Evening star., 1922-09-10
FIJI MOCRAMS

ehNa' aiNbi' Va ~ - o'AS
Charles Furthmann the author has
completed Pirate of New orleans
an orig ginal story Of the revolutionary
days. which Universal will Aim. onI
of King Baggott's next specials WtN
be from thu Furthmann pen.
Earle Williams has "A new leading
lady. Gertrude Asior. the stunnin2i1
beautiful and statuesuue blonde ut
serial fame" Miss Astor has ju~t
finished an engagement with GlorI,
| Swanson in THE impossible Mrs. Bel
/ lew"
}. Warren kerrisan is going to re-
turn to the screen. Arrangement
for the starting of the first of new
series OF kerricar features hav" he /
, completed. Jean Hc.sholt. former B.
B. Hampton director. has been offered
The position Of director.
| After doing a lot of good work on
| th@ Pickford Fairbanks lot" Dor"-
! lHE Manners iS on gown-purchasiI;
! expedition. Ii is being whispered th.i;
she has been assured of becoming
! fuil-fedsed leading lady in her ow I
! right at one Of the largest studios.
I Miss Manners beauty and talent Were
. displayed in Douglas Fairbanks n
! Robin Hood and In Jack Pickford ;
! new picture, "Garrison's Finish
, David Terrence, who has the roe
of Elias Graves in Mary Pickford 8
\ revival Of Tess of the Storm Coun-
/ try" has an offer to write an original
photoplay based on Scotch life. Mr-
Terrence is a Scotchmau. with a re-
| markablc ability. ii is claimed. tor
writing about the people and land "r
/ his nativity.
J Audrey Chapman IS sitting for a
! painting by Christian Won Schneidan.
, the famous Swedish painter. which -
| to be eAh ibited at the internationai
! artists convention in Stockholm neat
December Mr.. Won Schneidau has
selected as his subject New World
J Ladyship" and he regards Miss CHAP
man as the ideal type.
Ching Ching, Chinaman." Lon
| Chaney's next picture, in spite Of Its
! oriental name. is a gripping story OF
| the New England shores. 1t is being
presented with a cast of players that
| includes, in addition to Chaney Har-
rison Ford. John Sainpolis, Margue-
rite de la Motto, Walter Long and
Buddie Messenger.
| After three weeks at sea filming
scenes for Fury" Richard Bar;hel-
mess and his company arrived in Bos-
| ton to take exterior scenes.
| The picture actors put to sea on
. four-masted schooner and cruiseu
about the Atlantic, absorbing real
! atmosphere before the forecastie.
, sleeping in hammocks and eating
| their food out of big tin cup. The
company will be in Boston about two
weeks. returning TO New York 10
complete the picture at the Biograph
| studios.
Louise Fazenda, former Mack Sen
nett comedy star. and Jimmy Morri-
son. who was featured in Nitagraph
! pictures for six years. have been en-
gagged 30 appear i'll the film version
J of F. Scott Fifzgerald's story. The
Beautiful. and Damned
| Mare Provost who is said to he
, very popular with Mexican film fans.
recently entertained Gen. Serrano. the
| secretary of war of Mexico, and Gen.
Jose Juan MendeZ upon the occasion
of their visit to the Warner Brothers
studios in Los Angeles. The Mexican
/ officials have decided that the motion
picture business should be given
foothold in their country. so they
sent the generals to the Hollywood
| colony to find out about picture pro-
duction.
| Hobart Bosworth had Marietta.
! Ohio for his birthplace. He was edu-
! Gated there and has had stage
caree: since 1881 He PLAYED at
F, DAYS Theater. New York. for ten
years. supporting Mrs; FIske: Mar
| lowe. Crosman and Amelia Bingham As
1 leading woman, was starred by mar
rison Fiske and was stage director
| Of the Belasco Theater. His first pic
lture was Monte Cristo." Since then
ihe has starred in 112 others. He is
married 10 Mrs. Cecile Perciyal.
widow of Harold Percival. former art
director at the Ince studios.
| The radiophone is being extensively
used in the direction of motion pic
lures Allen Holubar used it in MAX
I ing Hurricanes GAR and Rex In
gram found it invaluable in the di-
| rection of THE Prisoner of Zenda.
| 1t is claimed that $4,000 people con-
tributed to the production of the
I, Prisoner of Zenda.
| Dancing has been considered one
Of the principal arts abroad for CEN
| turieS \ hundred years ago II is
doubtful If America knew more than
the Indian buffalo dance and the
. minuet. Today our dancers tour
| the capitals of Europe and receive
the same recognition as Pavlowa or
the other famous foreign artists d"
when they come here. Among the
; artists who have developed Ameri-
can terpsichore to its present hisn
| plane are AuelaiOe anu f1ushSs. ]"
their work they are declared tech
| nically perfect. This technique.
| which In reality is the machinery
that makes the wheels go around
| or. better perhaps. that makes the
feet. hands and body move grace
| fully. must never be in evidence.
Each move and gesture OF the per
/ feet dancer must seem spontaneous
| Ii must be as free as water trtckling
| over the cliff. II must have the grace
of a bird in flight and the abandon
Of frightened wild denizen OF the
forest
1t is these qualities that are
claimed for Adelaide and Hughes
They are master technicians.
| William Vernon BToyles. an expert
enced theatrical man with years OF
service in Washington playhouses
Hast week was appointed assistant
manager of Crandalis Metropolitan
Theater. vice Joseph J. Bell, resigned.
] Harry NJ. Crandall was besieged in
his offices in the Metropolitan Theater
| building last week by representatives
| of manufacturers of thcater seats, in
tent on landing the contracts for
seats for the Ambas ssador and Tiroii
theaters. new Crandall units at 18th
and Columbia road and 14th and Park
| road northwest
For Ioew's Palace Theater this
week the musical program will in
clude syncopated renditions of Pader
ewski's "Minuet." Drdla's Souvenir"
| Tales of Hoffman" and THE Song OF
| India Concert pianists recently add
ed to the Palace Orchestra are Lee
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