THE FILM WORLD

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11293, 19 August 1922, Page 9

THE FILM WORLD

Louis Victor Eytinge was an emaciated lunger—not north hanging hardly—when he wag sent up twelve years ago for murder in 'Arizona. He was a scion of a good family, broken in health from a previous term for forgery in Ohio. To-day he weighs in at 190, writes smashing good advertising matter from his cell, spends the money to make the other prisoners happy, runs the tuberculosis ward on a sure-eure basis and mixes in politics with a pen that is acknowledged to be the deadliest weapon in Arizona. His life was in ruins fourteen years ago. He remade it! He has become famous for his prison reform projects and the first fruit of his fifteen years’ study of criminals at elbow range is his authorship of the Universal photodrama, “The Man Under Cover,” to be shown at Wellington shortly. At the May carnival in New York, ■Miss Billie Burke, born in England, and married to an American theatriScal producer, was voted “Queen of the Cinema” in a popularity contest which incidentally raised £30,000 to aid the poor. The bffioial figures of the votes are: Billie Burke, 472,860; Mary Carr, 431,160: O. Binney, 68,500. Mary Pickford was sixth with 15,265. Edward Earle was voted the most popular male star with 12,280 votes, whilo Charlie Chaplin was fifth with 2970, and Jackie Ooogan, the child prodigy, seventh with 2890. The votes were auctioned at one dollar each. The surprise of the contest was the support given to Mary Carr, an elderly, grey-haired mother of seven fine children, with “a smile that wins the heart.” A feature of special interest to be screened at Hie King’s Theatre next Week is “Pearls and Savages,” taken by the intrepid explorer who accompanied Sliackleton on his South Volar expedition, Captain Frank Hurley. After a glimpse of Thursday Island, north of Australia, the spectators are taken to the islands of the Torres Straits in a somewhat lively schooner. Glimpses of coral reefs with wonderful colouring of rose, amber, blue and green; of strange native “jazz,” the native methods of sea fishing, of the harpooning of turtles, and the cooking of bread wrapped in banana leaves and placed on ’hot stones. The pearling industry in northern waters is also illustrated with views of diving operations by Japanese pearlers. The picture is one that provides wonderful entertainment as well as being a.n interest attraction. The picture will be accompanied with a verbal description by Captain Petersen. “The Tiger of San Pedre,” the next of the Sherlock Holmes series, will bo screened at" the Empress. It is another of those fascinating stories from the works of Sir Arthur Oona.n Doyle with Eille Norwood, the English master of make-up, as Sherlock Holmes. The feminine sex will find much of interest in “Peacock Alley” _ with Mae Murray. Never in any picture has there been such a display of beautiful gowns, and never has there. been a star who can wear them like this popular blonde. A drania of the New England coast, poignant with he'art interest, snappy with jazz trimmings—a play of human hearts and painted cheeks —such i& “The Seventh Day” with Richard Barthelmess. “The Three Musketeers,” with Douglas Fairbanks, will be shown at Wellington soon. This story, world popular and world-read, by tbe famous Alexander Dumas, features Doug, as D’Artagnan who, in the book as well as in tbe picture, always dominates the'reader’s interest. This picture, by the way, his been screened to record houses in Auckland. Paramount pictures are to be distributed in Japan in tbe future through offices owned an 4 operated by the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation as a part of its world-wide chain of distributing agencies, according to an announcement made by Air E. E. Shauer, director of the foreign department. Air Tom D. Cochrane, for a number of years the representative of the Universal Eilm Company in Japan, will be general manager of the new company,* which is to be known as PamousLasky Paramount Films, Ltd. Offices were to be opened in Tokio. early in August. Later, when conditions warrant, arrangements will be made to open branches in the territories of Manchuria and Siberia. Shooting stars i That is the most important, but by no means the most difficult part ot a motion picture cameraman’s work. Al. Gilks, cameraman for the Sam Wood production, “Her Gilded Cage,” a new Paramount picture starring Gloria Swanson, had to make two snails act for a fade-in scene in the picture, where Walter Hiers, as Bud AVelton, an American in a French cafe, is served with snails, and, visioning the tiny animals crawling along aliv.e, finds it impossible to stomach them. “You can’t get rougn with a snail, if you expect him to crawl or move,” said Air Gilks, after waiting a half-hour with his camera focussed on the ground where the snails had been placed for the scene. “If you get and push him or prick him, he will draw in his horns and start to fold up, and then it will take him fifteen minutes to get over his timidity and again venture forth. So the only thing to do is to wait patiently for him to get. into motion.” After a two hours’ wait, the cameraman finally got a scene of the snails in action. “To the Highest Bidder” is the title of Alioo Joyce’s latest picture screening in Wellington this week. In this picture Aliss Joyce plays the part of a young girl, who through grim necessity is forced to sell her services to the highest bidder, to auction herself as did even the slaves of old. The 1922 English Derby is shown in the latest Gaumont Graphic at the King’s this week. The long-heralded attraction “Peacock Alley,” with Alae Murray, has at last reached Wellington. It is a most gorgeously produced feature and moves from the gay-set spots of Paris to the white lights of New York. It is the romance of Cleo, a famed dancer of Paris, who marries a small town American, only to learn that on her return to his home in America, her husband’s people will have nothing to do with heT, because of her reputation as a dancer. This, however, docs not daunt the little lady, who goes to New York and takes that city by storm. The story is a powerful one, and there are many tense situations which are guaranteed to hold any audience. Guy Oliver is one of the best character actors in motion pictures. He has the ability of interpreting the most extreme characterisations in a most convincing manner. Mr Oliver was born in Chicago, Illinois, in the year 1880- He was educated in Missouri and had a rather extensive stage career before entering motion pictures. It was in 1911 that he made his debut in pictures with the Lubin Company. The first role in which he had an opportunity to distinguish himself was in “The Little American,” an Artcraft production starring Mary Pickford. He also appeared with Aliss Pickford in ‘‘M’lies.” Mr Oliver is five feet eleven inches in height and weighs about 176 pounds. His hair is brown and his eyes grey.