Evening star., 1922-02-19
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San Mateo studios. 1t is said he is
making it the greatest picture Of his
career. -.
An idea of the fortunes that are
often tied up for a considerable zine
IN motion pictures may be had from
the fact that Charles Ray has three
photoplays. "Smudge," Gas, OIL and
| Water" and THE Deuce of Spades"
In his laboratory at the present time.
Each is said to represent an outlay
Of more than 100000.
Lillian Tr!mble Bradley, famous as
the only woman stage director, who
Broadhurst. productions. has turned
her Talents to the films. The films
nave two noted woman directors in
Lois Weber and Ida May Park.
Johnny DooIey, comedy dancer. Is
the latest addition to the cast In the
Cosmopolitan production screen YER
| sion of when Knighthood was in
Flower' Mr. Dooley will play the
part OF Mlu Sommers. jester at the
court OF King Henry VIII.
Charles Ray is said to be doing
more studying than acting at pres
ent. He is giving an intensive study
10 10 IN ane ne, subject of his first picture TO
banks, Pickford, Chaplin and Griffith
combination, which he has iust
! Joined. He has one more picture 10
J ihake 1or First National. however.
While on location making scenes
| ior picture In northern California
Mack Sennett, the comedy producer
is said to have struck a vein of gold
Which promises to bring him in a
Edna Purriance, long familiar 10
| rams as Charlie Chaplin's leading
woman, Is. according to rcport. to be
starred under his supervision in a
number OF photoplays.
Announcement is made of the en-
gagement of "Snub" Pollard. the Han
Roach comedian, and Marie Mosouini,
ms Leading lady ever since he be-
came a comedy star. A honeymoon
| tour to Australia is planned.
1t Is the day OF the costume plsy
Norma Talmadge is making Balzac's
The Duchess of Langeais": Mabel
Normands .Suzanna" is romantic
come drama of early california:
Maurice Tourneur is filming Lorna
"Salome."
Reports of the showing OF THE
I Glorious Adventure" ]. Stuart Black
tons super-production in Prizma
color. starring Lady Diana Manners.
| the celebrated titled English beauty.
| Just received, indicate that the open
| ing of this first color-in-the-film
| feature photoplay at the Royal Opera
House. Covent Garden. London, marks
an epoch in the art Of making motion
| pictures.
Loew's Palace Theater is accumu-
| lating a gallery of screen stars
who have made personal appearances
a IA s1aa tor
| eral years ago. II includes Douglas
MacLean. Louise Fazenda. June Ca
price. Earle FoXe, Dolores Cassinelli
and June Elvidge. A number Of
| these stars also made personal ap-
| pearances at Loew's Columbia as
| well.
N Mirskey. conductor Of the sym
| phony orchestra of thirty at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater today
will WELD the baton on his return to
Washington after an absence of two
| weeks. During the first week OF Mr..
, Mirskey's absence the orchestra was
directed. first by Alexander Podnos
| who was suddenly taken i'll; then by
George Benedict. assistant concert
| master. During the second week
which terminated last night. Daniel
Breeskin acted as substitute con-
| ductor.
Jane Novak has recovered from an
illness and resumed work at th..
| United studios on her next independ-
ent production.
Did Robinson Crusoe- spend most of
his time coolly calculating ways To
figure out how one man could adjust
himself to the vast forces of nature
alone. and then xHAsa single com
| panfon. on his island waste? Or did
he Jazz up his solitude. either per-
| force or by choice, with adventures
more strenuous than Defoe's biogra-
| ply relates?
| The questions are raised by the in
teresting innovation Universal is
making in THE Adventures of Robin
SO Crnsoe," based upon the Defoe
story
The most startling thing revealed
by the news reel pictures of President
Harding is that he wears both belt
! and a pair of suspenders.