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Evening star., 1923-04-22
Has Hyac;;nth;a,. Hair.
THE secret Of Nita Naldrs success

THE secret Of Nita Naldfs success
as a screen yamp is out. She
has hyacinthian hair! That is, her
hair is so black that it gives Off
cerulean tints.
This discovery was not made by a
press agent. strange to say. 1t all
came out when a visitor to the Long
Island studio saw her doing q scene
In Lawful Larceny" Allan Dwan's
latest production.
.oh: she has hyaeinthian hair"
violet tints It gives off under the
lights"
The the p. a stepped in. He had
Miss Naldfs secret powers Of vamp-
ing and on just why 1t was she seem
ed to cast a spell over q man when
she turned her black eyes on him.
Now he knew. 1t wasn't her eyes
at all. it was her hair. The violet
rays cast off her raven black hair
when strong lights were turned on
hypnotic about the reflected tints.
II do have a terrible time with
my hair when the spot lights arv
turned on 1t to keep from having (
sort of halo show" explained Miss
Naldi. That's the reason I always
try to wear some kind OF headpiece.
1t breaks up the blackness Of my hair
and prevents the sheen which shows
If 1 do not wear any ornaments
of Latin at Columbia University. eX-
planned the ancient, Romans used the
phrase "cerulean tints" to describe
just such a condition. The explana-
tion sounded satisfactory. all around.
hence this yarn.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Filmograms

extend into the start of the picture,
which will be unique situation.
David Belasco has learned his first
motion picture phrase. When Sid
ney Franklin, who will direct the
Belasco play. Tiger Rose" for the
Warner Brothers. met the theatrical
its adaptation. In the course OF the
conversation Mr.. Belasco asked. "Are.
you very busy Mr.. Frinklin?'
II have been. but I'm not shooting
at present" replied Franklin.
A few days later they met again.
surprise. said. when do you plan TO
| shoot Tiger Rose'?'
Baby" Bruce Guerin, who plays a
prominent role in Brass" the screen
version of Charles C. Norris novel. Is
said to be the youngest actor who
has actually portrayed dramtic part
on the screen. Bruce is only three
| and half years old.
At the "Neighborhood Gathering
Hours" observed in Crandalrs Savoy,
Avenue Grand and Apollo theaters.
| last week Mrs. Harriet Hawley Loeb
er. director of the public service and
| educational department of the Gran
dali Theaters. entertined more than
1000 Washington school children with
the pictures of the Czechoslovakian
city of Prague and the Bakule School.
together with the interesting reels OF
the Sokol Society of $4,000 men and
women in organized gymnastics.
which were presented through thI
courtesy Of DR.. Stepanek and the ie-
cation in this city.
The widely advertised shortage of
leading men and character actors on
| the Pacific coast seems to be corrobo-
rated this current week at Crandalls
Central and 9th and E streets thea
tiers. Milton Sills is leading man in
both of the photodramas announced
| for the Central. and Montagu Love in
both scheduled for Crandalls at 9Th
/ and z. The Sills of Environment"
however, will not be recognized as the
| Sills Of Adams Rib" and certainly
1 the Montagu Love of Secrets OF Par
| is" bears no resemblance to the pol.
ished actor with Betty Blythe in "The
4 Darling of the Rich" The coinci-
dence can be accounted for only as
| "one of those things"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
RIALT0-"Hunting Big Game in
Africa"

