“The Star’s” Motion Picture Section

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17027, 28 April 1923, Page 5 (Supplement)

“The Star’s” Motion Picture Section

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fis Tlie Movie Man 99

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

C*rre*pondenta desirous of having tjuesttone anerrored ia the carrent issue are requested to see that thefr communications »re delivered *t. this office not later than Tuesday afternoon. George.— leading lady iu " Do and Dare” i* Claire Adams: m “ The Fighting: Streak.” Patry Ruth Miller; in “Trie Great Sight,” Ea Soak: aud in “The Love Gambler,'' Carm»t Myers.

fi Past is West.*’ with Connie Tal- ; uradge. bow «how in 3; at tins Grand Theatre, is perhaps the mofct original picture in which this popular star lias been featured. It contains a much stronger element of real drama than lias been associated, with her previous achievements. The story rovers a wide j horizon, beginning as it does in China i . and ending; in the Chinatown district •f San Francisco. A big new picture which features thr* popular Douglas, Fairbanks is to bo screened at the Liberty Theatre todai. This is “ One of the Blood.’' a story made to amuse, and one which is s*at 1 t-> do so from ?tart to finish. The story revolve*: around the hero, who i* ?e«n first in a wild and delirious jKtphtmare. A fire and a police raid on a>n underworld dive follow, and then the 9eein? *hift» to Mexico ami the border, where the hero cleans up the bnndtt«. then on to Europe, where he takes a hand at bossing a revolution. Tim picture has been splendidly put on and f>h« cast supporting Fairbanks is exceptional. “ One ol the Blood ” i** do scribed as about as much honest, wholesome fun as can possibly he crowded ir.tr> a film. There are surprises galore, and oomedy at every turn. li Silver Wings " which will be presented at the Queen’s Theatre on Monday is the Fox Corporation’s finest ana most- human production. Jt is the mwrt life-like production of mother-love ever produced. The critics who viewed it at a private screening have hailed it as containing a moving story, swift in action and filled witn a masterly sense of suspense and dimaK. Mary Chirr, who will be remembered for her splendid work in ‘'Over The Hill.’’ is again the little mother, and gives a wonderful characterisation. The Man fijom Beyond.” to be j shown to-day at the Liberty Theatre. • is one long succession of sensationally I thrilling incidents hv a master of sen- I aation. The name Houdiui has become j a name tor performing the seemingly impossible, ami in this picture he j easily surpasses all former succcsso. • The story has in it much that is weir 1 j and wonderful, but the outstanding | features are the audacious and reckless | performances of Houdiui himself. One i of the most tremendous things ever dene in ah i\ui? prolific of them is the swim to a drifting canoe thrwrgh the rapids immediately above Niagara Foils. Much of the story lias its scene? far away in the. frozen North, which thus makes «n impressive background for a ftrange theorv of reincarnation Acting with Houdiui. a*id contributing, greatly to the auccosa of the picture, is the famous Xita Naldi. Among the much talked of features of Mae Murray’s recent photoplays was the dazzling array of gowns that the blonde star wore in those productions. In her latest picture, “ Broadway Rose.’’ to he shown at Greater Crystal ! Palace on May 7, she is said to wear J eostumeß that will make even the most j fortunate woman gasp with envy. And ; the secret is that practically all of these ! gowns were made from Miss Murray’s ! own design*. “ I find that all the soft j music in the world is of no help to j me in catching the necessary mood in j acting for the camera unless I have | the feeling that the costume 1 am wear- j ing i>- the one exactly suited to that 1 mood in colour, design and appropriate- i ness." says Miss Murray. “In ■ Broad- ! way Rose ’ I tried the experiment of I designing all the gowns myself, oil the j theory that no one else could possibly j understand the psychology and rl\ar»c- ! ter of the girl I am impersonating as j well as I could, after weeks and weeks ! «f study and thought about her. 1 believe that result is a success. ) In any event' ir has been a most j interesting experiment.’’ “ Broadway j Rose ” i's a Tiffany production, direct- j ed by Robert Z. Leonard and distribut- i ed by Selected Super Films. The story j and scenario arc bv Edmund Colliding, ■ the photography by Oliver T. Marsh i and the art settings by Charles Cad- ! waHader. Cecil B. de M.ille is always noted | for the lavish scale ol li is produc- : tions. His Intent is no exception. This is “ Manslaughter.” which deals with a wealthy, carefree society girl, jazzing through life v itli no thought for the. coming crash. In the course of the story an historical < ui-bnrk depicts the descent, of the barbarian hordes upon Rome. Lea trice .Toy is the principal hr the modern portion of the story, aud Thomas Meighan appears as the leader ! ot the Goths. Lois \Vilson and C'aason Fergusson also appear. “ Manslaughter” will be shown at Everybody’s she idly. “ My Wild Irish Rose.” which will be shown at the Liberty Theatre next baturday. is a screen adaptation *t ‘ The Shaughraun.’ Dion great Irish melodrama of nearly fifty ▼ears ago. and which is particularly timely in view of the present political situation in Ireland. The Bouoieault play lends itself admirably to screen production, being spectacular and melodramatic to a degree. It v. as directed by David Smith, who lms caught ths true Irish spirit. The title role originally played by Mr Boucicault is as named by Pat O’Malley, one of the best known screen actors in this type of role, and Morn. the Shaughrauns sweetheart, is in the capable hands f Pauline Starke, a role that fits her v» perfection. Nasimova. the brilliant Russian star, in her newest production. ‘‘ Stronger than Death.” is announced by the management of the Strand Theatre as the .special attraction now showing at that theatre. The presentation of this great artiste in a great photo drama is described as a particular treat for motion picture-goers. In ‘'Stronger than Death ” Nazimova returns to powerful emotional roles after her clever impersonation of the chorus waif in her pc turisation of Maude Fulton’s Morosro stage play. “The Brat.” Nazimova *9 cast as Sigrid. a London music bail dancer, who finfL love in th~ nTjlost wildernesses of India, whither rhejhoes for rest. The stow is an adaptation bv diaries Bryant of T. \. R. Wylie’s bril liaut novel of Anglo-Indian life. ft s oaid to be replete and" com

