ARCADIA PICTURES.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 21 November 1923, Page 9

ARCADIA PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. DOUGLAS MACLEAN IN “BELL BOY 13.” Douglas Mae Lean had to prove his nerve as well as his skill as comedian during the filming of Bell Boy 13.” Thomas H. Ince’s latest comedy farce, which will be phown at the Arcadia theatre, on Wednesday and Thursday. In the role of a young bond broker who trims bell hop when his uncle disinherits him, Mae Lean pulled several novel stunts that lend thrills as well as laughs to this original farce. When the young chap in the story is locked up by his uncle to prevent him from eloping, he calls out the fire department, borrows the chief’s car and drives at breakneck speed through the city, trying to catch the train on which his sweetheart is leav ing. A fire run actually was staged, with the co-operation of the fire department of Los Angeles, which is said to have broken all speed records Mae Lean needed all his skill as a driver'and plenty of nerve besides to make his way through the traffic of the crowded streets of Los Angeles without killing someone or wrecking the car of the fire chief, which he was driving. In another scene he had to climb out on a window ledge of one of San Francisco’s big hotels, where a number of the scenes were made. With tram ears clanging and autos honking on the street twelve stories below, “Bell Boy 13” makes his way along the ledge of his sweetheart’s room, trying to locate suspicious souds of endearment that have emerged from the keyhole. Mac Lean's courage was tried to the limit before the scene was finished and he afterwards admitted that only the sight of the two photographers, who were standing on a painter's scaffolding and grinding away as unconcernedly as if they were on the ground, kept him from backing out ami demanding a double for the scene. “Bell Boy 13,” with its original story of modern hotel life told from the perspective of a bell hop, and its thrills interspersed with romance, is said to be one of the funniest farces yet produced.

FRIDAY and SATURDAY. MATINEE. "LOVEBOUND. ’ —Shirley Ma-.on. “Lovebound,'' a story by George Scarborough has been selected by William Fox as the next vehicle for the winsome Shirley Mason, which will be shown at. the Arcadia Theatre for a two night run. beginning next Friday. The little Fox actress is seen to best advantage in her new of ! the stenographer of district attorney 'Her employer soon finds himself enmeshed in the chatrm of the girl and proposes marriage. She accepts, but in the meantime is forced to accompany a former pal of her now reformed and repentant father on an errand of theft, that the name of her parent may be spalred from . threatened blackmail. In her unlawful but righteous mission the. unfortunate Bess (Miss Mason) is discovered and later exposed to her husband. What happens from here on will afford an evening of exceptional, entertainment. In the cast with the Fox luminary is Albert. Roscoe, famed for his brilliant support of many of the nation’s feminine stage stars on Broadway. The production was directed by Henry Otto, and the cast includes such other names as Richard Tucker, Joseph Girard, and Edward Martindale. Alto a Sunshine comedy and second episode of “Around the World in 18 Davs” serial.