What is claimed to be one Of the
most astounding moving pictures
ever made will be the feature at
Moore's Rialto Theater this week,
beginning today. IN Hunting Big
Game in Africa with Gun and Cam
era" as made by H. "A. Snow. and
his son during thirty-month ex-
pedition into the heart of the dark
continent Mr.. Snow will appear in
person Sunday and Monday.
Sidney Snow. nineteen-year-old son
OF the leader of the expedition, ac-
companied his father. With two
camera. men they sailed from the
Pacific coast in 1919. and spent two
and one-half years In Africa, and
with the novel aid of the American
f1ivver. more than $4,000 miles and
ten different countries were covered
In hunting ferocious an-killers and
studying the habits Of lions, leopa rds,
rhinoceri. elephants and other ami
mails. 1t Is all graphically illus,
trated by the pictured detail Of the
hunts Elephants supply the thrill
of the picture. The African elephant.
the most dangerous Of all. towering
thirty feet in height, with, tusks
measuring twenty feet.
For those that are squeamish, 1t Is
explained that the animals were shot
only when absolutely necessary to
obtain rare specimens for the Oak
land Museum or In self-defense.
A laughabie comedy, Traffic" the
Fox News and other subjects will
be shown and an orchestral interpre-
tative score arranged by Director
George Wild
Evening star., 1923-04-22
G1or;es of Other Days.

EvokING memories of another day.
almost another age. was the
effect of the news received from the
coast by the Metro home Offices that
frankie Bailey, the one-time toast of
New York. is appearing as an extra
In the Fred Niblo production of The.
Famous Mrs. Fair"
Time was when frankie Bailey
now just one in a filmed group Of Red
Cross "buddies"-was the hit of many
musical show, and chiefly because
OF her legs! Adjudged the most beau
tiful in the world. They were more
eloquent to the audience than singers,
songs and orchestra.
They were a legend which became
part of the language. for to speak of
frankie Bailey's" was another way
Of designating lower limbs. 1t was
Frankie Bailey who inspired that ONE
time crack: THE legs are the founda-
ton of the drama"
However. she isn't the only former
favorite appearing in extra parts in
THE Famous Mrs. Fair" In the same
group are Lydia, Yeamans Titus.
Josephine Kirkwood. Muriel Beres-
ford. Eva Nudge and Dorcas Mat
thews.
Evening star., 1923-04-22

We always strive T. please the
eye with the background. For this
reason conventional lines on walls
| are avoided. so when the camera ap-
proaches or recedes from the wall the
| designs will not be distorted. Many
| times We misplace furniture from the
accustomed manner Of placing furni-
ture in room for the sake of COM
position and to accommodate the
action: This Is advisable for photo
/! graphic purposes.
"A wealthy woman in real life
might wear a blue serge suit. yet IL
we dressed her that way in pictures
she would not appear wealthy. SO
| jewels. OF course always avoiding
vulgartty- Because OF the cost, when
We want to destroy a fine piece of
brtc- a-brac we sometimes use a clay
or plaster of-paris imitation. A con-
noisseur on seeing the picture might
say that a piece like it. If real. would
not break in the manner in which 1t
| was broken in the scene. but the
| average person in the audience gets
the effect Of the broken piece and
does not question 1t further. We put
smoke powder cartridges In a pistol
! when we want to have one fred in
| scene because we want the audi-
ence to know that shot was fired.
Dealers in firearms might say that no
pistol would smoke like this particu-
1 AeE oHc OiOs pQk Lie iHACCUFdCy Is
| necessary.
"A lot Of anachoronisms In pictures
! are accidental. Nobody would put a
| Winchester rife in a twelfth century
| scene. but If they used twelve foot
spears In that time we might make
them fifteen feet long. No man liv-
ing knows everything. We must re-
! ly on research and experts for much
A.! OF our information. Frequently we
| are victimiZed by these experts. We
| only learn from the public that we
are wrong and then 1t is too late to
change.
Visitors who come to a motion
picture studio see men at a full dress
dinner party wearing pink and blue
shirts and they are aghast They
| wear shirts of this color because
white is too glaring. This, however,
10 a technical inaccuracy that does
| not show on the screen, for the shirts
look white when photographed
The business of a director Is to
| hold together and direct the various
forces that make a picture. If the
man employed to dress the sets, the
! property men. the art department
make mistakes the fault must be
placed on the department that pro-
duces 1t. 1t Is q physical impossi-
! bility for any one man to check carefully
everything that goes into the making
| OF a motion picture on the scale they
are now made.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
C0LUMBIA-"The Famous Mrs.
Fair"

