Evening star., 1922-03-26
Filnograns.


chosen to play the part Of Dona Sol,
the Spanish vamp, in Ibanez's "Blooa
and Sand" Several seasons ago Miss
Naldi won fame as a vampire with
her work in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" Paramount picture. with
John Barrymore in the dual role
"Tess of the Storm Country" which
modern conditions Of production. ls
said to have a record of more pei
formances than any other film.
For the sake of more general ap-
peal. Rex Beach took all the local
significance of the New Orleans riot
chapters out of his novel, THE Net"
in adapting it for the screen. Love
interest Is strongly developed in the
film. which is released through
United Artists as Fair Lady" The
melodramatic Incidents remain. but
they are made to hinge upon the af-
fairs of the Fair Lady"
A portrait bust in bronze Of Maxim
ova, recently completed by Renee
Prahar. Bohemian sculptor is said TO
express mood of the actress in her
latest film. "a Dolls House" At any
rate. the reflective yet determined TIT
of the head is about that of 1bsen s
heroine when she ponders tho fu-
tility Of living with Il selfish husband.
A score of years ago Beulah Marie
Dix Of the Paramount scenario staff
sold her first story for SO and her
first play went for SIS. Needless TO
say, the recompense of Miss Dix was
decidedly higher for her most re-
cent work, the script of The Or
deal" the original story by w. SolIt-.-.
erset Maughan,. which will be forth
coming Agnes AyrcS picture.
A typical printers devil Is one nf
the amusing characters in the small
town newspaper office scenes now be
ing staged in George Ade:s orieina3:
story for the screen. Our Leading
Citizen" in which Thomas Meichan
is starring. This character brought
back pleasant memories to. several
of the literary lights around the stu,
dio. who began their respective "ar
recrs in just such d capacity.
Lila Lee makes a very delightful
Spanish senorita in "The Dictator.
Wallace Reid is the star and there is
a touch of the Spanish in his widH
sash and typical caStilian accouicr-
American who gets into mix-ur
among the revolutionists of South
America.
George Arliss' latest picture for
Biggers comedy plot, The, Ruling
Passion" has been adopted for AN
eiaht-day booking over the Keith
Moss chain of theatcrS.
Once upon time there was mny-
ing picture actor who printed on e'
cards that he played everything but
giants ami children" Cecil Holland.
member of the east of The Woman
Who Walked Alone" goes him ono
better. for Cecil played a giant soy
cral years ago ia n Paramount pic
ture and" in tho George Melford pie
tUr" he plays a South African native
boy.
Lila Lee is specializing in Spanish
types lately. She las just completed
the role Of leading woman in Tho
Dictator" Richard Harding Davis
South American story. starring Wal
lace Reid. and will shortly appear as
Carmen" in Blood and Sand" which
Fred Niblo viii direct with Rudolph
Valentino as star. Miss Lees blark
| hair and eyes make her an admirable
type for roles of this character.
Cynthia Stocklcy's Pink Gods and
Blue Demons will be Penrhyn Stan
laws next production. with Constance
Binney the featured player and
Anna 9. Nilsson in an important role.
Probably the only man In the
United States who is, only two gen
erations from the revolutionary war
| to the present day, say students of
! genealoey. is Walter Long. who is
now working in Ihanez's Blood and
sand and is the grandson of Il revo-
| lutionary war veteran. who was cap
\ tured five times by the British and
| imprisoned in tn. notorious prison
| ship Jersey. That Longs revolution
l a is a
| father rather than great-great
grand is due to the unusual fact that
Longs father was born when the
j granfather was sixty, while the actor
j first saw light after the ffty-ninth
birthday of his father
| Kalla Pasha. playing a South Amer-
lean general in The Dictator: Theo-
dore kosloff. in handsome uniform
as a revolutioniSt officer; Alan Hale,
as a dandy who wears fancy Spanish
garb: several extra generals and
! lesser officers-all told, it is said. have
almost exhausted the gold braid. bul-
lion fringe and guimpe supply in the
er, the gold ornamentation used in
| these costumes for The Dictator
starring Wallace Reid, it Is computed,
roughly. would. if placed in a line.
stretch from Hollywood to San Pedro,
and the actual weight is in the neigh
borhood of 175 pounds.
| In her last three Paramount pictures
Dorothy Dalton has been called upon
| to wear trousers. In Moran OF the
Lady Lefty" she bobbed her hair and
put on overalls. the outfit of an able
seaman: in .'The Crimson Challenge"
she wore the practical knickerbock
ers of the western plains. and in her
present picture she dons. in some
scenes. an English riding suit. How
ever, in "The Woman who Walked
Alone she returns to feminine attire
for most of the scenes.
| John s. Robertson. who has Just re-
turned from Europe. where he made
two pictures, Loves Boomerang" and
| Spanish Jade" has been loaned to
Mary Pickford by Paramount and will
direct her in Tess of the Storm Coun-
try" Tess is a revival, having
been made several years ago by Miss
Pickford.
| Fred Weller. who plays a royal
northwest mounted policeman in the
current Penrhyn StanlawS production.
lover the Border" purchased from,
Admiral Peary the pack of pure-stock
Alaskan dogs with which the admiral
made his successful dash for the pole.
1t is the descendants of these slight
ly "domesticated" wolves which are
made at Truckee for this Paramount
picture. featuring Tom Moore and
Betty Compson. :
| David Powell. who will play the
male lead in the Paramount picture.
"The Gilded Cage" is a Scotchman,
land has appeared on the speaking
stage with Sir Johnston Forbes-R Rob-
ertson. Beerbahm Tree, Ellen Terry
and others.
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