Evening star., 1923-03-25
KENNETH HARLAN and
EDITH ROBERTS . Plalto
Film Nevs From HOLM.
vood.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

special Correspondence Of The Star.
I OS ANGELES. Calf. March 20
Tom Mix. Fox star. who gave a
party when he launched his new
| ocean-going yacht, is typical of what
IS best and most colorful in the local
film colony. He typifies the romance
of filmdom. BY no means an unusual
example, he has had a life so varied
and "A success so great that if his own
career were put into a film play the
fans would scofr at the plot and call
| II wild and not true to life.
Fighter in the Boer war in his teens,
| soldier of fortune in many lands
COW boy in the great southwest, Tom
MIX today is the idol OF hundreds of
thousands, is happily married. draws
ar income of $1,000 wcek-much Of
which he invests wisely--and in spite
! of all this is as unspoiIed and as un-
! affected as in the days when he slept
III his blankets on the range.
The Mix yacht. Miss Mkt, is Il 100
foot. 40O-horSe power craft. She was
christened by Thomasina the stars
ycar-old daughter. and so great is the
part which sentiment plays in Tom
Mix's life that he sent to Arizona for
christening water from the HASA
yampa river. which flows through his
ranch.
All the Tom Mix cowboys were at
the launching. The stars great Dane.
Duke, barked his pleasure and Tony,
MAS saddle mount OF the films
/ helped TO start the boat down the
! ways.
The old ranch "chuck-wagon." from?
which cowboys arc served at meal
time. supplied the guests with a bar
becue cooked over an open fire, cattle
range fashion.
The Mary Pickford of the long curls
is dead. There will be- no more funny
fal! for Mary. no more sliding down
| cellar doors. no more cute little girl
! parts. M!ss Pickford working on her
new play of Spain, wears long black
earrings and her hair is done up on
| the top of her head. She's a yamp in
! the picture. a dancer who gets jailed
ana, like Carmen, vamps her way to
! frC edon.
This film. '"Rosta." is looked for
ward to with keen anxiety by all of
/ hlmdom here. 1t means that the queen
, OF himdom. at the peak Of her pow
| crs hacked with her own unlimited
+ fortune. IS trying something new
/ And she is being directed by Ernest
! l-ubitsch, the man Who made Pola
| Negri in Passion"
! I asked Lubitsch what he though of
| though all he said was. shes an
actress and as an actress she has
such discretion"
William Haines is to be starred by
Goldwy4 in Three Wise Fools" fol-
! lowing his work in Vanity Fair"
! and in Souls for Sale" Jack Mower,
! signed by Universal and will he
; starred in Daniel Boone" an eight
/ reel feature
1 James Eirkwood is leaving the
! stage cast of Claiming Pol1ock's The
! Fool" now playing in the east, and
will play opposite Mrs. Wallace Reid
/ in THE Living Dead" the anti-nar-
! cotic film which the Lasky stars
widow is now producing at the Ince
! studio.
Edwin Carewe is taking the finish
| ing shots for THE Girl Of the Golden
| West" in which Sylvia Dreamer and
| j. Warren Kerrigan are the co-stars.
| Barbara Lamar will star as the no.
| torious Lady Lou in The Shooting Of
Dan McGrew," as soon as she COM
| pletes Captain Apple Jack" under
Fred Niblo's direction. and the woman
lead in Reginald Barker's THE Law
! Bringers."
Hollywood was on the point of
throwing up the sponge this week
vania censors had decided to bar
| Charlie Chaplin's new four-reel fea-
| ture. THE Pilgrim" This film has
not yet been released locally, but most
| Of the stars and directors have seen
| ii at invitation pre-vieWs. Later
| word came from Pennsylvania to the
! effect that the censors. had merely
| softened the play in spots so as not to
! offend the pastors" Chaplin's role is
| that of a convict who gets into a
| minister's coat and has amusing ad-
| ventures when a small town congre-
| cation mistakes him for the new min
4 lister.
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