Another splendid stage success will
be brought to the screen at Loew's Q
Columbia Theater this week only be-
ginning this afternoon, in Metros
production of THE Famous Mrs.
Fair" the fascinating play by James
Forbes. In which Henry Miller and
Blanche Bates achieved remarkable
success.
Fred Niblo. famous for his screen
production OF 1.-THE Three Musket-
eers," starring Douglas Fairbanks,
and Blood and Sand" In which Ro-
dolph Valentino had the Otis Skinner
role, directed Tho Famous Mrs.
Fair"
The story concerns the efforts of
Mrs Fair. an upper.class American
mother, to continue on the lecture
platform that prominence she won
in, war work in France, and the
dire consequences to her husband
who Is led into the web OF an ad-
venturess; her son, who contracts a
marriage Of Questionable Judgment,
and her daughter, who enters upon a
career of cocktails, jazz and dubious
social contacts
Myrtle Stedman has the role of Mrs.
Fair. Marguerite de la Motto that Of
the daughter; Cullen Landis, the son i;
Helen Ferguson. the girl he marries;
Huntley Gordon, Mr.. Fair; Carmel
Myers. the adventures. and Ward
Crane, the man who misled the daugh.
ter. Added screen and musical at
fractions are promised.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Praises Screen Version.

CYRIL MACDE. famous English
stage star, who played the title
role In rGrumpy" some fourteen hun
dred times in England and America,
saw William De Miles screen version
Of the play at the Rvoli Theater. New
York. recently. when he and his III
Winter Comes" stage company were
guests of Hugo Riesenfeld at the pic
lures premiere.
Two days later Mr.. Riesenfeld re-
ceived the following letter from Mr..
Maude:
1T was wonderfully interesting for
me, when on your kind invitation.
witnessed the admirable screen version
of Grumpy What wonderful per-
sonality Mr.. Roberts has-a dear. de-
lightful old face. And what a good
actor! Many congratula tions on your
version of my dear old play
Evening star., 1923-04-22
PALACE-Theodore Roberts in
Grumpy"

Those who remember the fascinat-
Ing charm Of Cyril Maude's famous
play. Grumpy" may be delighted to
found Its way to the screen as a star
ring production for that grand old
man" of the silver sheet, Theodore
Roberts. and that II will be given
Its Washington premiere at Loew's
Palace Theater this week, beginning
Grumpy" is described as "a uelo-
dramatic comedy OF character which
hrst achieved an outstanding stage
success in London with Cyril Maude
in the title role, which was duplicates
a year later in New York. and later
Vas Vas p~rit,en ~ By Moraee n seef Hodges age plnS ans
T. wygney Percyval. 1t has been
prepared for the screen by Clara
Beranger and its production was d.
restsd by william Pc Mile:
the picture. has long been recognized
as one Of the greatest character act
ors In the silent drama A really
notable cast includes May McAvoy.
for her work In Sentimental Tom
N.Y.; Conrad NageA pominent and
popular leading men of the Para
mount fold: Casson Ferguson, Ber-
tram Johns. Charles Ogle. Robert
Bolder. Charles French ana Bernice
Frank.
The picture has d poignant roman
tic motif that centers about the
theft Of q diamond. charged against
the sweetheart Of T"Grumpy's" grand
daughter. The story reveals haw the
old fellow. after an amazing series
Of developments eventually estab-
fishes the complete Innocence Of his
granddaughter's sweetheart and pins
the crime on an unscrupulous and
successful suitor for her hand.
Added screen and musical attrac-
tfons will be. provided.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Latest Gossip From HollyuUood

