Evening star., 1922-05-14
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chine gun and a near-pirate schooner
by crooked pearIers are few of the
stunts unfoIded In The Man Uncon-
qIerable," Jack Holts new Para
mount picture.
Denver students of the drama and
the technique of the photoplay cons
peted for prizes in criticism of D. w.
Mrs. Ralph Palmer. chairman of the
better films committee of the Mothers.
Congress; Sam Jackson, dramatic eds
ftor of the Denver Times, and Louis
x. Sidney. theatrical manager. were
Jacqueiine Logan. playing an Inn
portant role in George Velford's pros
duction of Burning Sands" with
Wanda Hawley and Milton Sills, be-
gan her professional career in jour-
nalism as reporter on a middle west
ern daily. Again the call of the
stage was too strong. Her mother
was famous singer with "The Bos-
tonians' opera company. SO Jackie
hied herself to New York and made
hit, singing and dancing in the re-
!, vival of ''Florodora'' and the "Follies.''
T. Roy Earnes went out to the CALI
fornia desert to grow the beard he
wears in his Happy Jack" charac.
terization for "The Old Homestead"
which will be produced soon as a
Paramount picture by James Cruze-
He said he had to get away from his
friends, and that the desert was the
only place to go. Out there he asso-
ciated with the coyotes while grow-
| ing his whiskers.
Lillian Gish is to make a radio ad-
dress to Los Angeles film fans. She
| will talk. from an eastern sending
!! station.
Thompson Buchanan. supervisor at
| the Lasky studio, and also a play
| wright of note. left this week for a
short visit to San Frapcisco. where
he will confer with Henry Miller upon
a play which Mr.. Buchanan has
| rehearsal shortly with the tentative
title He Stoops to Conquer" The
| cast will include such leading lights
: of the stage as Henry Miller. Blanche
! Bates. Ruth Chatterton and Bruce
McRae..
Asia Nielsen is not an American
actress. She is Danish by birth, but
she resides in Berlin, Germany. where
she makes all her pictures. Ham
let" is her best known production.
| Countess Julia" is her latest fea-
| ture.
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Norma Talmadge's latest picture iss
| The Eternal Flame" She takes the
| role of the Duchess of Langeais. 1t is
| a story of the early nineteenth cen
tury.
Those who plan Rays pictures, It is
said, feel that the average movie
! fan. whether of the city or Of the
country, is not fond of cynictsm o.
| satire or sarcasm, and Ray has been
| careful to avoid false or unsym-
pathetic atmosphere. He has con-
sistently chosen natural and whole
some themes, and they have been
found to appeal equally to the high
geared city dweller and to the calmer
/ living rural citizen.
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In THE Bondboy." in which Rich
ard Barthelmess makes his fourth "a
pearance as a star under the man.
agement of Inspiration Pictures, for
| First National release. Mr.. Barthel-
boy who has been bonded out by his
| mother to an unscrupulous farmer
A murder mystery adds to the interest
of the story.
Maurice Tourneur went to England
The Christian" Hall Caine has him
self prepared the scenario and will
| take an active part in the filming.
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The removal of the Selznick Of
ganization and Warner Brothers 10
| Hollywood, it is said, virtually cons
centrates motion-picture production
in the west. There remain in the
vicinity of New York only the d. w.
Griffith and a few other units.
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Harry Myers, who had a soft job
riding f1ivyers and motorcycles in
| 1.-THE Connecticut Yankee" in his new
role in THE Adventures OF Robinson
Crusoe" must wear weighty clothes,
great boots and WELD a wicked lot
of weapons that weigh from ono to a
hundred pounds.
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For the first time in many years
the town of Red Oak, Iowa, had Pic
ture show last week, and the honoEG
of restoring the joys of the cinema3
to the town, it is said. went to the
Ince picture Hail the Woman"
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Little Jackie Coogan, before leavs
| ing for England TO film a story, is to
be presented in a pretentious screen
version of OLIVER Twist" Frank
| Lloyd has been engaged to direct il.
One of Lloyd's best achievements was
| another Dickens story, "A Tale OF
Two Cities"