Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-26
FILMOGRAMS

TOSTUME plays have become the
~ fad in motion art since the COM
ing to this country OF Passion" and
other period productions. Norma Tai
madge will wear quaint foreign gowns
in her new play. The Duchess de
Langeais." adapted from Balzac.
In 1.-The Ruling Passion" George
Arliss will have for leading woman
| Doris Kenyon. who writes good
poetry. sings well and is a talented
actress OF the stage. Her screen roles
speak for themselves-never mind
that talk about soundless drama.
Measured by his movements. nobody
would ever guess that Douglass Fair
on forty" And they do say-which is
equally unbelieving-that Mary Pick
ford is not SO young as she was. You
may have observed that she used to
be a regular child. Well, she looks
grown these days.
Jack Holt wears a worthwhile lau-
rel that will never fade. in that vir-
| tue is immortal. His friends say that
while he plays villains on the screen
he is a most exemplary husband and
father, and that his happiness is
dren.
A critic, who gives her age as six
teen, writes to ask picture authority
Announce Your Marriage" is risque"?
The authority might have asked the
young lady IL she didn't think her
question showed overinterest in the
suggestive. for an age that is sup
posed to be innocent and sweet.
As Romeo might have thought. even
! il he didn't say IL. What's in a star?
In a Photographic group featuring
Wesley Barry. as Penrod, and show
ing other well known screen young
sters, the one expression of untram-
, meled fun Is on the face Of a tiny
colored girl. sister Of Sunshine Sam
my. who was borrowed by the movie
and put In boys clothes because she
happened to be around.
Mae Murray. screen star. is a good
wife and mother. and should her fan
cy take a fresh tangent, could make
good living as a scene painter-an
art which commands a price seldom
within reach of the portrait painter.
Charles Chaplin finds time between
pictures to deny rumors that fly
around noisily when he is too busy to
take notice. His latest announce
uleHt 10 an GFcT-CuTlOuS is d
straight-from- the-shoulder statement
that he is not going into vaudeville
and that he Is not going to be married.
Olga Petrova is credited with writ
ing her latest screen play. THE White
Peacock" though the production does
not bear her signature.
When the Japanese training ship
Taisi Maru touched at Los Angeles
! harbor It's hundred officers and men
| made a Decline for Sessue Haya-
| kawa's studio to express Japan's pride
| in his achievements. The star showed
his appreciation by exhibiting some
Of the mysteries Of picture making-a
phase of which included a motion
glimpse of the guests.
Fred Eiblo, stage star and director
of The Three Musketeers" and other
classics Of the screen. is now pictur-
A.: ing Rose o the Sea- in which Anita
Stewart Is to star.
Roy AtwelI and T Roy Barnes. both
we'll known Broadway musical comedy
favorites. supply the fun elements in
! Marie Prevost's newest play, Don't
Get Personal"
Robert E. Sherwood. a critic whose
opinions of the silent drama are said
to be widely accepted. leads off his
llSt OF tine ten DeSt pictures OF the
year" with Charlie Chaplin's The
Kid" The other nine are headed by
THE Four Horsemen." He places
everyday human nature above the al
legorical.
Mrs. Margaret Seldom, who is the
| mother in Gust Around the Corner
is also the screen parent of Richard
tBarthelmeSs in Sonny" She has such
expresssvely maternal eyes that ii
seems a pity she must close them as
| the blind mother Of a dead son-for
! had she seeing" eyes she could not be
deceived by the comrade who for good
/; reasons impersonatee him.
Leslie Stowe. who has a part in
! THE Seventh Day." was Texas
| ranger in his mere youth. and has the
! distinction of having captured a des-
| perate outlaw and seeing him hung
/; for his crimes. Leslie is said to have
said: He was 4 courageous stole, re-
| fusing spiritual aid, but as the hang
man was adjusting the moose he muir