Evening star., 1922-08-13

I ties along this line in Her .Gtlded
Cage" In one OF the scenes a whole
company is entertained in a mag.
nincent cage and. II Is claimed, some
gorgeous decorative efforts are in.
William de Mile is one of those
directors who prefer to do every.
thins possible within the studio. He
ssen I've staged thunderstorm with pour.
ing rain and lightning for Mice Peo-
There have been practically nc
changes from the original" sayi
Fred Niblo. director of the screen
version of Blood and Sand" the
| inanez novel Miss June Mathis has
translated faithfully to screen terms
| the color and verve which are SO
| characteristic Of ali Ibanez .torie."
Imagine being paid a salary to haul
Mary Pickford about by the hair
ana generally to roushhouse Amer
Job Jean Hersholt has been having
Tor his meal ticket. As Ben. Let's
In Tess Of the Storm Country" 10
pc released by United Artists TIN.
,da., ,ha fsssi, faershoit is required to yank
famous blonde curls hither and
thither' in front Of the Unsuitable
camera. This proves two things
one, that there Is no royal immunity
IN the movies; the other, that Marys
hair Is real.
Because of my training" William
de Mile Is quoted as saying, II pre-
Ter the dramatic to the narrative
form of photoplay. find better ma
| tertal for this type of screen play IN
the stage plays of the day. They
are essentially dramatic and L un-
derstand their possibilities"
Max Linder's feature comedy. "The
Three Must-Get-Theres." a burlesque
Of Douglas Fairbanks The Three
Musketeers." is said to closely fol-
!! low the screen story of the Fair
banks flm. 1t is said that Charles
Chaplin had the same hunch for bur
lesquinE the Fairbanks picture. but
| went to Europe and had to foreRo
| the pleasure.
''Pageantry In India" is first Urban
Popular Classic released by Vita
graph. In this one-reel production the
| spectator Is taken behind the scenes
during the preparations for one of the
great durbars for which India Is ia
nous and sees the elephants being
| procession. in little intimate glimpses
| which the average visitor to Bombay
| or Delhi would never be permitted to
see.
Out of the chorus-into Hollywood.
JacQueline Logan, Shannon Day,
Nita Naldi, Billie Dove. Betty Fran
cfsco-all. it is said got their early
training either in Ziegheld's Follies.
the Winter Garden or other New York
shows.
Said Walter HERS recently: "I saw
Siamese girl. Hawaiian dancer.
| several Chinese babies. some Filipino
boys and Japanese as well as Chi
nese-al working In one picture. and
that. strange to say. was The Old
Homestead. a Paramount version Of
the old drama. couldn't understand
how that could be until the director.
James Cruze. explained that in the
wandeTings of Reuben he gets to the
orient, where he encounters these
queer people.
Lon Chaney. the screen character
actor. has been engaged for the CEN
trail role in Ching. Ching. China
man." the first of the series of Tom
Forman productions to be made BY
B. P. Schulberg.
Eve Unsell. Hope Loring and Lot.
Zellner. a trio of the Aim worlds
clever scenarists and authors. are
| said to be proving that faith in femi-
nine writer's for the screen Is we'll
placed. Miss Unsell. formerly scenario
editor of Famous Players. Is editor
in-chief OF the Preferred Pictures
productions Hope LorinR adapted
Wilbur Daniel Steele's unusual story,
Ching. Ching. Chinaman.". for the
| screen. while Lois Zellner prepared
| the perturbation of Charles Logue's
story, The Lonely Road. :" in which
Katherine Macdonald will have the
star role. -fs-S@E
Victor L. Schertzinger, who directed
Jaatherine Macdonald in her first
leading role. with Charles Ray. in
His Own Home Town." will direct
the now famous beauty in The