The Washington times., 1922-10-05
.dORdE0US0 ONE
THROUGH Ms
FILM. IDOL !
FatefuI Encounter
IN Prize Ring May End
Screen Career for, ALL Time.
Was to Do Five More: Pic
tures-George Beban Calls
Lovely Movie. Stars Dumb
Bells"
BY HAROLD PHILLIPS.

TN London Mail story. re-
.ceived under date OF Septem-
- Der 7, we encountered a pc
culiarly prophetic statement made
during an interview by Ormsby
Burton with Carpenter t h e
whilom Gorgeous Georges"-now
reposing In timid seclusion behind
plaster and splint since his fate
full encounter with Sikh, the Sene-
Ealese.
The article was headed Carp
entier to shine only on the screen
-Pusilistic career does a fade.out
when films beckon."
This, mind you, was written
some days before NJ. Sikh so bat
tered the French idol in the ring
that II is doubtful. now, whether
he will ever appear again in pic
srure or prize ring. d. -
[Is Carpenter had made somewhat
=uf success in his first picture,
=3A Gipsy Cavalier" produced in
EHngland by Blackton. His his.
5Eionic abilities did so impress his
Hhackers that il was reported he
was given a three-year contract.
The contract part has not been
Confirmed but Blackton does ad-
init having signed Carpenter to
Tap agreeme'A . to play in five more
films.
= Possessed of a rather winning
way and a decent share of good
jooks. Carpenter survived his
defeat by Dempsey by
capitaliZing these personal assets.
Nov 1t appears as though he's at
The foot of the ladder. Trampled-
upon. beaten and bruised heroes,
yes! But broken-nosed ones, a
thousand times no!
THIS last fortnight has been a
u hard one on filmdomS dc.
fenders. First, George Beban
1LHglish by calling the lovely
and Dumb" Next comes Harry
Durant of Famous Players.
1Asky who informed Justice
'<MCCook. of the New York SUI
: preme court, during hearing Of
- suit filed against him by a
child actress. that film stars of
today are not actors nor actresses,
but plastic material which Is
moulded into shape by the ideas
OF the director"
Beban has been answered effec.
: lively and finally by Viola Dana,
who deposed in part as follows:
; George Beban is a big piece
zef cheese
: AS for Mr.. Durant, some out.
ragged plastic" will probably steal
bis puttees and megaphone and
make him a total loss.
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE has land
ed in Canada after an cx.
tended trip to the Orient. Ma
SSslmadge has written book
About the lives of her precious
Shrood, ;.nd Ellis Parker Butler
will do the introduction. Now,
ist's all get back to work. Ro-
-dolpho Valentino lost his suit to
break contract with Famous Play
ers and must remain with these
zProduCers two years more at
salary of $3.50 weekly. Hope
-Bomeone books Ben Turpin's
Iatest, entitled Home Made
Movies" a travesty on pictures
cot the Northwest in which. among
other things, a dog team COM
Sp0sed of every grade of mutt.
.4ncluding a daschund, glides oyer
the saltined snow trail while
homemade icicles dangle in the
breeze. Lionel Barrymore, Alma
:Rubens, Gladys Hulette. Pedro
de Cordoba and William Collier.
tr,. have sailed for France to
film Cosmopolitan's Enemies Of
Women" by Ibanez. Edria Fisk.
Trenton, n. j., beauty entry in
the recent Atlantic City pageant.
Arrived too late at the resort to
7Vbe adjudged with her competi-
Tors, but the everyday beauty
lof the tardy one so impressed a
: motion picture scout that she was
Interviewed. given a contract, and
z-fs now at work on "Jacqueline. 3"
ID Curwood picture. Lady Diana
Manners, titled English screen
Cstar, will not play the part nf her
|Hpcestress, Dorothy Vernon Of
SHhddon Hall" since she learned
!. Mary Pickford is doing it in this
country. After all. even nobility
has a right to quail before the
!. Gam petitive pickford gamma