Dollar-a- Year Man..
Miss Pickford's custodian of per-
sonal wardrobe, Nine. Bodamere,
who began her picture career in
Through the Back Door,. will
have a very good part in Little
Lord Fauntleroy'. She will be Mrs.
Higgins. peasant woman and moth
er OF brood of II children.
BeViS, the scapegoat son of the
earl will be portrayed by Colin
Kenny whose excellent work added
much TO the "TarZan" stories Ken
ny also won honors for himself as
the dope fiend in Goldwyn's all
star picture, THE Girl from Out
side.
As the minister who pleads for
the welfare of the earPs tenants.
Emmett King who has appeared
with such stars as Pauline Freder-
ick, Nazimova and Mildred Harris
is expected to give convincing
and sympathetic Interpretation.
Much human interest will be add
ed to this elaborate Pickford play
by the appearance of a very beau
tiful st. Bernard dog named Doug
las. as the constant companion for
Little Lord Fauntieroy in DORM
court castle.