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Money" being filmed from Pamela
Wynne's story, "Anna's an Idiot
An adaptation of Up the Ladder
Owen Davis Broadway success, was
started last week with a cast headed
10y Virginia Nalli and including For
rest Stanley, Margaret Livingstone,
Holmes Herbert, George Fawcett and
Pricilla Dean Moran.
Florence Nidor recently arrived in
New York for brief visit, where she
Will see Barbara F'rietchie," ia
which she plays the title role, at tn"
new Ii"adilly Theater, which had the
premiere of this picture as its initial
attra ctio1.
Frances Howard. who has the It'll
role in The swan" literally rode
irtC motion pictures on horseback.
When she arrived on location, wher"
the company had been fer two days
taking riding scenes. and, waiting for
the selection of an actress for the
role OF Alexandra. Director Dimitri
Buchowetzki Immediately put her on
horseback. and her first scenes in pic
lures were taken gallopinG toward
the camera.
The Plastic Age" Percy Marks
story OF American college life, has
been purchased by Universal, to l."
given a realistic and truc-to- life
production, announces Carl Laemmle.
Whew.
Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry.
who rode to fame ON the "Merr2-
o-Round." will be costarred in
Fifth Avenue Models" to be re-
| leased shortly.
What more fitting than to trans
port the Tornado to New York by
airplane mail? The film, made from
the story by Lincoln J. Carter, star
ring House Peters, arrived from Uni
versal City recently via this latest
and fastest route.
Fifteen miles out in the Mediterrau-
| can off the coast of Italy, Fred Niblo
and his company are recreatinG the
famous naval battle scenes of the first
century in 'Ben-Hur."
Lambert Hillyer has signed a con-
tract to direct for First National.
The young author director has made
over % pictures for Bill Hart and
| more recently handled the adaptiou
and the direction of Those Who
Dance" Barbara Frietchie," aud
Idle Tongues"
Vitagraph has just performed Il
triple achievement in picture produc-
ton and presentation. While Capt.
| Blood" and The Clean Heart" or
The Cruelties of Life" were having
their world premier runs on Broad
way, production work on "rhe Be
| loved Brute" was finished.
Victor Hugo Halperin has finished
the production of "Greater Than Mar
riage." a perturbation OF LOUIS
Joseph Fance's Joan Thursday,
Marjorie Daw plays Joan, whose con
! fiict between ambition for a stage
career and the call of home life
| forms the basis of the story. Lou
Tellegen appears as the husband.
If only Englishmen were as fond
of base ball as of cricket what a
great team that McLaglen family
might form! Victor McLaglen, who
has the title role in Vitagraph's "The
Beloved Brute" is one of nine broth
ers-just enough for a ball club. In
| cidentally. he is the shortest Of the
lot. though he stands 6 feet inches.
Every man on the team would be as
tall as long George Kelly of the
champion New York Giants
! Gertrude Olmstead, who entered
| films via the beauty contest route
! from Chicago, has been chosen lead
ing lady for Reginald Denny in
California Straight Ahead
Edward Laemmle has started work
on the inspirational scenes for "The
Great Miracle" in the huge replica OF
the Cathedral of st. Ann dc Reauprs.
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