Evening star., 1922-09-17
FIJI N RA MS

"IAvA Head" one Of Joseph Her
gesheimers best stories, Is to
be produced as Paramount picture
by George Melford. Mr.. Herges-
heimer was author of "Torable
David" in which Richard Barrhel-
mess won success. 1t is largely
sea story.
Latest OF the European notableS
to take flyer in motion pictures
is Lieut.. Lars Lithander of Stock
holm, Sweden, on leave from the
Swedish Eoyal Skanska, crack
dragoon regiment. He has just nm
ished playing with Gloria swanson
in The Impossible Mrs. Bellew." Be
cause of his decided foreign appear
ance he was chosen to appear in the
scenes at Deauville, the famous
French watering place.
After years absence from the
screen. Elsie Ferguson has returned
to make IA picture version of her
stage play. "Outc&st," at the Para
mount Long Island City studio. Dur
ing her absence Miss Ferguson APP
pcared in The Varying Shore"
Chester Whitney is acting as director
and David Powell is Miss Ferguson's
leading man.
You'd better look at your laurels.
I'll soon be thin enough myself to
get into the pictures" Thus, in ef-
feet. writes John Mccormack. the
famous singer, to his friend, Thomas
Meighan. He expected to return to
America shortly. John has rented
lovely home called Neither Swell
Manor. Stoke-on-the-W Wold England.
says Meighan, where he is taking
the first real vacation he has had
Il \ I, CT,
THE Ghost Breaker gets its name
from the fact that the ghosts turned
out to De different from the popular
idea of disembodied spirits. In this
Wallace Reid picture for Paramount
the hero goes to Spain to rid
castle owned by a young Spanish
marchesa of its supposed ghostly in
habitants When they prove to be
flesh and bool ghosts in armor he has
To do some breaking" in the literal
sense.
The picture fan who pays proper
attention to the early scenes in
"Puss in Boots" the Swedish biograph
picture in which George Ekman and
Mary Johnson are starred. will notice
the white students cap" that dis
ringuishes the undergraduates. These
caps. unlike the gloomy black NOR
tar boards of British and Amer
of youth, of which the wearers are
very proud, Few more beautiful
sights can be seen in a Scandinavian
university center than when hundreds
Of white-capped young men congre-
gate to celegrate some feast, such as
that held on May eve. for example.
The simultaneous lifting of the caps
when the young men and women
cheer. resembles nothing much
as flash of snow-white light pass
ing above the crowd.
Lon Chaney's mother and father. it
T. said. were both deaf and dumb.
and little Lon learned the sign lam
guage before he learned to talk. His
grandmother founded Colorado's first
institute for the deaf and blind.
Jack Dempsey. Benny Leonard and
other well known figures in the box
ing world appear in Bull Montana's
new comedy. "A Punctured Prince"
which Hunt Stromherg is producing
for Metro. They do not appear in
person. but in pictures hung on the
walls of the short-order restaurant.
in which Bull portrays the part of
the chef. "7he boys will appreciate
wall" said Bull. Besides. I think
they add great deal to the appear
ance of the restaurant"
Louise Fazenda and Victor Potel.
screen comedy players. rose to promi-
nence at about the same time, yet
it was only few days ago at the
Metro studios. in Hollywood. dur
ing the filming of Quincy Adams
Sawyer" in which each has an i'm
portant part. that they discovered
they came from the same Indiana
town. Lafayette.
From fringes of New England
boots. is the latest transition of
Theodore Roberts. After finishing
work fn "The Old Homestead" he be-
gan playing the role of Capt. Nor
gan Pring," a semi-piratical trader
IN the south seas. in Thomas Meig-
hans latest Paramount picture, THE
Man Who Saw Tomorrow"
William de Mile has broken the
custom which has almost become
photographing in the studio. Re
Gently. he went on location twice in
one week, while doing scenes in
Clarence" Booth Tarkington's story.
which Clara Beranger adapted. Wal
lace Reid. Agnes Ayres May McAvoy
and Kathlyn Williams are in the cast.
Shattered Idols" formely titled "a
Bride of the Gods" was adapted from
the l. A. r. Wylie novel. "a Daughter
The production was costly one. it
is claimed. more than 100000 having
been spent in the construction of the
Hindu temple alone. the edifice hav-'
Ing been modelled after the Temple of
Sives at Secunderbad. one of the two
great Brahman temples still Semain-
ing in India.
The summer cretonnes have been
supplanted by handsome new fall
hangings at Crandall's Metropolitan
Theater. Todays patrons will be
greeted by an entirely new effect upon
entering the theater. The proscenium
curtains are claimed to be the most
beautiful ever brought to the capital.
The Famous Mrs. Fair one of
the outstanding hits of the New York
stage two seasons ago. has been pur-
chased for production as motion
picture. to be directed by Fred Niblo
and released by Metro Pictures Cor