The Washington times., 1922-05-12
MISS CHADWICK
DELIGHTS NY.
DANCING CROWD
Film Queen Spends Vacation
at Broadway clubs-Has
J.. Rare LONELINESS.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR.

(Copyrisht. 1929, by Cosmopolitan News
| Service)
NEW YORK. May 12.-Broadway
night life has an added rainbow In
Helene Chadwick. movie star. here
for a week of New York's fun be-
tween making pictures on the West
Coast. The Rendezvous, the Planta.
ton, or some other fashionable club
is the nightly setting for her grace
full ballroom dancing. A few more
days and the Goldwyn studio will be
calling her back to Hollywood. Her
last two pictures are Brothers Un-
der the Skin" and THE Aust
Flower"
The lissom ankled star possesses
that rare type of loveliness, blonde
hair and brown eyes, which ma kes
one sit and puzzle over where her
charm exactly lies!
Larry Semon. with peg.topped
trousers, and pickle dish hat, has ar.
rived. He says he anwers the call
of Broadway in the springtime, as
faithful as a woodpecker comes 10
it's mate.
The fact. is that the funny man has
tened his migration eastward, when
he learned that he stood in line for
the crown of movie king in a charity
contest just finished here. The
thought that he held d-first place two
whole days nearly pushed his head
out of his well.known derby. he ad.
mits,
To interest more European authors
in writing for the screen, Jesse
Lasky, first vice president Of the
Famous Players,Lasky Corporation,
will sail Saturday on the Olympic for
a five-week sojourn in England.
France, Spain, Italy, Austria and
Germany. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Lasky and Gilbert Miller,
general manager of Charles F'rOh.
man, Inc.
Lasky has an appointment to meet
Vicente Blasco Ibanez in Madrid 10
discuss the details of the Paramount
picture. Blood and Sand" starring
Rolph Valentino. which Is now being
made from Ibanez's book.
Among the authors with whom
Lasky is to confer are Sir James NJ.
Barrie, Arnold Bennett, Edward
Knoblock, Joseph Conrad, Robert
Hichens and Rudyard Kipltng. In
England: Andre Rivori and Henri
DuVernois, in France; Melchior
Lengyel, in Germany; Arthur
Schnitzler and Ernest Glein, in Aus
tria; Ferene Motnar and Andreas
Macy, in Hungary; Ibanez and Mar
tinez Sierra. in Spain' and par,o
Niccodeni, Ginarroca AMI Enrico
Serretta, in Italy.
As result of the trip l. Is ex.
pected some of the authors will come
TO this country to write for the
screen.
A new picture featuring Charlotte
Walker, Mae Marsh and Norman
Kerry got under way at the Metro
Studio today under direction CT
= Christy Cabanne, who is making the
picture for Dependable. II will prob
ably be called "Fulfillment," and is
being dramatized from a scenario BY
Goulding. Mae Marsh. who takes
the leading role, has not been seen
for several years as screen artist.
Cahanne SAYS the story IL OF semi-
underworld and society life.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's popular
novel, The Beautiful and Damned"
will be one OF Warner Brothers ear
liest productions this summer. The
youthful author who acquired ma
tional recognition with his first
novel. This Side Of Paradise" will
probably be the youngest author to
ever have a novel dramatiZed by the
movies. being scarcely twenty.four
years Of age.
The newest novelty in the movie
line is receiving exploitation from
IJ. r. Lenventhal. secretary and
treasurer Of the Out of the Ink Well
Films, who Is making a series of
Music Films" These films are de-
signed to bring about synchroniza.
ton between the action OF motion
pictures and the orchestras in the
individual movie houses.
The method Lenventhal has taken
to procure this synchronization Is
clever one, but criticized by those
who have seen the first pictures.
The head and shoulders Of con-
ductor, who is accompanying action
OF the film, is Photographed with the
film. The theater conductor then
watches the conductor on the screen
and follows his time. This limits the
individuality of the theater conduct
ors and gives a mechanical effect.
Herbert Brenon, Fox superdirec-
tor, is at Lake Saranac looking for
locations for the next William Far
mum picture, most OF which will be
made in the mountains surrounding
Lake Champiain.
A baseball league, which includes
members from all the Eastern pro-
duction companies, has elected Mae
Murray honorary president. The
movie star will present mans.
sized loving cup to the winning team
at the end of the season. Famous
Players and First National have en-
gagged in the first game already at
which the blonde president is said to
have rooted loudly for both teams.
Fifty pounds of candy, sent from