The Washington times., 1922-04-27
THEDA BARA IS
WAITING ONLY
VANP VEHICLE
As Soon as She Gets Play to
Suit Her viii Stage
Comeback.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR.

Copyright. 1922. by Cosmopolitan News
SeTvice.)
NEW YORK, April 27.-in the
few seasons since screen vamps be-
came passe page Theda Bara). even
scenario writers have gfown dull In
thinking UP new plots with a motif
of soul kissing. Theda Bara, the
first tiger woman of the screen.
wants to stage comeback, and the
one big thing that prevents II. says
her director.husband, Charles Brabin.
is tho lack OF an appropriate vamp'
ing vehicle"
The statuesque Theda lounges In
her silk.draped boudoir at 500 West
End avenue the while Brabin. thor
oughly vsmped. pours over heaps
Of scenarios IN the library trying to
find a siren in them. But all In
vain-they are filled with rutfled in.
genuea. sweet. curly-headed bathing
beauties, and flappers.
II can't find a role fitted for Miss
Bara's type" says Brabin, wearied
OF reading manuscripts. She must
return TO the movies in the type OF
role she became famous In. We will
begin filming the minute some one
sends US real vampire plot"
The Glorious Adventure" the
first color photo drama. has had
its American premier at the Capitol
Theater, and introduced the beauti'
full Lady Diana Manners. The pic
ture. made in England by ]. Stuart
Blackton, not only foretells a great
field for color photography, but
also furnishes delightful entertain
ment. Lady Diana Manners is
everything artists have said of her.
She Is a blonde beauty, unexcelled
for grace and daintiness. Her acting
was never overdone.
AS for the use of colors in the
photoplay, there is much to be
said in favor Of II. and a little
against 1t. AS shown IN this film.
the predominant color Is red, and
there's a bit too much red.
1t is the first film in which
selective color photography Is used.
Former color pictures were achieved
by throwing black and white photo
graphs through red and green re.
volving screens. giving the illusion
Of color photography. Now the
color is in the film positive stock.
/ Through the use of two lenses,
which permit the simultaneous ex
posure of two frames of the film, one
through a red filter and the other
through a green, the elimination of
the ''fringes" has been achieved, the
'fringes" being the chief fault of old.
time color photography. 1t Is said
by some that there are only two col
nrs in the film, the red and green,
and that the blues, yellows and
grays we think we see are only
shades OF red or green. At any rate.
the colors are pleasing and some.
times are very effective. They seem
to blur distances, however, and color
photography is not as becoming to
the actors faces as black and white.
The story Of The Glorious Adven.
ture," with a British setting, takes
place in the seventeenth century,
and the scenes of the great London
fire are thrilling to witness, showing
excellent direction. The subtitles are
finely edited. II is not over long,
and the beauty OF Lady Diana Man.
ners alone makes II worthy OF sue.
cess.
Eleanor Glyn, whose novels have
been the secret delight OF adolescence
for fifteen years, has made herself
as popular with movie fans by writ
ing scenarios. Before she sailed for
Paris, Goldwyn Pictures purchased
from Miss Glyn the film rights Of
her novel, six Days" and the Gold
wyn organization expects to start
tY,or hn IN, aF-td uHt In
few months. The novelist will as
sist in the production.
"Six Days" is one Of those strong
stories OF lovers which Miss Glyn is
known to handle so aptly. Its ro-
mantle appeal Is intense.
For several months Miss Glyn
studied the picture business in Hol'
lywood, and while there wrote the
two scenarios for Gloria Swanson,
The Great Moment" and Beyond
the Rocks" She is now writing
story about Hollywood to be placed
on the screen.
my Old Kentucky Home" fear
turing that favorite, Monte Blue,
is a Pyramid picture, full of senti-
some little fun. Sigreid Holm
quist plays the girl lead, and very
pretty support for Blue she makes.
The story is melodramatic, though
bit old in plot.
Monte Blue is a Kentucky boy
unjustly sent to Sing Sing for two
years. When he returns to his old
Kentucky home and his adoring
mother, he finds himself threatened
by a confidence man whom he has
known in his prison days and who
swears to tell his mother Of the
Sing Sing episode unles the boy
surrenders his sweetheart.
The story pulls at the heart
strings at times, entertains with
Kentucky derbies in places and II
that doesn't satisfy you, shows the
handsome Monte Blue and Scandi.
navian Sigrid Holmquist for good
measure.