pelling dramatic climaxes that grow cut of an abortive mutiny and massacre oi the English planned by the fanatical Hindu natives. "One of the most remarkable picture* of the age oi motion pictures. ’ j hat was, the opinion expressed by til.: critics at a review recently on “ Miss ing Husbands. ’ the big tea tore to be shown at the Ldxjrty Theatre next Saturday. The story is unusual in every way. The cast is French and the •sellings depict a desert kingdom in Con tral Airica ruled over by Queen An tinea, a woman oi remarkable and dan gerous beauty. A luxurious ofcsis, fra grant wlith tropical Cowers, upon which has been erected a veritable dream trainee, topped by glaring towers. rising to the blue water's edge, a palace of timed marble, rich in mosaics of brilliant .jewels. “Missing Husbands’’ is the screen version oi Picri'e^Benoit’s novel 1/Atlantide.” and tne\rt«ry is that o c a woman whoso beauty was the mag net which attracted men to their doom. Sfcacia Napierfcowska, the most beautiful woman in Russia, takes the leading part in this tale of mystery and adventure in the desert. A virile story of California with a powerful theme is “ The Pride of Palcmar. a. Cosrnojxwi can production from Peter B. Kyne’s noted novel of the same name, which will be shown at Everybody’* Theatre all next week. The leading roles are portrayed by Marjorie Daw and Forrest Stanley. The story tells of the struggle of a world j war veteran against crushing inter- j ests in his native state, the fight j centring around the possession of the family ranch. which ho finds in the hands of the enemy. Making it j highly dramatic, is cne fact that the fattier oi the girl whom the young ! man lores beads the opposing interests. There is also the great problem j for the girl of deciding where she ought to stand in the fight be twee is her father and fear sweetheart. She , lores both. and her novel way of j meeting the situation, is thrilling. The I picture has an a.U-srt«.- ea*t and has been well produced by Frank Bors4age. who directed *• Humoresque.” Forrest Stanley and Marjorie Daw Wave the featured roles. and other important parts are portrayed by James Barrow, , Warner Gland and Joseph ©ewling. Mrs Irene Castle, me wetl-KH©vm j cianseuse and actress. will appear as I the heroine ©r “ Fre«*h Heels at Greater Crystal Paigce ail ne&L week, after an adtonse from the screen ot nearly two arid a half sears. As Palma May, a country girl, who lost bo-h her intner and her mother during the war, she set out to earn a living by her dancing. Wealthy young John Tabor, her brother’s friend in France, offered * her assistance, but she refused.. Eventually she became successful, and was one night recognised by Tabor at a well-known cabaret. Ha insisted on seeing her home, and soan John took the precaution of marrying Palma first, and when the father heard of this he transferred him to a a rve+v- wittier camp, where he bogan to have a terribly strenuous tiaic. Palme, too. suffered from the hardship* of their living, and when her late cabaret employer appeared on the scene with a motorcar load af Iriands. bauad for a revet «t his fares! lodjge down that way. Palma accepted an invitation to join the paj*tv. But to make sure that the husbands time would be fully occupied ; the man left a keg of whteky with the ; mutinous employee*. Whan Palma i heard of the. terrible things that fol- | lowed and rushed baek to her btr*b*nd's : assistance. she found the cabin in [ j flames and John tragically at the mercy » | aJ the drink-maddened But ; Tabor senior appeared with reinforce* ! j ments of loyal workers just in time, j | and the riot was duly quelled. He j ■ then took pity on the voting couple, j and allowed John to go off © K a honeyl j j moon under normal and happier oondi- l i tions. Glad coetwMee were m big feaj ture of the production, and the dancing } star was supported Wy Ward C rane, j Charles Gerrard and Howard Trues dale. I 1 rank Mayo comes is» the screen oi ! Greater Crystal Faiaee all next week in j a universal starring .■Ahicie, •• xnu i-laming Hour,” wn»ch is a story of tli€ inaoiiity ol a hot-head to get aiong ! with people about him. and the rain j that follows his giving way to quick temper. The stoj-y m a* dramatic owe, written for M*y#» by Lillian Chester ; and seenarised by her celebrated Ims- ; band. George Randolph Chester, who i turned from novel writing to screen ! work two years ago. Helen Ferguson lis one of the most popular oi the j younger screen leading women and will ; be seen opposite Mayo in a charming characterisation as a girl willing to forgive almost anything in a mart except hot temper. Charles Ofary. Melbourne M'Deireil, Tom Kennedy and Albert M’Qtmrrio. all character men of many noteworthy successes, handle the remaining important roles. ‘‘ The Dlnkum Bloke.’’ an Australian | production, is to be released as a Para- ■ mount jiicture. Jack Earle, the Texan giant, who I has been engaged to appeal' m Century I comadies, stands vit bin in height. ” Mad Love.'* the last of Pol a j Negri’s European-mam: pictures, v.as drawing packed houses in America when the last mail left. The Biblical laws were suggested by eight different persons as forming an ideii for a. picture in a. contest recently held by the director. The persons each received £2OO. At the. recent marriage of Elliott Dexter and Xiim C. I'ntermeyer at the home ol Cecil B. cle Alille. the host gave this toast: “To Air and Mrs Lvexi ter—may they never have a retake.” The thermometer stood nt HO degrees’ below zero while Alice Bradv and a company of players worked on a new Paramount production called • The Snow Brido,” at Tean-Kip, a fur camp on Lake Temiskeming. three hundred miles north-west of .Montreal. Canada. Frozen ears, fingers and toes were not uncommon among members of the troupe, but Miss Brady explained that she. escaped such things because she *• wore everything, with the exception, of the kitchen stove.” 1 The oft-rumoured divorce suit of Winifred W estover against her busI band, Bill Hart, may be filed at any i i t’me now. according to film colony gos- * , aip i*a\j a Hollywood telegram). Bill 1 jis watchfully waiting. Interviewed on , , the subject, he snapped: “There is the ; j door ; Em very busy. - Little Bill Hart. * j five months old. who was expected to j reconcile his warring parents, lias fail- - | «-d. aefordiue t o Hrrllvwood gossip, tvh:; Mrs Hart had finally decided

