Evening star., 1926-12-12
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MI SOrSl Inc SCISSORS experts
V are confronting a problem
4 4 which is intricate and de-
serves the deepest of thought and
consideration. Here is the PROPOSE
tion as outlined and placed before
them:
"What Price Glory?" a picture
which threatens to become as inn
portant an attraction as The Big
Parade" does not make use of
trough" subtitles. The action of
the story, as thrown upon the
screen, does not call for any special
stir among the censors. An yet
the story is filled with some of the
rudest of trench language. This
is made possible on account of the
fact that the audience is easily able
to follow the words of the actors
lip-reading the story as if the sub
titles were flashed on the screen.
The strong language, which was a
very important feature of the stage
play, has been kept in its entirety
without resorting to the printed
word. The result, according to
those who have viewed the photo
play and studied the innovation,
gives the audience a new thrill
the satisfaction of being able to
make out what the actors are say
ing at the time they are saying it..
And the claim is made that one finds
nothing shocking in the panto-
mime"
But what are the poor censors
TO do? They might issue an order
that. in future. all actors in screen
drama really join the ranks of the
silent while at work. SO that All
audience may not be ,ured into lip
reading
Aside from this particular angle
to the titleless What Price Glory?"
photoplay producers are freely pre-
dieting that the printed subtitle is
to be thing of the past and that it
will be eliminated before the present
theatrical season ends. The idea did
not originate with Raoul Walsh,
director of Glory; he cut the tit es
because they would not pass the
censors. THE Last Laugh" the
German Ufa film, with Emil Jam
nings in the star role, was the first
to run six or eight reels without
single subtitle. Many Hollywood
writers will be looking for work
when the big studios cut down ex-
penses and do away with such
phrases as Game the dawn and
Darkness steals DER the land like
q skulking thief"
CILDA GRAY now joins the ranks
" of the highly paid, or overpaid,
movie stars. She has just signed
a contract to appear in three pic
lures during the coming year. The
paper to which she attached her
name explains that she is to have
so per cent of the net profits from
the three pictures and that she is
to have a weekly drawing account
of $1,000. This drawing account,
however, comes out of the profits
when the bookkeepers tabulate the
returns from the three pictures.
Such pictures as Gilda will make
are said to average between two
and two-and-a-half million dollars
each. That is the gross earning.
Then the expenses are deducted and
the actress gets her so per cent. If
the pictures are what is known in
the theatrical world as "hops,"
Gilda can hardly complain. for she
will still have her $l04,000 for the
years work-$2,000 a week
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NEW YORK is going in for long
y run movies. and the newest ad-
ditions to the list are "Old Iron
sides" and Michael Strogoff." All
records have been broken by "The
Big Parade" which is now in its
second year. "Ben-Hur" is running
a close second, and it will complete
a year during the holidays. Other
long-run pictures in the metropolis
are Don Juan" "The Scarlet Let
ter" Beau Geste" and "The Better
Ole" Were in the Navy Now"
and "Potemkin" are expected to
draw crowds for many. months to
come, according to the att tendance
to date.
MANY words have been hurled
AsA hither and thither regarding
the HAPPY ending of the photo
play. Some of the more sophis-
ticated writers of screen affairs
claim the producers are ins the
wrong; that they are to blame for
the sweet fnales and that the pub
lie is really not in sympathy with
the idea. Whoever is TO blame