News of the Movies

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20073, 9 October 1920, Page 3

News of the Movies

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L,R,—No one can give me lie date, not even, approximately, June,—You are the one all right. Photograph should have reached you before vou see this. P.S.B.—See answer •to “ D.S.P.” I believe the usual custom in to apply for a position as a super. HAY-—'Sorry to .say I cannot' supply the pnotos. A letter addressed to Jack Pickford, Goldwyn Studios, Culver City. California, might result in one being forwarded. Violet.—You wall not have to semi ms anv sum, because I am unable to supply the photograph. I happened to have 0119 by nio, and offered it to s, correspondent, who had asked where a photograph could bo obtained. Pop.-'*A Daughter of tie Old South” was screened at the Strand on October 11, 1515, " The Secret Garden ” on October 25. and “ Little Women ” on November 8. Eugene O'Brien, Seknick Pictures Corporation, 729 Seventh Avenue, New York City. Elinor V a ? bora in 1352 - “Tb<* Rainbow irail ’ is on tbe new programme ni Hm kLfnf No date is hied for (ho scrccniui' of Broken Blossoms” at Liberty, but !ho manager hopes to know something definite next week. Vkio.-I do not supply photographs of movie actora ami; actresses. What a contract I rT , ~' e if „, T undertook to do so. Charks Lay, Charles Ray Studio,, [follvCalifornia. The final chapter of Ao,l le c!-i ,rry M ft i dlsclos « that The Tocsin T. ft Ma " ni ont ,0 1,0 M«rao La f.A I :, I,r,?tcacler . ls Jalloa. and bin, conolov.ite. fhe woman in black, is imprisoned Grc-f S r il‘ ° <3 ? Cl i - ea t0 b9 identified as the Tn«“V? ’i aad .i Jlmmy and -Mario Triarry. • Joe &ng has the part of “The Leopard” D( f £ E ",;;r W OU n viu aLle t0 i ad k'« "he. thei The Rainbow Trail ” makes as good a picture as ‘ Riders of the Purple Sa<™ ” 1* you r Patronise the Strand next week. ° In book form I prefer the latter. No, 1 have not voted m the “ Farao. and Fortune” contest. It is stated that the “ S.” stands for Shakespeare. I have never seen that Hill has either denied or admitted the statement, 60 it may be correct. In her particular'.line I regard Constance Talmaago as one of the most entertaining of

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the wonderful recovery in the " Mirach Man,” has another cripple role in “ The- Penalty.” He has the part of a legless man, and has to wear a, special harness, that he can only keep on for ten minutes at a.-time. Jane and Catherine Lee are appearing on the stage in New \ork. George Walsh, it is said, .will snortJy conclude his connection with the hos Company, and maJce pictures for the First National. Ann Forrest is Cecil He MilleV choice as to Gloria- -Swanson, m the leading feminine ■ roles of future He Mille dramas; Edna Purviance, the blue-eyed nlctnoe who plays opposite Charlie Chaplin, has issued a denial of her engagement. to be married. Sin is having a run in titles'. TlccC.nt announcements are:—“ Sin” (Fox), “■Sinners” (Befllnrt), “ Sins of Men” (Fox), “The Sin Thai Whs His” (Selzm’ck).

Bill Hart has been nominated for sheriff of an Oregon county. Kill-should a good sheriff, considering th u practice ho has had-in handling Ibad men in his pictures.

Dorothy Gish's contract with Paramount .expires shortly, and it v? stated t nat the popular comedienne’s future pictures will he mode under the supervision' of Joseph Schenck. ... . Mrs). Sidney Drew has finished her contract.-'(o make comedies for Pathe! and'is.adapting several novels for the screen, preparatory to launching out as a director of dramatic productions.

By means of the discover.* of a mu. compound. which absorbs.the light, Gorman kinonia scientists now assert that they can show photoplays in broad davlight. The secret lie? in the compound referred to being used in thei preparation of picture screens.

Bull. Montana, who was ono of tho villains m “Victory,” produced recently at. Everybody’s, has the part of a gonlhi in “Go and Get It,” a Marshall Neil an production. A doctor decides to try a “great experiment,” which consists of the inhuman act of transferring the brains of an electrocuted ’convict to the ,cranium of. a

