Evening star., 1922-01-29

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- has been filmed In France, nnaer
!, the title, .'Possession." Malvi ma
Longfellow is the only American in the
cast. Il
The Mack Sennett dog Teddy, .un-
blooded mastiff. weighing 122 pounds. is
said to be SO Intelligent as not to need
a trainer to put him through his parts.
He Is told what to do and does 1t.
Barbara La Mari. who is pictured as
Lady Winter. in '"rhe Three Mus.
keteers." has been given an important
role in Katherine MacDonald,s new pic
Laren, who is Queen Anne in the Dumas
production. is said to be a sister of Miss
Macdonald.
Whilc hunting up Italian locations for
"The Man From Home. 4-t&se. director
came across tiny fishing village south
of Naples, where he discovered that
thirty-five Of the fifty male in
habitants speak the tongue of Broad
way.
A million-dolla motion pictur> theater
has been completed in Is1exico City,
which. it is said. will feature American
productions
Contracts have been signed for the
distribution Of American pictures
throughout South American countries.
Tsuru Aoki. in give Days to Live"
wears a Chinese wedding costume of
barbaric splendor: the panels OF the
trousers hung with silver bells. These
bells symbolic the wish for male
heir, and Is said to be a custom Of the
kingdom which nc bride would dare
to omit.
The Eatons, all Of Washington. are
reported doing well in their various
stages Of art Doris has an important
Mary is dancer in the Follies, Pearl is
in musical comedy, Charles is doing
pictures in the west, while two brothers
and another sister are in stock COM
panies-
Fred Stone has supplied romance with
something new under the sum-" He
takes every sort Of chance as COW
puncher. rope artist and rough rider.
but it is said he shies at kissing-just
the girl waiting on the side.
Houdini's first special photo play made!
by his own organization Is entitled 1.-THE,
Man From Beyond"
Joseph H. Schenck. husband of Normai
Talmadge, gets his Christmas and birth.
day gifts at the same time. He says he,
doesn't mind it SO much now as he did
when he was boy.
Diana Allen, who is playing in "The
Way Of Maid" Is said to bear a,
startling resemblance to the late Olive
Thomas.
At the recent marriage Of Mrs. Lottie
Rupp and Allan Forest, Mary Pickford
Fairbanks. the brides sister. acted as
matron Of honor. Jack Pickford. her
brother, gave her away and Kenneth
Harlan was best man..
George Hackathorn is winning recog-
milton for his role in 1.-THE Little Min
ister," in Betty Compson's picture. Of
that name. .
Henry B. Walthall, who is being
called the Mansfield of the SCREEN"
heads the cast in "One Clear Call"
As the bad man of an Alabama town.
his one redeeming .trait-a reveren-
tial love for the young wife who has
deserted hfm-is said to be inter-
preted with such realism of lonely
friendlessness as to win sympathy
where contempt should be due.
Guy Bates Post. who has made dra-
matio fame in the stage production
of ''The Masquerader," will make hie
He is declared a stubborn convert
to the screen.
Richard Bell Of Shanghai. now in
Loss Angeles, owns a chain of mo-
tion picture theaters in China and
Japan. He says the Chinese insist
upon American plays and care for no
other, except an occasional Italian
picture. They love comedies. Many
Japanese can read English titles and
translate them for their less learned
Wallace Reid's next picture, "The
Dictator" by Richard Harding Davis,
will afford the star ono of the most
effective characterizations of his Ca
reer. in that it will require a zippy
handling Of humorous situations that
call for diplomatic care.
"If Winter Comes is to be pictured
with James Kirkwood in the leading
role.
Catherine Calvert, who is sharing
honors with Otis Skinner in the
Ibanez play, Blood and Sand" has
made such good impression that, It
Ia said Mr.. Skinner insists she shall
play the same role with him in the
picture.
When George Ade was in Holly.
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