The Washington herald., 1922-01-29

sherlock Holmes. that character
dear 70 heart Of age and adolescence
sIfks, will soon be living again on
the screen But this Sherlock VIII
not be the fantastic gumshos OF mar
cosis, and for this we have the WORD
Of the actor who promises TO make
sherlock Holmes i've again for VA
ct ind this picture the most IN
tsrsstinE I have ever made, saio
John Barrymore at the studio the
other DAY. with the exception. per-
haps, Of 'Jslyil and Hyde There -
somsthinE about the character OF
Sherlock Holmes that fntrigues' me-
90 some Of the popular writers would
put q. The conoeption Of the part
however, 10 q purely intellectual one.
Holmes 10 q purely static person: by
that mean q character with pracd-
cally no. emotions. 1t Is naturally
more dimcult to play a man with no
emotions than TO play q man with
emotions, and one must continually
vary the character TO make Il in
teresting. The difference 10 AZ
pslDSble a. that between . painting
by CArTiere, which 10 created in .
| monotone. or q colorful mural by
Frank BranEwyn. for instance"
will the picture revolve shout the
character of Sherlock HolfnesT' he
was questioned.
Mr.. Barrymore replied in the mega
tive. I'm this picture" he said, I'VE
are not working to centraliLe the char
acter. but to have . perfect ensemble.
j The effect we are striving TO get Is
absolute and intimate authenticity and
! no acting. To this end we have re-
cruited q really remarkable cast In
fact, We did not start shooting any OF
the scenes until every character, down
to the most unimportant super. was
just right
TO Illustrate. for some OF the
scenes We needed some typical rough
necks. Al Parker. the director, and
went night after night into the
toughest places In New York, and
down in the old dives by the river
We talked to over 100 types before
we got the people we wanted"
Mr.. Barrymore thinks that the Gp-
peal in the character Of Sherlock
Holmes does not lie in the fact that
he is moved by altogether unselfish
and altruistic motives. but because he
Is a real human being.
Personally. don't think the pub
| lie cares a rap whether a character IL
good. bad or inherent, so long as
he Is natural and on the level Ger
tainly there il nothing virtuous about
Richard the Third. and yet they liked
him. Just being good Is not enough
to recommend a character and make
him popular. He has TO be human
as we'll TO make him likable."
OF particular interest to local photo
play enthusiasts is the announcement
by the management OF Loew's Palace
Theater that Viola Dana will shortly
| appear in person at Loew's Palace
in connection with q new photoplay
| in which she has the stellar role
The date Of Miss Dana's coming will
be announced later.
The Ponka troupe Of Oklahoma
Indians who have been appearing In
this city GAGE Manager Robbins OF
B. F. Keith's Thester q vivid tryout
last Wednesday afternoon. The
braves and two braves just emerging
from the pspoose stage, wore bells
about their heads and bodies, and
as they gave the sun dance, they
gyrated in such manner as to keep
the bells tinklinE. A quartet Of old
warriors sat around a tom-tom which
they reinforced with weird sQueals.
Manager Robbins is debating with
himself the propriety Of turning the