The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-04
Movie Mention
Notes and Personals of Interest
TO Screen Fans.

Gloria Hope AYERS that the bill recently
T, introduced to bar sleeveless gowns is nn
right to bear shall not be infringed.'
rected William Desmond in his six latest
! pictures, is soon to make an all-star Tea
| ture special by Jack London.
Some of the most beautiful shots ever
! taken for the screen are included in the
/ various scenes for Susanna" starring
/ Mabel Normand. which gives promise of
being the greatest picture Mack Sennett,
well-known producer OF comedX Ia. anu com,
l plays an important role in support Of the
I little star.
| Jean IIersholt entered a confectionery
/ recently just in time to hear middle-aGed
man request makeup box interested, he
sorry. but we don't have them" re-
p' But =" 1 want box of candy" replied
the IN. a. IN. Il want to make up with my
wife,
Caroline spike" Rankin, the skinniest
/ woman in pictures. is enyious of only one
person in the world. and that is Walter
HERS, the fat boy, in Paramount produc-
tions.
Mary Thurman is a graduate of the Uni
versiry Of Utah
Thomas II. 1nce, accompanied by Mack
Sennett and J. Parker Read. jr, is in New
York for 4 series of conferences with First
I National
dividuals in the picture industry. This
will be Mr.. Ince's first absence for more
than two weeks from his studios at Culver
City in Two years
"The Tailor Made Man" the play
for which Sam GOldwyn paid more than
100000 and then sold to the Piekfords for
$4,000 to be made into picture with
Jack starring. has again been sold. 1t is
rumored that Charles Raw who recently
signed up with United Artists is the pur-
chaser.
Lorna Doone." which Maurice Tourneur
Is adapting to the screen. has long been
the favorite novel of Yale and Princeton
university students. according to infOrma
ton compiled by the producer.
The Yale graduating classes of 1917 and
1920 expressed overwhelming preferences
for Lorna Doone" as their favorite novel
Princeton graduating classes for the past
seven years have ranked Lorna Doom
high in the lists Of popular novels, two
classes having given it first choice.
Hollywood has a population of 5000,
with $1,000 N film work The picture peo
ME are from every other city in the United
States-not one was born there-so if BOs-
ton condemns Hollywood. 1t thereby con
demns itself because several lovely people
are from Boston The same obtains for
scores of other cities II
The majority of the film people are really
married. live together and have children
Helen Ferguson makes a good come back
to those who spread malicious gossip about
the wild parties" of the film folk. When
she is working on picture, 2 30 Is her bed
time hour and this is an iron-clad rule If
she goes TO the theater with a friend. il Is
early show. and If young man is call
ing. she gives him a friendly pat the
shoulder and sends him home before the
big hand arrives at the thirty mark How
well it would be il more OF our American
girls would follow HeIen's example.
Wallace Reid. son of Hal Reid. noted
writer of melodraTna. was born in st. Louis,
Mo. in 1902. His first appearance On the
stage was at the age Of four when he play
ed the role of little girl in Slaves of /
Gold"
Larry Semon is sadly aware Of muscles
he didn't know he had 1t happened this
way-the comedy king took Sunday off for
little game OF golf. and became in
terested that he played forty five holes
two and a half times over the course 1t
was a mighty good thing for Larry that it