South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-09
By Betty Keen

George Bernard Shaw announced
that an American company has Of
fered him 800, 900 year for I'VE
years for the privilege OF Aiming
two Of his stories a year.
shaw - one OF tho few great au-
thora who have refused 20 have
their stories Aimed. Many who once
frowned upon the movies conde-
scended 20 the filming OF their stor-
les when the price offered could not
be resisaed. shaw's price may be
100000 a year
rupert Hughes tells how his wife
couaborates with him in the writing
Of scenarios. ''She tells me what 20
put down and put It down" he
explains. Fv5he reads u over and tells
me what 90 tLke out and take It
out
Viola Dana "a the original pepper
pot OF the movies. The screen does
not show q moro yivaCtous actress.
Give her q sprfgtiy story as The
Fourteenth Lover and you have a
story % nj her measure. In THE
Five Dollar Baby she has little OPP
portunity 60 display the qualities
that endear her TO the public.
A batter day looms for tle movies
when 90 nationally organised civtc
bodies pledge thsir cooperation TO
VIII Hays IN his program ito es-
tabIish and maintRin the highest
possible moral standard In motion
picture production"
4 committee Of three has been ap-
pointed 70 work with Hays IN the
drafting OF permanent advisory
body. The three arc Ms Oliver
Hartman. president OF the Camp
Fire Girls; james u. West, secre-
tary OF the Boy Scouts. and lee T.
Hammer. recreation division OF the
Russell sage Foundation
Such an organization means
knocking out the last leg censor
ship has 20 stand on The protection
o. the public from Immoral" infiu-
ences OF the screen.
snub Pollard Is one comedian
who works more for quantity than
quality. But. Ike q weak-hitting
ballplayer, he may make q hit II he
comes TO bat often enough. Pollard
socked out a home-run when he
made "The Stone Age" That is a
clever satire in which our cavemen
ancestors arc used 20 lampoon pres
ent-day customs
Dignity OF dancing IS treated IN
tho next Movie Chat. One IS shown
how 90 ask a lady TO dance, how 20
take leave OF her when the dance Is
finished. The second IS unnecessary
the third OF slight interest The first
Sc most important Without 80 the
other two are OF no consequence.
The most appropriate way this writ
er knows 90 ask lady 20 dance is,
MAY 7 have the pleasure Of step
ping on your toes Miss Flun7"
And another thing any Perfect
gentleman should do those days IS
20 ask his partner whether che OBJ
jects 20 him holding one hand on HIS
hip pocket while dancing.
Yep. the Est o. proposed flm
meUers grows-''Back 20 Home and
Mother" Asleep az the switch.
Child Slaves OF New York" 'The
Love Bandit" and ''The Boy Detec-
tive"
Buster Koaton has completed
"Iuv Dreams"
Jackie Coogan's next picture VIII
be based on a stony written by his
father
money. Money. Money" That's
tho TITLE OF Katherine 0IaoDonald's
next
A new form has been developed
FOR the sc-een-caricatc- In new
pathe Pcvfew shown recently here
at Che Blackstone and LaSalle thea
rers the camera man sadrizes the
political speaker by distortion
Throwing his lens out Of focus. the
features OF the subject change 20
rlft Tho action ot his words. Thus
when ne sticks hts nose into other
peoples business his name is elon-
gated When he mentions a swell
Cd he1i' MS head literally becomes
sueIIed.
Tt.s new form k really photo
Dht- Cof'cature la motion. 10 is
f-- rcre graphic l5an the drawn
cartoon. ]. holds Ucaf possibilities
20. development i- screen satire
Joe May. who directed MIA May in
tlc current German serial. THE
MISTRESS OF tha World" ls now pro-
Cec.ur q film called "The Countess
From Paris"
Elsie Ferguson VIII soon return
~ the screen. Her uev- picture VIII
Tle Oufcast Wien Rudolph
Valentino completes "Blood and
cnd~ NJ wl, DO Amos Judd" by
aan s. 1rchH-f Irr.u Wlu-t viii
ract Dorothy ua.toa 90 "The Sea
er and THE sLen Call" The
I Homestead is 10 se produced