|to ?up. Whether Hart will fight the cruelty cb.avg!f« the complaint is expected to contain is net announced. A wentar as smart a* her hat.” it, the reraiot cl Alae Murray, the star cl ” &r oad ■way Xloge.” whose coat nine s arc thr envy ei‘ her many women admirers. " r't is a never-i'aihng source of wonder to me that a woman can , tail to appi-eciate the feet that what’s |■> i her head reveal*: what’s in it.” con I Lutr-ed Miss .Hurray, “and yet many i women will devote hanrs of thought ! a id effort to the purchase or planning: ; of a gown and tap it off with a hat [ that may completely ruin the effect. ! women have ;,r, instinct about I this matter which make* it simple ! j-.)r them ; the others should seek comi f.-leaf advica.”* Film companies may do as they i please with tlieir old pictures. The i Court has ruled that a star is an e»r._ ! ployeo of any corapatiy he is working \ 1 .j;■, and wherefore has nothing to say : i the company cares to revamp his old | films. Douglas .Fairbanks discovered ! ti;is when he was denied a temporary i injunction restvaiiiinj.' Triangle and ! ether companies from revamping his j i.ld ;<:cturv>s. includinc " The Lamb.” i “ Doul.lc Trouble.” Fairbanks has | : •> property rights to these pictures I Other *rai>. includiisg M’ary fhrkford • and Charles Chaplin, will be affected jby {'his ruling. The re-issue of their I trial to their., esre- iallv when the films ! rre brmh.-d up with new titles and bill I i-i iT . 1 I Pearl White has said farewell to i Paris, and true to her promise, retired jto a convent (says “ Photoplay. ’> i Gorgeous it* a scarlet gown with gold ! trimmings, and a sable tsint. the j blonde serial queen spoke to the | audience of a Pari? picture palace - iu j French —as fallows:—— 4 * l am not going to a convent because i I love somebody who does not j 1 re me. For ten years 1 have taken y;oorl care of my body and neglected my soul. No .v i aa: go:.”£ to !o»k I after my soul. I set jjaiug to the j convent to-morrow, but 1 do *sot know how long I shall stay.’’ The “Pearl of pictures” is in peer health aud doctor’s orders may have fastened her departure from Paris for the seclvsian of an Alpine convent. ! A final decree el divorce for Rudolph J Valentino, moefien picture actor, was | eatc*re<l in che T.os Angeles county j Angeles telegram, dated March 12.’) ! An inierfocuiory derree in Valensuit against Jean Acker. n*ol ion picture actre.- e. was entered on March 'J. 15V72. About three months inter Valentino married Winifred Htidniu. drover, ai Aiei-a’i. Lower (Vlitorna. This marriage was pro-nomu-ed illegal by the- I .os Angeles District Attorney's office. ;nd Valentino anti Miss Hadmit separated, j W lien Valeniiuo returned to Los | Angeles. he was arrested on a ! charge of bigamv based mi the fact j tlm: the California statutory year , <nid a day had ::.it elapsed nee filing !°f the interlocutory decree. The < aavgt* im. dismissed :n Los Angeles T..V Court. ; Hardened in the art of coinedv. even | CharieQ C hrpli.n got laugh. o;u of ! ihe filming of his latest <• omedy • Pay t bourer. the .