"SCARAMOUCHE."

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"SCARAMOUCHE."

the throne she has occupied for so many years, this remarkable actress will still be a dominating figure on the screen even five years from to-day, if she should decide to remain in the films until that time, according to Lane. Regarding Norma Talmadge, he says that while she slipped a little down the ladder of popularity a short time ago, tie indications lately have been that she will have a strong: "come-back." She will have a decided advantage over Mary Piekford because of her adaptability to a wider variety of stories. Gloria Swanson. he says, is undoubtedly one of the greatest screen actresses of the day. and is improving with every film. Destiny will rule over her, howi ever, and she will remain in power unle?s unfortunate forces work against her. Corinne Griffith and Colleen Moore I will still be numbered among the ' favourites five years hence. Corinne-s i beauty seems to be able to atone for , even the most miserable stor'r? in which ! she i= cn=t. Neither of the stars. however, will be so much in the foreI ground as at present. Rudolph Valenj lino's future is not so clear. He has j lost much of his popularity and seems to be floundering around, trying to find i attractive roles. It is doubtful, ac- ' cording to Lar.e. if he will ever retrain j his lost popularity. 1 Pola Negri Waning. Only by a miracle, he continues, can J Pola Negri prevent herself from slowly skidding down the grade. She has seen j her best days. Such stars as Thomas Meighan. Milton Sills, Conway Tearle and Monte Blue will have a hard fight on their hands, and it is doubtful whether they will be able to hold their own in the next few years. There is nothing to keep Douglas Fairbanks from going on his merry way. The writer calls Mm the best showman star in the business. Richard Barthelmess' apparently perpetual- youth should enable him to continue easily on his career. For a time is seemed that Rod La Rocque would climb up among the big stars, but for one reason and another he has not fared so well of late, and there is small hope

They are each adaptable to various stories, and are exceptionally clever. Pola Negri is waning in public fancy, and Monte Blue is not liked by many people. As for Xorma Shearer, she j appears, more than any other young' actress, to be climbing right to the front line. Still, luck plays such a big part in the success of film stars, just 'as it guides the destinies of people in all walks of life. We can only wait and see which stars continue in the firmanent, and which fade slowly away, to be replaced by new ones from the evergrowing ranks of Hollywood. It i= a? well to remember, incidentally, that Great Britain is beginning to wake up over the matter of tlie film industry. Who knows that some of our own stars will not rise up and sen*! a few of the American favourites flying to the ground * Hope Loring and Loiiis Lifrhton. wellknown scenario writers, who provided the adaptation of Mary Pk-kford's "Little Annie Rooney." have p.irain been employed by Miss Piekford to -work on her next story, the nature of which is being kept 2 secret. "Partner? Again—with Potash and Perlrnmter," the latest Montague Glass j stage play, now being filmed by Henry King for presentation by Samuel Goldwyn requires the two principals to indulse in a somewhat unusual and complicated airplane journey. The leading rolef are once more in the capable hands of George Sidney and Alexander Carr. [ Clive Brook, who plays'opposite Alice •Joyce in the Universal attraction "The Home Maker/ was born in London. England. an 3 educated there. Before entering pictures he epent several years playing in London houses and vaudeville shows. He entered pictures four years ago. and among many of the successful attractions in which he has appeared are "Christine of the Hungry Heart." '"Mirase." and "The Woman Hater." Brook served four and a half years with the British Machine Gun Corps in France and Belgium.