Cherry Malotte in "The Spoilers"
The production will be made at the
Goldwyn studio and James Young
VIII direct, after he finishes 'sTrilby"
for Richard Walton Tuliy.
Dick Jones. Mabel Normaud's direc-
tor. Is hereafter to be known as d.
rector general Of Mack Sennett pro
auctions. He announces a change in
the star part OF The Extra Girl"
which will be played by Winifred
Bryson instead OF by Phyllis Haver
Victor seastrom. the famous
is angling for Joseph schiidkraut to
play opposite Mae Murray in Hall
Gaines Master Of Man
John Blackwood's film play.
Havoc" will be the first feature
which Harry Carson will direct for
Universal. J. Warren Kerrigan has
been loaned by Lasky and Tom SAINT
schi also will have an important part.
Warner Brothers will feature Mary
Provost in broadway After DARK"
a feature written by Edmund Gould
ing. Virginia Lee Corbin, the child
Aim star. who has toured the United
States and much Of Europe in vaude-
vile. will return to the screen in the
Fisher production Of Youth Trt-
umphant."
The grand banks of Newfoundland
will be the scene for the Louis B.
Mayer. production Of Cape Cod
Victor Herman, directing for J. NJ.
Schenck. announces Barbara Wins
low, Rebel" as the next vehicle for
Constance Talmadge. after she oon-
pletes 'Dulcy." c. Gardner Sullivan
Is already at work upon the script
which will follow closely the novel OF
old English days, by Elizabeth Ellis.
Cecil B. De Mile will start filming
The Ten Commandments" May |.
The largest set ever used in motion
pictures will be built on the south
ern California desert for the city or
Rameses II, and the mob scenes will
include thousands Of people. severai
hundred people are now busy max
ing the thousands Of biblical cos
tunes which will be needed. The
film, 1t Is estimated, will take hNe
months to make.
Copyright. 1923. e. 8. and Great Britain, BY
North American Newspaper Alliance. All
rights reserved
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Allan Dluan Explains His Theory

MOTION pictures primarily appeal
to the dream mind or romantic
state of the people who see them.
according to Allan Dwan. producer
Of Paramount pictures. and for that
reason many things are done in pic
lures that would not happen in real
life. Directors deliberately make
exaggerations to help along this
dream mind.
In all OF US, no matter how
naterialistic, there is tinge, hope
of romance" Dwan explained. I'm
lovers a beautiful background for
their love scenes. because it appeals
to the romantic state of the audience.
In actual life the lovers might be at
a scene like that would not stir an
audience nearly as much as one
showing the happy couple with a
pleasant vista in the background.
We sometimes use symbolism to pro.
duce that feeling in the audience. but
in actuality one seldom encounters
4 symbol in his entire existence
The business Of motion pictures Is
to produce an imitation OF life. and
to be a good imitation it should be
who initiates gives an impression of
the character that he Is initiating
rather than an actual reproduction.
The idea is the same in pictures.
The screen is medium of impress
sionism and we exaggerate often to
give the proper effect. A medieval
castle in England is not impressive,
actually. 1t is necessary, to exag-
gerate. to fill all the dream creyices
of the mind. Therefore we use high
lines to give the impression of mag
nificence and size. Lines are pro-
longed to reach the imagination. The
dreamer-the average person in the
motion picture audience-visualizes
the wealthy home as more ornate than
1t really Is, so 1t Is necessary to make
1t appear as those in the audience
think II should look.
1.-The whole trend today in tenn
porary art Is toward impressionism
rather than actuality. Gordon Craig
is one of the modern artists who be-
lieves in exaggeration- In pictures
we strive for the same thing.
The very first thing we do in pic
lures Is absolutely contrary to
nature. We makeup our actors. We
want them to appear pleasing on the
screen. an effect we could not get
from the pigments of the skin. We
are careful about the way the stars
dress their hair and about the clothes
they wear. not because We want then,
to be ordinary, but unusual In art
and pictures the unusual is moro in
teresting to the multitude.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
BY HALLETT ABEND.
Special Correspondence os The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LOS ANGELES. April le.-No press
agent could possibly have stirred UP
tho furore about Barbara La Mari
which ragged here because Of a care
less and premature announcement
made by Julius Bernheim, general
manager Of Universal City.
Miss La Mars stock has gone soar
ing. and the attention OF Hollywood
has been focused upon her. She has
advanced in about fourteen months
from player in occasional demand at
500 week to a leading woman
sought after by half a dozen pro-
ducers at $4,000 week
Bernheim. 1t is said. announced that
Universal had signed Miss La Marr
for contract covering a term of
years. to be starred in superfeatures,
and that she would rank with Pris-
ella Dean, Lon CLANCY and other
Universal headliners. The local news
papers accepted the contract as an
accomplished fact, but storm of pro-
tests followed from Bernheim The
facts are that contracts had been
prepared calling on Miss La Mari to
make one picture for Universal after
he salary named is $4,000 a week.
and a clause In the contract gave
an option for a second picture IL both
parties are willing. 1t Is specified
also that Miss La Marr shall not be
advertised as star. but as leading
the cast"
Meanwhile Miss La Marr will COM
plete her work In Captain Apple
jack" which Fred Niblo is directing
for Louis B. Mayor. After that she
has to all a contract with Samuel
Goldwyn and George Fitzmaurice
which calls for her to play the role of
Donna Roma in the film version of
Hall Gains THE Eternal City,"
which Is to be filmed in and around
Rome. After the Goldwln-F -Fitzmau-
rice feature, Miss La Marr's manager,
Arthur S. Sawyer. probably will fea-
ture her in THE Shooting OF Dan Nc
Crew." though that may be deferred
until after the Universal picture has
been made.
Sam e. Rork announces a four-cor-
nered contract involving story. star,
production and director. The story
is Cynthia Stockley's South African
novel. "Pon Jola"; the star Is Anna
O. Nilsson. now finishing the role Of
Evening star., 1923-04-22
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Evening star., 1923-04-22

