The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-23
High Lights and
Shadows on NewS
of Motion Pictures
Exodus Begins Of Screen Stars
From Movies to the Speak
ing Stage.

whether their hair is auburn or chest
nut without bothering the poor photo
play editor. Time was when the wash
was hung the other way. Every one
was either going in for the movies or
appendicitis. But now a great weari-
ness Of this hectic film life has come
over the cinema players-perhaps the
fairly regular daytime hours are prov
ing too much for them. and they're
getting filed to the eyebrows with
fresh air.
Miss Mae Collins, once mentioned
as ranking candidate on the list for
Charlie Chaplin's second wife. is the
latest to burn to have her art burst
its shackles IN the spoken drama Miss
Collins, who is in the East making
personal appearances at movie houses
as sort OF warming up exercise. al
ready has received in the last week
no less than three offers to come back
TO the theater--one OF them from the
Shuberts TO play lead In produc-
ton next fall-but she scorns to be
caught thus easily. Instead she is
going to Detroit to appear in a stock
company there for three or four
months during the summer and round
out her stage technic. ironing out the
rough spots by playing two leading
roles week-if she survives the Or
deal to receive any flowers but memo
rial tributes.
Miss Collins Is sincere-give the girl
credit, even II she didn't marry Chaplin.
While she had some stage experience.
she feels she has still q lot to learn
4 conviction which almost sets her apart
from the customary species of screen
players. As an instance Of how her brief
studio career has been adjudged to have
sent her value soaring beyond the rise
In eggs and potatoes, her salary offer
from the Shuberts was said 60 have beer
four times what she was Feceivfng on
the stage before she Wa wound UP In
the reels OF Red Hot Roinance." And
an offer from vaudeville was reported
TO be fifteen times what she made before
Chaplin cast the spotlight Of his glance
upon her. Apparently the way to sue
coed on the stage is to go on the screen.
Miss Mary Thurman, former Mack
Sennett bathing beauty. who was with
the ill-starred Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle
in his last picture before things began
happening thick and fast to him, Is In
the East with Miss Collins and Is like
wise due to set the spcakies on their feet
in vaudeville.
Arbuckle seems fated TO desert the
movies for some other occupation, tenn
porarily at least. though his earliest pro-
fession before going on the stage has
been wiped out by the voistead law. The
prevailing sentiment around 9. H. O.
which Is Will II. Hays's office. Is that
the obese comedian will have to show
his power to behave himself in some
other line Of cndeavor before he will be
allowed back to crowd his smile on the
silver sheet.
The spelling OF the name OF the latest
Youthful ceIluloid meteor has been flxed
officially at Rodolph Valentino. though
this has not been copyrighted yet by
Famous Payers-Lasky and therefore Is
not safe from change even yet. 1t Is
spelled this way in the advertisements
announcing his appearance at the Rivoli
on May In Beyond the Rocks" Elinor
Gyms latest bit of spontaneous conf
bustion for the screen. Previous to that
this stars first cognomen had gone
through the tribulations OF being writ
ten Rudolph. Rudolfo, Rodolfo. Rodolf,
Rudolf and Rudolpho, or In more ways
that Czecho-Slovakia Is written by the
average person. II 1t had gone on much
longer, Congress might have had to pass
4 special law on the subject.
Photoplay editors in all parts OF the
country. by the way, are now writing
In TO the Famous Players-Lasky offices
that rince THE -Four Horsemen OF the
Apocalypse" and "rhe Sheik' half OF
their queries from film fans concern
Valentino, who he Is and how he got
that way. The Famous Players execu-
lives now have him coiled up in q three
year contract and are rubbing their
hands over IT, lilo promises to be the
future biggest reason for striking up
the band In film houses.
Samuel Goldwyn has completely sew
cred his connection with the Goldwyn
Offices at 400 Fifth avenue, but for the
present seems 10 be doing nothing and
keeping satisfied at II.
The affiliation OF Marshall Neiian
with Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. an.
nounced last week, Is one OF those logi-
cal Developments that sometimes hap
pen in the movies. where ordinary logic
seems to have been so often ruled out.
When Frank ] Godsol, now president
Of Goldwyn. was thought to be con-
templating Independent producing. Nei-
Ian was expected TO cast In his mega
phore with him. In fact when the
director made Tho Lotus Eater" with
John Barrymore. Godsols capital was
generally understood to have furnished
the gas TO make 70 go, particularly IN
the case OF that dirigible balloon. IL
was but natural that when Godsol be-
came the sheii OF Goldwyn Neilan
should becone more than his friend and
well wlsher. And Neilan, who has been
releasing all his pictures through First
National. by working at the Goldwyn
studios In Culver City, will bring one
step nearer realization tho blood broth
erhood recently sworn between Gold
wyn and First National.
Sidney Franklin. who directed Miss
Norma Talinadge I'm "smiiin' Through"
after writing the scenario with James
Ashmore Creeiman, Is starting work at
handling the other side OF the Talrnadxo
temperament (Constance) In East is
West"
Every once In while along comes a
report that q noted screen star Is dead.
The latest story to come floating aionr
on the rurnor current, substantfated by
various details, In that Miss Theda Bara
lives m the Aim, IL they're still viewing
her pictures anywhere, but no longer In
tho h~rh Tho details include the rumor
that she passed on Just before "Thc
Blue Flame" and that her sister, who
resernbled her very closely, took her
place In that stage play until Il went
ap IN smoke. AS proof OF the actualIty
Cg this story the nQrratOrs submit that