News of the Movies

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12645, 31 May 1919, Page 3

News of the Movies

BY I j I‘ □ The Movie Man □ J , ///e& ' ®<Sw feSL_

answers to correspondents. 1 A Vinn A S, :IreS f 5 ti 1 ,? Plokford . L «ky Studio, ' Vino Street, Hollywood, California. word >’ et from Welling- ■ / hls 13 probably duo to tho disorgau'■ed steamer son’ice. Bil 1 Halt Fan. Con ascertain nothing looai■ Jy. Have loferrcd your questions to Welimgion. Thanks for appreciation of movie column. Sap.—■yVilliium Farmnn and Dustin Farmi m are brothers. Tlioy are not related to nrank.yn I'arnum, whose real name is said to bo Smith. to know that you think so highly of the movie column. Unfortuuately it is quite impossible to extend it. Will place the voting question before tho editor. Jr.^y o , not as yet got the date of George V.alsh s birthday, but may come across It in time for next week. Welsh Pan.—Your favourite did not disappoint you after all. Judging by hls appearanco is we see him on the screen, I should say ho is the typo of man generally referred to aa a good fellow, and ready to oblige whenever possible, Tho part of Montezuma was undoubtedly excellently filled. Mary ■ Miles Minter can bo addressed, American Film Corporation, Santa Barbara, California. Nothing is known locally with respect to revivals of pieces mentioned. Expectantly.—Welcome to the Circle. You say very nice things about the column, and they are fully appreciated. All the references that I have seen—and they are quite a number—accord the very highest praise ■to “ The Red Lantern," which is declared to '.be Nazimova’s greatest piece. On no account miss seeing it when it comes this way. Your other two questions will bo referred to Wellington, there being no local information available. Dodo.—ln these days of irregular mail serxics I would'advise wailing a while longer. The ail (due to arrive this week) may have brought what you are seeking. Yes, Harold Lockwood l was a great favourite with me. In private life Norma Talmago is Sirs J, Mi Schcnck. Have' not been able to discover Eugene O'Brien's status, but may come across it any day. Theda Bara is much-discussed. I'have heard some picture patrons assert that she is the best of tho screen actresses, while others cannot eit her out. After all, that is as it should be if pictures are to thrive. . Mo,—®o I smoke? Well, yes, and a pipe for preference. I am no lovor of cigarettes, which, perhaps wrongly, 1 do not regard as the real thing in smokes. When the story is written, send it along,, and you will get a, candid opinion as to its merits. Judging by your correspondence, I should say that' you have the ability to write a good yarn, provided ’you-do .not permit your imagination too much rein. For instance, your idea of a Pressman is quite correct. A Pressman is never bored; he hasn't time to be. ’ The person you imagined to be a Pressman was probably an individual who was interested in one or more of the competitors. Unfortunately, I was unable to see Everybody's programme last week, so am unable to say if I agree with your decision. Flap.—l have no doubt whatever that the lady mentioned will forward! you a .photograph if you make the request and forward the necessary postage. Address her care of Yitagraph Company, East Fifteenth Street

! Arrangements for a now series of Kasimova Productions have been completed by Mdmo. Nnzimoza. The first will be “The Heart of a Child.” t rank Dauby’s novel. Briggs Pictures, Incorporated, is a I now company organised to produce and distribute, in motion picture -form, the I cartoons made famous by Clare A. ' Briggs, the well-known cartoonist, whoso work is now appearing in 125 American newspapers. They will be regular stories filmed with star child actors in the important roles, and they are expected to create a new standard in comedy. A compdity with a capital of £30,500 Iras been formed in America for the pnrof manufacturing a new form of picture screen, which is said to possess I qualities have been striven for for a number of years by inventors and scientific men, namely, that of showing in natural colours any black and white picture projected on it. The first pub- ’ lie demonstration resulted so satisfactorily that a number of picture theatre managers immediately ordered screenri i for their houses, and have already in-, stalled them. Who lias forgotten the good old days when Alice Joyce, dressed in Western ! garb, raced madly on horseback to save Carlyle Blackwell from some horrible fate? “ The Cambric Mask,” a Robert Chambers romance, has been selected as Miss Joyce’s next vehicle, and in it • she will Jiave a, chance to prove that • she is still a mighty fine horsewoman. By the way, Maurice Costello, who will be well remembered by Christchurch picture-goers, returns to the screen, in this picture. He gives a suitable interpretation as the hero of the story. ! In “ Mom an,” Maurice Tourneur’S latest and greatest production, the story starts with Adam and Eve, goes on to Messaline and Claudius, embraces Heloiso and Abelard, then takes in the story of a fickle lady of Brittany, and,then pictures the vanity of a girl in the Civil War, finishing: with the woman of to-day,. noble and heroic iu the work of war. The prologue, five episodes and epilogue go to make a highly artistic production, quite on a) par with Tourneur’s, efforts, “ The Blue Bird,” “Sporting Life’’ and “The Whip.” Mdlle Gaby'Deslys, who has not appeared on the London hoards for some time, has again startled a section of . the English public, not by her elaborate clothes nor her alluring postures, but by her remarkable personation of a poor paper flower-maker in a film adaptation of Marcel LMierbier's' novel, “ The Amgol of Forgiveness.” An English reviewer describes Miss Heslys as “ a real find for the film people. As , the central figure in this first-rate story