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i’creea actrassa*. No data can be given for the next Mary Bickford production. D.S.F.—The screen does not make June F.lvidga handsome, but aha has a certain personality which commends many admirers. Oliva Thomas was born in 1858. Bom® of her latest picture* are expected to be screened here. ' ll Upstairs and Down’* will be on at ths Grand next week. From what T. can learn from persons who haye beaji tm the spot, and from statements in .movie magazines, getting into pictures m Am F cf t ky no menns an easy matter. Tho picture colonies are crowded with aspirants of both sexes, but where many strive comparatively few succeed. If you have sufficient fund* to carry yon along, and pluck enough to stand up under delay*, disappointments and disillusion*, then you, Wight try for s. place. If not my advice is to remain where you aro. yott consider American made alms tt is as well to remember that many' producers study first and foremost the local market, Now, in a big placo like America ulto its mixed population, the clase of film to which you refer can always secure large patronage. The producer is lucky to get a foreign market for such stuff, but under the conditions governing the trade now*days, local exhibitors are limited in their choice. I happen to know that they feel much as you do over the particular type of film to which you refer, I should judge by vour remarks that you „• gaining L wisdom. A rear g increase in age makes • ideal ot cimntenoe m the views of vouth. Just Tjhy flid von mention that the aonti»o 'Konld act beliem vour ago? Did you expect him to estimate it from you’ teeth, as they do with some of our domesattaint" Movie Kid.—Marie Corelli i, a good writer, and some o, her books may yet be converted into pictures. British film firms have a lot of leeway to make up, before they pet alongside the American producers, but Ine Britisher is a stubborn and determined iellow. and you can rest assured that tiio T 9 . Terent! J’, Put millions sterling into the business are out to comFb t v i Mr t^ti, '° T ? d \ Th * )atMt rc P° rt ' »' that Milhnd Harris has taken proceedings SL*” 0 ? 6, } haTt j. e} TCn up iho endea-' uur .0 keep trace of the marriages, divorces ami re-marnages in the movie world of America. Ethel Barrymore is too busilv occupied mill stage work ‘to give much time jo pictures. A mono magazine recently announced that eho bad signed on tor r, few pictures to be made when opportunity rld'wouH V itlle morc ° f h.-d would bo welcome. So you like dark, dashing men. the chances aro that you wilt marr;;. a tamo blonde. Louise Glaum, brown, hair, hazel eyes; Elsie Ferguson, golden hair, blue eyes; Charles Chaplin brown hair, blue eyes; ,Tay Bclasco, dark hair and eyes; Anne Luther, titian hair blue eyes. The cast 0 f "The Isle of Im > s -~Maida Waring, May Allison; Gilbert Spear, Jack Mower; Thos. Warinr Hedk. Troom: Mrs Jules Smith LucTo Vmd; Alarm Smith, Gordon Man-; Vorua Smith. LilJan Rest; Count Rellessier, Tom L«J'uedy: Mr Gobel. Chance Ward; Jones, Ed. Alexander. Will have to try Wellington for A Tale of .Two Cif-i»a *» and kod s (.r.oocl IMau,”

T he Carnh-o 1 Week 'attraction at tryslß PaJace wilMie ‘'The Great. Game, which is described ns the greatest sporting picture seen on the screen. ‘(Salome,” with Theda Bara as the star, , will bo screened at the Strand early next month. The next Tom j-Uix picture will be shown at the end oi the present month. In ” Nine Tenths of the Law, shortly to he released, Mitchell Lewis has a similar role to that he played in “ The Barrier. • ' r !lV' cai n f,]m tfl 1)6 leased is The Great Coup,” by that wellknrnvn writer of racing stories, Nat Gould... Poppy IVyndlmm and Stewart Posse are the stars. Anita -.stewart is the principal figure m (ho picture which has been made Gom the .recently published story, “ Iho righting Shepherdess.” It will be released in New Zealand shortly; Lou Chauey, the who made

gorilla. _Tho doctor’s act prices his own undoing, for the gorilla, under the influence of the dead man’s vengeful impulses, kills the doctor. Bull Montana, says ,a reviewer, is a “ real thrill.” A gigantic picture plant proposition has been launched in New York with the object of, making New York the permanent filiu manufacturing point in the world. A mammoth studio is to be produced, capable of accommodating more than thirty-five picture companies rm. ac^Te operation at the same time. l e Promoters of the scheme believe that the project will save producers an enormous amount of expense, -'for, instead of going across the continent to make their pictures they .will he able, to rent or lease a studio from the company, and he supplied with every, means for the satisfactory production of pictujii. Britisjfi and other European .films are steadily breaking down the insular barY}sx winch bas hitherto hindered their entry into the United States. An- English writer closely associated during tlm past few vears with the struggle - to Awencan exhibitor interested in Untisii him, attaches great ijiipov* tance to a. resolution passed by the Couvention of American Exhibitors, held at Cleveland, Ohio. They declare themselves as ready to hook any good foreign productions m their theatres, and thev call upon the American producer and reiitei; 1? refrain from any attempt to interfere with or discourage Hie impomf'ion or Europe uu productions l , He •must, be an export bookkeeper. He must possess an accurate knowledge of history and science. He must know fer (: n T* • Voni . l>y ~IC Bolivians'inIf 2 ' lll f iCissians in. 1910, for instance. He must know the street* of New York,of London, and of Hong Kong with the degree of thoroughness that a resident in a town of bOOO knows his, streets. He must bo able to distinguish between the Croix do Oucrre. the V.G.. and the Congressional Medal of Honour. He must know how to use fake bombs vheve to locate a high waterfall a rocky ocean coast, dense woods ’anil peaceful pastures—in short, ho must know everything. He must remain torerer m the background. Ho is the assistant director.

1 fiiis got its meat late to-day be* causo Mary Pick ford and her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, went to taka a look at the Central markets (savs a Paris cable message, dated July v ‘?0) The publicity given to their trip resulted m. tlio streets being . blocked with people who wished to see the two stars. Traffic was halted in spite of the best efforts of the police. Trucks coming tp letch meat, vegetables and other emolcs and trucks loaded with them could not, move,. It. seemed as if all Die_ stenographers and shop girls in Pans had stolen off from work to crowd about the celebrated pair to get autographs and- handshakes. The two did their host, but could not meet-the demand. Thousands of arms stretched out to them and thousands of voices shrieked. Descending from their auto'mobile they tried to go down, one of the aisles. They were literally swept, oft their feet, by crowds shrglng and passing, as only a Paris crowd can Vt was at this stage that three butchers lifted Mary on their shoulders and placed her in a meat cage, and locked the door- A fat woman dressed in green &ilk stumbled and fell into a crate of eggs. Her dress became a Streaming yellow, hut her enthusiasm changed not. Finally Miss Pickford got out of-the meat cage and, walking along atoo of tables among mutton chops and veal outlets, achieved 1 her automobile and her husband and trait away, “