who accepts a position as school
teacher in little western settlement
in order to gather material for q new
novel. There she meets and marrfes
a young ranchnan. When her book is
recognized and a famous dramati st
oners to convert 1t into a stage hit,
she leaves her husband and hastens
east. Percelving his own blunder he
follows, but is entirely "out of the
picture and so returns to his ranch.
To the scene of his activities come
the wife and her infatuated play
wright. The ensuing episodes are in
tensely dramatic, genuinely exciting.
Marguerite de Ia Motto and John
Bowers have the chief roles.
The comedy will be Christie's "a
Hula Honeymoon which was filmed
on the beach at Waikiki.
The musical embellishments will in
clude concert overture by the or
chestra and Miss Viola T. Abrams, in
harp solo prelude for which one
OF the proscenium side-stages will
be utilised with special lighting ef-
fectS.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Savoy.

Today and tomorrow, Jackie Coo.
gan. in Daddy" and Larry Semon, in
mo Wedding Bells; Tuesday and
Wednesday. Bebe Daniels and Lewis
Stone, in Worlds Applause" and
Paul Parrott In Good Radiance;
Thursday. Lon CLANCY, Hope Hamp-
ton and E. K. Lincoln, in "The Light
In the Dark" and Dorothy Devore, in
Babies Welcome; Friday, Alice
Brady. in Missing Millions" and
No. q; Saturday. Marion Davies and
T. Roy Barnes, in Adam and Eva"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
New,

Today, Charles Jones, in THE
Bells Of st. Juan" Sunshine comedy.
1.-The Jungle Goddess" Chapter q;
tomorrow, The Silent Barrier" and
comedy. "The Four Orphans; Tues
day, William Russell. in The Cru
sader." and Tweedy comedy: Wednes.
day, Milton Sills, in Burning Sands,
Ham and Bud comedy and Fox News
Thursday, Betty Compson. In Always
the Woman" Rod and Gun series and
comedy, amateur night: Friday. Will
liam Duncan, in The Fighting
Guide" Harold Lloyd comedy and
Aesop Fables: Saturday, Tom Mix. in
do or Dare" Buster Keaton comedy
and Pearl White, in "Plunder."
Evening star., 1923-04-22
York.

