Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-08
SCREEN STARS OF YESTERDAY FOUND
As Movie World Plans Tenth Feature Anniversary

The announcement that producers, stars
and exhibitors of motion pictures are
going to unite throughout the month OF
March in a Nation wide celebration of
the tenth anniversary of the feature mo-
ton picture brings into high relief the
changes that have been wrought by the
hckleness of the movie fan.
Names that ten years ago 1ured the
people to the tiny movie theater today
are forgotten. In those ten years stage
luminaries have flashed across the screen
armament like meteors-and like meteors
have disappeared. A few are still pop
ular, but only few.
! In fact, one could count those who were
popular five years ago on the fingers OF
the hand. Wallace Reid, Douglas Fair
banks, Thomas Meighan, Mary Pickford
and Charlie Chaplin are about the only
ones who seem to have held the admira-
ton of the motion picture public for
that length of time.
| 1t was just ten years ago that the first
big fve-reel feature film was shown, re-
vealfng Sarah Bernhard In her stage
success, Queen Elizabeth" Adolph Zu-
kor had won her to the flm at a time
when other recognized stage players held
aloof. With this picture he launched the
Famous Play Film Company, which
Twas the first producing concern in the
swOrld to bring a famous star of the stage
into the motion pictures. Since the in
I corporation of this company ten years ago
every actor and actress of any prom
inence in the theatrical and motion pic
ture world, with the exception of Charlie
Chaplin, has, at one time, played in Para
mount pictures. In truth, the list OF
stars which this company has had, and
those they have now, would read like q
few pages from a "Who's Who on the
Stage and Screen"
Following Queen Elizabeth" came
'The Prisoner of Zenda." starring James
K Hackett, and Mrs. Fiske in Tess Of
the DUrbervilles" Then came a series
of pictures starring Mary Pickford that
brought her the name Of the Sweetheart
Of the World The first of these was
I'm the Bishops Carriage" and was fol-
| lowed by Caprice" and Hearts Adrift"
and "a Good Little Devil" It was in
this latter production that the double
exposure was first used to good adyan-
tage.
Going further down the list OF Famous
players productions we find such old
time favorites as Lille Langtry,. Laura
Sawyer, House Peters, william Farnum,
Dustin Farnum. Gaby Deslys, Arnold
DAILY, Bruce McRae, Hazel Dawn, Car
lyle Blackwell, Paul McAllister, William
Courtleigh. Cecil LOTUS. Edward Abeles,
Edmund Breese, Max Figman. Hobart
Bosworth, Pauline Frederick and George
Beban.
OF these, only Dustin Farnum, william
Farnum, Hobart Bosworth and Pauline
Frederick remain in the memory Of pres
ent day movie fans. John Barrymore,
House Peters and Hobart Bosworth now
make only occasional productions. while
the two Farnums and Pauline Frederick
are the only ones Of the early lot who
are still active upon the screen Car
lyle Blackwell, Of whom nothRg had
been heard Of In some time, has an
nounced his intention of devoting his
time exclusively to vaudeville.
Names unfamiliar to the present gene.
ration Of film fans, but which meant
crowded theaters eight years ago. in
clude Henry Dixie. Charlotte Ives, Jane
Grey, Kathleen Emerson, Edith Wynne
Mathison, Alice Doyey and Winifred
Kingston.
Other names more familiar are 4 B.
Warmer. Henrietta Crosman, Bertha
Kalisch, Sessue Hayakawa. Macklyu
ArbuckIe. Charles Rlchman. Gladys Han
son, Tyrone Power. Theodore Roberts
Adele harrington, Bessie Barriscale Mar
guerite Clark Marde Doro, Edith
Taliaferro. Blanche Sweet, Marshall Nell
an Ohe same man who now directs). W.
II Crane and Elsie Janis. y
Wallace Reid has risen to stardom
since the days when he was leading man
for Cleo Ridgely. Kathlyn Williams.
Myrtle Stedman and Anita King