Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-04
ADE. PLEASED HITH
FIRST FILM. NAY
WRITE ONE MORE
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
Hollywood. Calf.

EORGE ADE. on his farm in lnd-
" ana. has been engaged with Thomas :
Meighan and Alfred Green. the director,
on tho cutting aud tit!ing of Our
Leading Citizen.' This il tho great
American authors first screen story.
and they do toll that he is 50 pleased
with It that he may do another one
soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meishan Ief, this ween
for Hollywood. So that the star woulu
I've back in time for the starting of
"Manslaughter. &. Il. De Miles next
picture.
Mr.. Green will direct Wallace Reid
in 1.-The Ghost Brenker.' starting enrly
in May. Lila Lee will be- Wally :
leading woman. bur the rest Of the cast
is not announced vet. The picture will
be q regular thriller. though. with trap
doors. spies and sno"ks. let me rise
70 remark that Wally needs good
film. Let's all pray h" won't d" any
more automobile storics--"lcan. nut not
snappy.
William De Mile has almost fni shed
Nice People" which was adapted from
Rachel Crothor's stage success. Bebe
Daniels plays for the first time under
this particular De Mile direction. She
says it's very hard but that she ; learn
ing about acting every minute she on
the set. "Clarencc" will be the next
picture the intellectual brother will put
on the screen.
Met Bert Lytcll today for the first
time. He is PLAYING opposite BrttX
Compson in ITO fIav" and I" Hold.
The picture is laid in the time OF james
II and the court Of that monarch Is
being reproduced at the studio. An
old street in jamestown is To be built
at the Lasky ranch. am very anxious
70 sec Miss Compson in her old-timc
costumes. Theodore Kosiof and W. j..
Ferguson will also be in the picture.
NASSON FERGUSON is going t" be
~ n villain. The chang" in his worry
mild and gracious character is not nat
ural bur professional. Hc is playing III
Agnes Ayres' new starring picture.
''Borderland." This j. another costume
play. at least in part. for some Of the
scenes are laid in the mid Victorian
Sos, while the rest happens in the rrcS'
ent tense.
Miss Ayrrs looked particularly charm :
ing Yesterday in her billowy skirts,
partcd hair and long ringlcts. Ber'rnm
(irassby. who was described to me as
playing a "mild villain; w. j. Fer
4uson and Dale Fuller were IN the
scene with her. Agnes has had to cuI-
tivate a bouncing little walk that makes
her skirts undula'c very prettily. Mis-
Fuller plays maid. cnmically pathetic,
while W. !. Ferguson is II clustering old
gentleman.
The sets are particularly charming
A high minded person is possessed by a
desire TO settle right down and llv" III
the lovely rooms. but II low mimic
creature just itrhcS I" creep away Wlt'
some of the rarc ''propS ""nC"nlt'
under her coat
] went with Miss Ayrrs t" her dress
ing room for - few minutes, and >h'
+ asked me 10 thank You all. and Mr.
Ncely in particular. for the lovely
things said about her in The Letter
Rox. She says she always goes through
her clippings to find the Evening Led
ger SO shnt She can read II first thu
fortifying herself against whatcv"
knocks there are in other papers. Per
sonally. am an ardent partisan o
!. hers after rhr long aud interesting tall
ne had. She's lovely,