Today and tomorrow. Mae Murray.
In "Jassmania," and THE Alley Cat;
Tuesday and Wednesday, Richard Dix
Thursday. Eileen Percy. In The Flirt.' u
and Paul Parrot. in Good Riddance"; :;
Friday, Cullen, Lands and Eva No
yak, in Dollar Dcvils." and Al 81.
In 1.-THE Alarm: Saturday, Buck
John. In '-The Alarm; Saturday. Buck
Louise EaEenda. In Pest Of the Storm
Country"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Avenue Grand.

Today and tomorrow, Jackie Coo
gan. in Daddy" and Larry Semon, in
mo Wedding Bells: Tuesday and
Wednesday. Bebe Daniels and Lewis
Stone. in THE Worlds Applause" and
Paul Parrot, in Good Radiance"
Thursday. Lon CLANCY. Hope Hamp-
ton and E.. K. Lincoln. in The Light
in the Dark" and Louise Fazenda, in
Pest OF the Storm Country: Friday.
Alice Brady. in Missing Millions"
and George O'Hara. in Fighting
Blood" No. 2: Saturday. Marion Da-
vies and T. Roy Barnes. in Adam and
Eva" and comedy. Fishing"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Olympic.

Today. Jack Holt, in Making a
Man; tomorrow and Tuesday. Gloria
Swanson and Antonio Moreno. in 'My
American Wife; Wednesday. Frank
Mayo and Louise Lorraine, In THE
Altar Stairs" and Charlie Chaplin,
in "A Dogs Life: Thursday. Rich
ard Barthelmess, In Fury; Friday.
Mary Pickford. in Daddy Long
Legs: Saturday. Norman Talmadge,
in 1.-THE Isle Of Conquest"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Raphael.

Today and tomorrow. Richard Bar
thelmess. in Fury; Tuesday, Lea
trice Joy. in Java Head; Wednes-
day and Thursday. Lila Lee and
James Kirkwood. in ''Ebb Tide: Fri
day. Douglass MacLean. in BELL Boy
Ia; Saturday. Harry Carey. in Can
yon OF the Fools"
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Chevy Chase.

Today. tomorrow and Tuesday, Har-
old Lloyd. In "Dr. Jack" Mary Alden.
tionai News. and and Pearl white in
"Plunder." Episode No. /; Wednesday.
Glenn Hunter. in The Second Fid-
die" Lige conley, in Look Out
Below" and International News;
Thursday, Dorothy Dalton. In Dark
Secrets" H. C. Witwer's THE Fight
ing Blood" Round 1. and Charlie
Murray, in "A Social Error; Friday,
Jack Holt, in Making a Man." Eddie
Barry, in Dog Sense" and Oregon
Trail. No. 6: Saturday. Nell Shipman.
in THE Grub Stake" Century Comedy
Dads Boy" and Movie Chats. Matt
nee only. Pearl White, in "Plunder," ;"
Episode No. 2.
Evening star., 1923-04-22
Regent.

Today and tomorrow. TESS Of the
Tuesday. Jean Paige. in The Prodi-
gal Judge; Wednesday, Bebe Daniels,
In Pink Gods; Thursday, Pauline
Starke. In THE Kingdom Within;
Friday, Mary Miles Minter and Tom
Moore. in "The Cowboy and the
Lady: Saturday. Wallace Reed. In
The Ghost Breaker"
Evening star., 1923-04-22

madse, In "The Voice from the
Minaret"; Tuesday, "Old Wives for
New; Wednesday, Cullen Lands and
Colleen Moore. in "Forsake All
Others: Thursday. Clara Kimball
Young. in Enter Madame; Friday.
Constancs Talmadge, in Good might.
Paul.; Saturday, Wallace Reid, in
THE Ghost Breaker,