The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-30
2 .a.'T'LEY To SCREEN
"GREATER GLORY"
IN BENNINGTON
Former Banner Employee Now
New York Movie Man
COMPANY COMING IN MAY
Scenes Will Center about Ban
ner Office and He'll Hol-
low in Woodford

William Dudley Pelley, formerly on
the staff Of the Evening Banner, who
left this newspaper to go into mag
azine and book writing, is now active
ly engaged in the filming Of motion
pictures and If present plans mature,
expects to bring an entire movie COM
pany to Bennington the last of the
coming May to Shoot Shis first
novel "The Greater Glory" for the
screen.
Mr. Pelley, like many other writer's,
has joined the ranks OF screen work
ers and during the past year has been
engaged in active studio work in
New York His latest picture THE
Light in the Dark" founded upon an
original story by himself, has just
been completed and viii be released
during the coming summer. He has
been working with Hope Hampton,
+. K. Lincoln and Lon CLANCY, star
in The Miracle Man" In order to
write successfully for the screen, he
went into a movie studio in Fort
Lee, n. j., and joined the producing
staff of one of the big film compan.
les. learning the business from the
practical angle of direct contact and
direction II work there brought
4L..t deal whereby an entire unit
was given over to the production Of
other stories he has written, which
will be screened at the rate of six a
year, one every two months over an
indefinite period.
Upon the completion of his present
picture, The Face Changer" shoot
ing vi ] be started on "The Greater
Glory" as revised and adapted by
himself or screen production. 1t is
Planned TO bring the entire company
10 Bennington for one to two weeks
and do all the exteriors in and
around this village The Banner of
fee viii come In for due attention
and pastoral scenes as described in
the book, as we'll as the Purse farm
ep sodes in the first part or the
story, will he taken in the Woodford
/ district and He'll Hollow Casting
is now being completed for The
Greater Glory and the leading parts
Will be taken by well-known stars, to
be announced at later date.
The actua! direction OF the picture
Will be done by ]. Searle Dawley.
pres dent o. the New York Lodge of
Motion Picture Directors OF America;
as during the shooting of the story
Mr.. Pei eys time will be largely occu
pied with getting the next production
ready. Mr. Dawley is the Oldest and
most experienced director in the
movie bus ness; he started with the
Edison company fifteen years ago and
directed Marc McDermott and other
Edison stars prior to the disintegra.
tion Of that parent organization.
From Edison he went to Famous.
Players and produced the first Pick.
ford and Margaret Clark pictures for
them. He was one OF the original
organizers of the Metro company and
up until his connection with Mr. Pei.
ley, was director Of Pearl White for
William Fox. At present Mr.. Pelley
and Mr.. Dawley are handling Marie.
Doro, but ii is not yet decided wheth.
er Miss Doro can be properly cast for
the part OF Mary Purse in Mr.. Pei.
.ey'S story
Following THE Greater Glory"
VI Pelley plans also to screen his
cond book, The Fog" himself.
-Four other OF his stories will be put
on dur ng 1922 and 1923.
Writing the Banner staff recently,
Mr. Pelley states that his book, THE
Fog is now in its fourth printing
and is selling better than in any
month since publication last Septem.
ber, His third novel. World Hun
cry is to be published the coming
season and he is also contributing
regularly to Red Book and Cosmopol.
itan, a new series of stories starting
in the latter publication at an early
date