Evening star., 1922-05-07

out MS, an np.to-date vamp. tie
methods Of the 2old-fashioned type
having become unpopular.
It is declared these temperments1
heroes of the screen are fussy about
their names, If you. would be be-
loved of Mr.. Chaplin. don't call him
Charlie" say Charles Chaplin. Prob
ably when he takes to serious drama,
he win wish to be called c. Spencer
Chaplin!
the same part in stage premiere
and the screen version of the same
play. That experience was assured
to Kingsley Benedict. who opened
with THE Suburban" at McVikers
Theater in Chicago twenty-five yeats
the forthcoming Jewel screen produc-
ton. -. :,
Universal has changed the name Of
Land of the Lost" with Hoot Gibson
as star. to Step on It"
Kenneth Harlan is to appear oppo-
site Marie Provost In They're OF" 9
racing story by Bernard Hyman. upI
der Stuart Paton's direction. 4
Edward Laemle, who has been re-
markably successful in directing
chapter plays. such as winners Of
the West and In the Days of Buffalo
Bill" has been assigned to direct
ing" screen adaptation of the stage
play by Anne Caldwell.
Priscilla Deans Forthcoming pie-
ture is called Under Two Flags" -
Twenty-three motion picture cam
era men Of Hollywood. among them
John F. Seitz, photographer Of Rex
1ngram's big Metro productions. have
offered to provide Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle with any number of spirit pic
lures for his lectures on the beyond
doubt the authenticity of Sir Arhur's
photographs Of the ectoplasm, the
dfsembodied soul, but they feel
could have more interesting subjects
for the asking-or. say, in return for
autographed ,ns copy ssid Of I s.sl
ANY one of US would give Sir Arthur
either moving or still picture Of the
shade Of the late Anthony Comstock
shimmying."
Manager Lawrence Beatus of
Mark Gates of Loew's Columbia
Theater have been assigned prom
inent roles insghe reception of the
$500 delegates who will gather in
Washington tomorrow for the annual
convention of the Motion Picture
Beatus will head the entertainment
committee of local exhibitors and Mr..
Gates will be charged with the re-
sponsibility of welcoming the Ohio
delegation to Washington. Both thea
ters have been beautified for the oc-
casion.
Because of his rapid rise to popu-
1arity and subsequent demands of
the producers. Pal" the intelligent
dog that acted so cleverly in Max
Linder's comedy. BE My Wife" has
Lucenay, his owner.
Frances Ellington and ]. o. Taylor
of the Thomas H. Ince organization
have turned producers and have COM:
menced production of The Pied Piper
OF Hamelin." an art fairy story pic
ture in two reels, the first of a series
of similar productions. Children screen
players around the Los Angeles film,
colony are legion. but the Los Ange-;
les Chamber of Commerce claims that
there are not 5000 rodents in the en-
tire area.
Gloria Swanson is en- route for Eu-.
rope. but the production of her latest
picture, Her Gilded Cage" goes mer-
rily on at the Lisky studio in Holly :.
wood. All the sequences in which thee
star appears were filmed first, so .shes
could go to Europe. ~f.a.s. 3 - I
Rudolph Valentino was one of theS
headliners at a program given May g.
by San Francisco citizens commit
OF ha Arr n
city to provide funds for the second
annual convention of disabled Amer,
lean veterans of. the world war;
Leave of absence from his work, it,
is said. was granted Mr.. Valentine
at the special request of Representa- :
tive julius Kahn of California and
Mayor Rolfe Of San Francisco -,