Evening star., 1923-09-02

Florence Vidor to play Barbara
Worth in Principal Pictures Corpora
tion's production of the Harold Bell
Wright novel. The Winning Of Bar
bara Worth"
The finishing touches on Crandall's
new Ambassador Theater, at 18th
street and Columbia road northwest,
have progressed TO a point where II
is easy TO discern what the completed
work will be. In color treatment.
draperies and decorative hxtures II
will be unlike any other theater in
Washington. 1t is the present in
tention to open the Ambassador
September Is.
James G. Peede, general manager
of the Richard Walton Tully enter
prises. was New York visitor at the
executive offices Of the Crandall
Theaters last week. i'll connection
with the exploitation of Trliby ana
other TuIIy releases to be shown IN
the capital. "Trilby" introduces a
new star to American audiences in
Andree La Fayette. beautiful Paris
ienne blonde.
Richard Barthelmess has COM
menced work with John $. Robertson
directing. Twenty -one." the film
version Of the novel, wild Apples,
hy Grace MacCfowan Cooke and Alice
/ MacGowan. The story deals with the
struggles of a boy whose father ana
mother have different views as ito
| how he shall be brought up. and who
are out of step with each other. Dor
othy Mackaill is again playing oppo-
site the star.
The departure on the Homeric re-
Gently of Henry King, the director, TO-
gether with the heads of the tech
nical departments of the Inspiration
studios in Rome, means that the pro-
duction of "Romola." based on George
Eliot's novel, in which both Lillian
and Dorothy, Gish will appear; VIII
! begin shortly, One part of the
"Romola" unit has already left for
Italy.
! John Underhill, the butler in Viola
Dana's new picture. The Social Code.
saws he has .buttled'' in hundreds of
pictures. II was in pictures" says Mr.
Underhill, long before most of our
present stars had finished McGuneys
Fourth Reader. and if my health holds
out | probably will be opening doors
and announcing Tea is served
madam when most of them have re-
tired to their country estates
John George. an Arabian. has
played in every picture directed by
Rex Ingram. His latest is 'Scara-
mouche." 'Tufti Fatallah" is the COM
| bination Of letters that approXimates
| his real name as pronounced in Ara
| bic. Mr. George speaks Arabic. Turk
| ish, Egyptian, English and French.
His home is in Nashville, Tenn.
John r Payette, assistant general
| manager of the Crandall theaters, last
week moved into his handsome new
1 home in one of the exclusive and rap
J IDLY growing residential sections. The
\ new dwelling, a large edifice OF brick
and stucco, with two-car garage and
| surrounding lawns, was designed from
plans made by Mr.. Payette personally.
| Robert Edeson, former stage star, who
! made a memorable success in the play
called "Strongheart' and never after
! found another play to equal it, has be-
F.; players in picturedom. He is featured
| with Leatrice Joy in 1.-THE Silent Part
ner." Owen Moore. former husband of
Mary Pickford. also has one of its
| prominent roles.
| Long Live the King" an adapta-
ton of Mary Roberts Rinehart's story,
it is said. will reveal d new Jackie.
] A child born to the purple instead of
| a tattered and beloved little vaga-
| bond.
| Metro Pictures Corpora tion an
nounces the purchase of "Womans
( Intuition" by Sada Cowan and How
i ard Higgins, authors of Fashion
| Row." to be screened as Mae Murrays
| next picture. 1t will be filmed as a
Metro premier and completes the list
| of thirty-five major productions an
nounced by Metro for its 1923-24 pro-
| gram, chief Of which is the massive
Rex Ingram production of "Scara-
mouche."
| Ward Cranes screen life is just one
catastrophe after another. Some
( times he hovers on the verge of a.
screen death in a shooting fray; some
| times he is beaten to the threshold OF
! the hereafter; and, for variety, an
auto wreck is used now and then as a
| means of getting rid of him. But. in
| one way or another, he always seems
\ to be picked on to suffer for the dirty
| work in the story. His latest deadly
escapade Is in Reginald Barker's new
| production, pleasure Mad"
! Sweden has gone wild" over Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Johnson's Trailing
| African Wild Animals. Raoul lie
| Mat, principal theater man of Stock
( holn communicated with Metro as
| follows: johnson film opened in
| Sweden's best house. the Red Mill,
| Stockholm, to capacity Received
| finest press notices ever accorded a
! picture here"
"His Childrens Children" was
adapted from Arthur Trains novel by
Monte NJ. Katterjohn. In it George
| Fawcett appears as Peter B. kayne
| in the ,heyday of his youth. when he
road and inspected mining properties.