Evening star., 1923-07-15
FILMOGRAMS

EDWARD sLoMAN, now directing
- The Eagles Feather" by Kath-
crime Newlin Burt. began his theatri-
cal career in London at the age OF
eighteen as Friar Laurence in Romeo
and Juliet l..s-.,.
Mary Alden and James Kirkwooo
worked with D. w. Griffith IN the ola
Biograph days.
Bowditch Turner. now appearing IN
Rex Ingrams "Scaramouche.' mao an
important role in THE Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse"
John Arnold. who has photographed q
all Of Viola Dana's pictures, Is work
ing out some unique trick pnotog
raphy for "Rouged Lips" Miss Danas
very latest.
George Melford is aiding in pre-
naring for his next production. '"The
Light That Failed" which F. McGrew
Willis is adapting from Ruoyaro
Kipling's story.
Lloyd Ingraham has been signed by
Associated Authors, Inc, to direct
Elmer Harris screen version OF Frank
K. Adams magazine story, Ihe Love
Halter" Matt Moore, brother OF Tom
and Owen, will essay the leading male
role.
Talk about the four hundreds being
in the films-it Is now Thelma MOT
gan, twin sister. of Mrs. Reginald
producing company with Malcolm
Strauss. They will make feature pic
lures in which Miss Morgan will star.
Richard Bennett. Lionel Barrymore.
po rha Ia
Montague Love are in Rome screening
scenes In The Eternal city"
Sylvia Dreamer is to have the chief
feminine role in The Lord of Thun-
dergate."
To obviate confusion resulting
from the use of two names for one
product. the distributing organiza-
tion known as the AL Lichtman Cor
poration has been combined with the
producing company and Will be
known in the future as Preferred
Pictures Corporation. Preferred Pic
lures are produced by B. 2. Schulberg.
Victor Schertzinger, as director.
will make the screen version OF
Frank Craven's play, The First
Year." for Preferred Pictures. start.
ing probably, in the early fall
months.
Maurice Flynn has the distinction
of being one Of the few motion
picture actors who ever went through
an entire scene with only his feet
showing. Lying on a cot in the next
room in a log cabin. he allowed his
feet to stick out into camera range
TO create the impression that he was
there. 1t was all part of days work
in "Salomy Jane"
Sam Wood is convinced Bluebeard
must have had a tough time picking
eight wives Recently he began pick
ing a cast for "Bluebeard's Eighth
Wife" knowing in advance Gloria
Swanson would be the eighth. 1t
took weeks to find the other seven.
They were never seen in the play, but
Wood says they had to be distinct
types. and he found them, such are
the resources OF the modern director
and the West Coast.
One OF the hard things Paramount
player had TO do recently was to reg
lister great Joy in pretending to sniff
the sweet aroma Of baking apples
when in reality the air was reeking
with paint. owen Moore was the
player.
A QUESTIONABLE filled out recently
by $1,000 high school students in
seventy-six cities in all sections of
the United States is claimed to have
favorite actress Of both high school
boys and girls. This circular was
issued by the Russell Sage Founda-
tion in cooperation with the National
Committee for Better Films Of New
York city. and is said to constitute
the most accurate check on the popu-
larity of motion-pic players that
ever has been tabulated. The Tai
madge sisters also stood high in the
voting.
President Harding found it impos-
sible to attend the premiere of the
Monroe Centennial and Motion Picture
Exposition in Los Angeles, and
Maurice Tourneur. First National di-
rector, decided to bring the exposition
TO the President via the screen, in
motion pictures OF the opening cere-
monies personally directed and photo
graphed.
Immediately following the Paris
dispatch that Car Boris of BULGARIA