Evening star., 1926-12-05

IT would seem that the photo
play, once known by such low
ly names as flicker" and
"jumpie." is coming into its
own. The moving picture, while
it came into being not long in
advance of the airplane, has been
the pioneers of the game" might
still be rated among the young
men," Wonderful strides have been
made in the industry. From the
first jerky pictures of the American
soldiers landing on Cuban soil we
now have the spectacular features
-marve,ous and artistic triumphs of
a new industry
The scientific and artistic world
IS paying attention to the movies
now. Their interest is little
tardy, but it has arrived AS an
indication of the historical and
educational value of certain films
made for entertainment purposes,
the American Museum of Natural
History has asked for certain sec
tlons OF the print of THE Lost
World Prof. Barnum Brown. asso-
clate curator of fossil mammals of
the New York scientific institution.
desires to keep for future reference
the pictures OF the mammoth dino
sauri, the brontosauri triceratops.
megalosauri. pterdactyls, trachodons,
diplodoci and other prehistoric mon
sters in motion The shots will also
be used in the museum lectures and
they.are said to be especially valu-
able for students.
The various exhibits Of the Army
Medical Museum are being rear
ranged for the convention of the
American Medical Association here
in Washington in the Spring. The
motion picture will play its part
before the leading medical men of
the country. A study of Wor ID War
diseases and wounds will be made
through the exhibition OF motion
pictures and stills" made on the
battlehelds and in the hospitals.
ZONES the news that the Russian
~ film "Potemkin." which was re-
viewed in these columns some time
ago. is being backed by Soviet
organization kllOWI dS tllS SO'-
kino." and that it will be given
public exhibition in New York soon.
Members OF the Moscow Art
Theater do some of their best work
in the production of the picture,
which is the story of revolt aboard
the Russian battle cruiser Prince
Potemkin.
THIS chap Victor McLaglen who
L is seen as the colorful Capt.
Flagg in the film version of What
Price Glory?" did not have to go
into the movies for adventure. He
has had a career Crammed with
action; he is a veritable soldier of
fortune and intrepid adventurer. He
saw service in the Boer War, was
a prospeotor in Canada for gold and
silver, fought Jack Johnson for the
heavyweight championship of the
world. and as a wrestler and strong
man in a small circus he travelled
in many strange lands. His movie
work is the Climax OF an oadventur-
Gus life
McLaglen was born in a suburb
OF London, but passed his boyhood
III South Africa. where his father
served as the Bishop of Clermont,
diocese of the Church of England.
He ran off and enlisted at the age
of II with the British army fight
ing the Beers. His E feet 5 inches
landed him in the Life Guards. where
he served after the war at Windsor,
ancestral home OF the British royal
family. Three years later, free of
the army he landed in Canada,
where he worked in the silver mines
OF Cobalt. Then he Joined a party
of prospectors. Later he became
the pugilistic champion. heavyweight
class, of eastern Canada. The bat
t.e with Jack johnson soon after the
latter had defeated Tommy Burns
was a siX-round affair staged in
Vancouver March 10, 1909. After
this came trip through the South
Seas. When the World War broke
out, McLaglen. on account Of previ-
Gus battle experience, was made a
lieutenant in the Irish Fusiliers,
going To Mcsopotamia. Then he was
attached TO the Cheshire Regiment,
was made provost marshal of Bag
dad and after the war went back
to London. His first moving picture
work was in The Glorious Adven-
ture' playing opposite Lady Diana
Manners. His first picture in this
country was The Beloved Brute"
a CCORDlNG to reports from first
4 a showines OF What Price Glory?"
nt 1NI II