Evening star., 1924-01-27

THE Federation Of women's Clubs
of California has placed Cecil 3.
de Miles Paramount production,
The Ten commandments" upon it's
especially recommended list. The
ceIved in New York, the only other
state in which it has been shown.
Charles ogle has the principal char
acter part in Triumph" a Paramount
production. adapted from May Edg-
ingtou's story by Jcanie Macpherson
Mrs. Alice Chaplin. an American ac-
tress. who has been on the stage in
years, has one of the leading roles III
William b. de Miles production of
'Icehound." She has the role of the
stern New England mother Richard
Dix plays the son and Lois Wilson
is east as the young heircss.
Thomas Meighan and a company of
Paramount players supporting him. in
Write Your own ticket" are at Pa
latka, Fla, making exterior scenes.
Included in the party of thirty-siX
are Virginia Valli, who is playing
Wheat, Charles Dow Clark, David
Higgins. James Lapsley. Victor Heer-
man tdirector), William j. Scully (aS-
sistant directory and Paul Sloane,
who adapted the story for the screen.
During some of the coldest days re-
Gently Allan Dwan staged a scene
the beach at Palm Beach
at the Paramount Long Island studio
, for Gloria Swanson's next picture, "A
Society Scandal" Several tons of
beach sand. gay umbrellas and play
ers in bathing suits made those in
the studio forget winter.
After travelling across the continent,
Rod La ROGUE was allowed one-half
hour recently to get from the Los
Angeles station to begin work at the
! LaSky studio in Triumph
William Henshelwood (Billy Wood,
for shorD designed all the sets for
"Ffowing Cold" the Rex Beach epic
of the oil fields, being picturized by
Richard Walton Tully for First Ma,
, tional. This art director has found
his vast experience extremely neces-
sary in the wide variety of settings
required. From bunkhouseS to mill
, lionaire mansions, modiste shops to
, hotel lobbies, Texas farm shacks 10
governor suites, pool halls of the oil
fields to streets of oil boom towns, Is
a wide variety, but the artist II Is
said, will show some startling efects.
]. Stuart Blackton, who engaged
Alice Calhoun to play opposite Lou
Tellegen in Between Friends. adapt
ed from the novel by Robert W:
Chambers. met Miss Calhoun for the
first time upon his arrival at the Vita
graph studios in Hollywood. saw
you in Fitagraph productions while
was In England" the producer told
her, "and i decided then that when
returned to America I would ask you
to play for me-"
Mickey Bennett, the nine-year-ol old
actor in big Brother" whom critics
praised highly, is a find of whitman
Bennett, who gave Mickey his hrst
post office employees life, in which
Mary Carr and Brandon lyman have
: the leading roles.
C. Graham Baker, editor-in- chief.
iIas begun the scenario of Capt.
picture will be made under the per-
sonal supervision of Albert E. Smith,
president of Vitagraph.
At the visual instruction classes
conducted by the Crandall theaters
school authorities Tuesday an In
terested spectator was Senator Mag
nus Johnson, who in a brief address
to the foreign-born members of the
, classes pointed to his own experience
; as a demonstration of what oppor-
tunities may be embraced in this
country. Senator johnson said that
, when he came to America thirty
three years ago he little dreamed
that third of a. century later he
would occupy seat In the highest
legislative branch of government.
The senator also had much to say
in praise of the films being employed