The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-15
GREAT CAST CHOSEN
FOR MARY'S PICTURE
Miss Pckford Uses Splendid Judgment
to Get Proper People for Little
Lord Fauntleroy."

At no time in her career has Mary
Piekford given more care to the choos
ing Of cast or to the assembling Of
suitable types than for her next United
Artists firm offering, Little Lord
Fauntleroy," which will be the feature
st the Isis theatre beginning Monday.
The leading character role, that of
the equity and irrasoible old Earl of
Dorincourt, is played by Claude Gill
llngwatcr footlight veteran whose
most recent success was as the crouch
in Three Wise Fools" AR. Gilling-
water has many other triuinphs to his
credit. having been on the speaking
stage for more than twenty-five years.
This represents his first venture in
pictures.
Joseph Bowling, who registered the
pinnacle Of cinema fame in The Air.
acle man" is playing the part of Hav-
;sham, the dignified, understanding
and shrewd solicitor whose analytical
mind does much to help solve the
great difficulty which forms the eli
max of the story. Those three lovable
characters, the grocer, the applewo1n-
an and the bootblaek are portrayed
in their respective order by James
Marcus, Kate Price and Fred Mala-
testa. Marcus played Hobbs, the gro
Ger in the original F'auntleroy cast on
the stage in 1853. Kate Price is rec
ognized as one of the greatest de-
lineators of Irish character parts on
the screen. AS the mother in Mary
pckford's "Amarilly of Clothes Line
4 49, AQUA "a f9n
also appeared in Miss Pickford's last
production. Through the Back Door"
also with Douglas Fairbanks as Mrs.
Canby in Arizona" The Laslly fea-
lures 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.
Fred MaIatesta has shown TO spleh-
did advantage in the following fea-
lures: The Mask" in the part Of
Enrico Korla, for First National; Big
ITappii -" as Rsoul Bergerac, for
Robertson Cole; The Sins of Ros-
anne" in the role OF Revenal, q, Lasky
play Malatesta is expected to give
an excellent impersonation of the Ital-
ian bootblack who was one OF the New
York cronies of the little LORD.
Rose Dione 90 play Minns, the ad-
ventures WHO'D hllenged Lord Faunt-
le-oy's claim yVthe title. Miss Dione
has done excellent character work in
many productions; most conspicuous
perhaps are sSuds" in which she
played Nine. DfdieT, Goldwgn's THE
Great Lover tfiswhich she interpret
ed the role OF Nine, Sabatini; THE
World and It's tAyomen," where she
look the part cf Irena.
The role of The Stranger, husband
Of the adventures, will be taken by
Arthur Thalasso, who will be remeTn-
oersd for his work as Joe sylvia in |
Alvan Dwan's Forbidden fThing;"
also as SvengaH in Lasky's "A Dollar |
year Man"
Miss Pickford's custodian of per- |
;onal wardrobe, Nine. Bodamere, who |
began her picture career in Through |
he Back Door," will have q very good !
"a ri in little Lord Fauntleroy." She |
viii be Mrs. Higgins, peasant woman .
IND mother of brood of twelve chill !
lren.
) Bevis, the seapegoat son Of the Earl |
viii be portrayed by Colin Kenny |
Tn0Se G&CelleElI WORN A4INNh " 1
he 'aTarzan" stories. Kenny also won !
lonors for himself as the Dope Ffend |
n GoIdwyn's all-star picture, The /
Sirl from Outside
AS the minister who pleads for the |
Welfare Of the Earl's tenants. Emmett |
King, who has appeared with such |
tars as Pauline Frederick, Nezimoya.
md Mildred Harris is expected 10 give |
convincing and sympathetic inter
,retation.
Much human interest will be added I
o this elaborate Pickford play by the /
appearance of q very beautiful st. 4
Bernard dog named Douglas. as the |.
constant companion for Little Lord 4
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