Evening star., 1922-05-14

QUILT to At the psychology Of the
u bargain hunter is claimed for
.'Borderland," new Agnes Ayres pic
ture, which is now in production. Not
only are there two complete plots for
the price Of one, but there are two
leading men, two Villains" two cute
little 'kiddies"-and the star plays
three distinct parts! "Borderland"
was written by Beulah Marie Dix and
Is said to make excellent dramatic
use of the fanciful features Of the
supernatural.
George Ade, on his farm In Indiana,
has been engaged with Alfred Green
and Thomas Meighan. director and
star, respectively, Of Paramounts
and perfecting the titles for this, mis-
first original screen story. 1t Is un-
derstood that Mr.. Ade is highly eIated
over the production, which was shown
to him in Chicago, and that he will
probably do another story for Para
mount shortly.
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Harry Rapf has engaged Wallace
Wors1ey to direct the next Wesley
be made at the West Coast studios.
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Gloria Swanson will be back in
California around the first of June,
to begin work on The Impossible
Mrs. Bellew," a story by David Lisle,
adapted by Elmer Harris and Percy
Heath. It Will be a Sam Wood pro-
duction. and is of the society type.
Meanwhile Miss Swanson is making a
rapid but comprehensive tour of the
old world.
THE Beautiful and Damned" F.
Scott Fitzgerald's novel. will be made
into film by the Warner Brothers.
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George Arliss' next photoplay is an
adaptation Of 1.-The Silent Call" play
by Jules Eckert Goodman, controlled
and played originally by Otis Skin
ner. Forrest Halsey has prepared the
continuity and Arliss has just begun
work on 1T under the direction of
Harmon Weight, who directed him
in THE Ruling Passion"
Penrhyn stanlaws has begun work
on Pink Gods" which J. E. Nash and
Sonya Levien have adapted from
Cynthia Stockley's stories embodied
in her book, pink Gods and Blue
Lemons" Bebe Daniels and James
kirkwood head the cast, with Anna
@. Nilsson, Adolphe Menjou and Ray
mond Hatton in prominent parts.
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Perhaps the most original of re-
views of her Little Lord Fauntleroy''
in Mary Pickford's possession was ac-
quired through a clipping bureau re-
Gently. 1t is the estimate of a writer
in the st. Paul Pioneer Press. who,
bearing down on his typewriter keys.
f4. ,f f1,-
want OF say that the picture is the
cats whiskers, and that it is just
about perfectly DONE"
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Here is a real new one. Out at the
Lasky studios Director Alfred E.
Green, it is said. has employed a deaf
mute to sit in and watch his pictures
actors do not say anything wrong
that might be lip read by mutes in
the audiences.
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Harold Lloyd had a birthday. and
the studio folk gave him a handsome
clock. But the funny part is that he
forgot to look at it and kept the COM
pany working until sundown. thus de-
laying his OWE birthday dinner.
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Both sides of South Sea island life
are presented in "The Bonded Wom-
an" Betty Compson's latest starring
feature.
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Mary Alden, one of the best known
character women on the screen, is
travelling from the Pacific coast to
New York to play the part of Rich
ard Barthelmess' mother in his pro-
duction of George Washington Og-
den's 'The Bondboy." This will be
the fourth of the series in which Mr.
Barthelmess is being starred by In
spfratfon Pictures for First National
release. His Sonny" is slated for
release this month.
The Thomas H. Ince company, film
ing Some One to Love-" for First Ma
tional release, is now on tour with
Hoew's circus, getting actual circus
atmosphere.
William de Mile has finished Mice
People," his production for Para
mount, with Wallace Reid, Bebe
Daniels and Conrad Nagel, and is now
engaged in cutting and assembling
the film. When he finishes, he will
turn to his. next production, an
adaptation by Clara Peranger of
Booth Tarkington's story, Clarence
with Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres and
May McAvoy.
Diving for pearls and battles be-
tween a rowboat equipped with ma