Evening star., 1922-05-07
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M J. FERGUSON. veteran stage
w. and screen player. has been en-
gagged for the east of "To Have and to
Hold" which George Fitzmaurice 10
soon to stAEt for Paramount at the
Lasky studio: Mr.. Ferguson will re-
place Theodore Roberts. who was
originally chosen for the part, but
who will shortly start work in the lead
ing role Of THE Old Homestead,
Jewels. apparently worth a kings
ransom appear in Her GiIded Cage"
Gloria Swanson's new Paramount pic
ture. But that's only the half of it
The press agent admits they are of
the 10-cent store variety. II F. T.
barnum knew that press agents had
turned to the truth, he probably
would turn over in his grave.
A remarkable group of famous
screen children is appearing in sup
port Of Agnes Ayres in .'Borderland," :"
now being made as a Paramount pic
ture: frankie Lee, the pathetic "crip-
pie boy" OF The Miracle Man." leads
the list. Others. include Mary Jane
Irving Of TOP OF New York; and
.The Cradle. May Giracci Of "The
Faith Healer" and Miss Lulu Bett,"
and three-year- Muriel McCormac
OF THE Green Temptation" and PEN
rod" Director Paul Powell says the
kids are going to be a great feature
OF this story of Beulah Marie Dix,
providing the ice cream cones hold
out -
Bert .Lyteil and Theodore Koslon
are out to run Douglas Fairbanks a
race for the duelling championship
Of motion pictures. They have gone
into active training for the large
group OF fencing scenes, which are
to be a feature of ITO Have and To
Hold"
The Brighten the Corner Where
You Are" orchestra on the Betty
Compson set at Lasky studio is COM
posed of Miss Compson herself, who
Is an accomplished violinist; ]. Far
full ivory, and John Bowers. who
vibrates a mean guitar string. All
are members of the cast of The
Bonded Woman"
The soId-fashioned square piano
has gone the way Of the square derby
and the square meal for a quarter.
So New York's school board discov-
cred recently when it offered to give
away scores of square pianos in dead
storage In the Easements Of schools.
Nobody wants one. IT'S only nat
ural.r. comments Mae Murray, "be-
cause people aren't doing square
dances any more"
And now the Princeton senior class
has been at 1t. special to the
New York Tribune reports that for
the class screen fayorite Douglas
Fairbanks was an easy winner, with
Harold Lloyd next. John Barrymore
led for, actors on the speaking stage,
with George Arliss second. Marilyn
Miller led Pola Negri for favorite
actress.
The motion picture is getting past
its infancy. The old Biograph studio,
where Griffith, Pickford. Ince, and
others started. is to be razed to make
way for a car barn.
In q Los Angeles newspaper SYM
postum Mary Pickford answered the
question "If you had only two years
to live, how would you live them?"
as follows: II would choose to spend
! have been doing, surrounded by
plenty of work"
James Kirkwood and House Peters
are soon to be seen in new pictures.
Neither has deserted the screen in
Will Rogers made his first appear
ance before the public in vaudeville.
doing a skit with his lariat, nearly
ten years ago. His latest picture.
lone Glorious Day" is no disappoint-
ment to his admirers.
Lady Diana Manners. the star in
"The Glorious Adventure" is one of
England's most beautiful society
women.
. Bebe Daniels is bound for South
America, to visit Colombia, and then
Buenos Aires. Her grandmother, who
is to accompany her on the trip. was
born in Colombia, and later married
the American consul at Buenos Aires.
Yes, it's true, Theda Bara is to
return to the screen. and she is to
continue playing vamp roles, al
though 1t is said she. is to blossom
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