*tar (i:, <be course «f the . play) returns to hu heme werly in the ■ morning; and ffaahrs on the liiriit u» | find his cold dinne- Iron* the night ?>e:osf'. To his amazement be hu«i | abaut thirty eats on arid around th* | *4?- bo-d «*rri«rt*<l his property won ager •:i*c scene, with instructions to get : fche ugliest- cats availakiv ” Even ! 1 ha pit a was forced tc admit His a-ton-I ’shmert ot ihr mmner in which the j M’der was complied with. It would be | harP to collect ;*;i uglier set of back - \ > si-.sie a solan’s tit rone (jsays an American papcr>. lei-, on-, line Jackie, is His nemo is Dinky Dean, and we are likely to see unci hear that name as often as we do Jackie s, tor LinkVs success'in “ The Pilgrim.” a .".ignecl for a series «d comedies in which he will he starred. He is four years old and is the son of “Chuck ’ Reisner. the song writer and vaudeville performer. Like Jackie, the new child -tar has had experience in vaudeville. Dinky was born four years ago when “Chuck’ was acting with Chaplin in “ A Dog’s Lite. C harlie went to the house to see the new baby and told Reisnor when he was osd enough fie would put him in a pic tv: re. Re-.s-ncr rofftinded him of the promise when Chaplin started work on “ The Pilgrim ” aud the comedian made good. >o has Dinky. Another striking example of «nte»rpvise ha* been given by the Topical Budget authorities (mv* a Loudon paper). Through the agency ot tins well-known organisation the first him mciuros to be sbown in the world or the tomb at Luxor were issued in Lon ( don recently. Ail the elaborate pie I cautions at. the tomb to prevent th’ taking of pictures so eagerly awaited ! :,v the public were frustrated hr at; i enterprising camera man whose results ! r.re shown. Great difficulty was involvi od in getting them, as sewtri®* were posted ht everr |>oint. Ihe camera man had to gel his result* while hi* i machine nas secreted tardea* his coat j One see* the great crowd of visitor- | ro the rnllev. and a vivid glimpse is i given of what this how famous spot j oaks like in a broiling sun. The un- [ assuming entrance to the tomb is clear- | Iv shown. The removal of precious cl*- | jects i« also denieted. including tmebony chair inlaid with ivory and tn * getii studded wheels of Tutenkhamon s A traffic iam has occurred in The outdoor babv carriage parking plates in New Bedford. Mass., because thoughtless young mothers are leaving then voting hopefuls while they go to a pi--“ ture shows (says an American magazine). “ It’s setting to be terrible.’ is the wav one of the attendant* de scribes the stale of affairs. Tn other words, thev’re doing a turn*way Huet- : because most of Xew Bedford s i film houses have double-teature bills, which keep the mothers in the house for an unusual!v Tor.p lime f the-. *ee i the complete bill. The baby carriage parking places are maintained bv d P I partment stores and men liare b«* | employed to guard the infant* while ihe others shoo inside. But the tnovi les are chiefly benefiting.