ON THE SCREEN

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 2, Issue 3, 1 September 1923, Page 42

ON THE SCREEN

WE have seen Mary Alden as The Mother in The Old Nest. It was one of the occasions of a lifetime. Her performance is so extraordinarily realistic that one unconsciously forgets the artist behind the character. Never before have we seen pathos and resignation and the indescribable something called mother-love interpreted so simply and so beautifully. "The Old Nest" will be here soon, and you can judge for yourself. 000 BEING almost drowned alive in a bathtub full of water is the sacrifice Charles Chaplin makes in the name of art in making his latest comedy, "Pay Day." One of the riotously funny scenes shows the star walking in the tub, feeling cold, and turning on the hot water just to warm things up. Edna Purviance appears opposite Chaplin again in this latest production, Pay Day." o 0 o CREIGHTON HALE, juvenile lead of more than a hundred successful picture plays, has been cast as Little Billee, in Eichard Walton Tully 's screen production of'' Trilby.'' 0 o o MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE, who portrays the leading feminine role in '' Wandering Daughters," the initial James Young production for First National, is coming to the front as a musical composer. "Mediterranean Moon is her first contribution to the music publishers, and it is likely to prove a hit. 000 THE greatest crime drama ever filmed," is the way Norma Talmadge "Within the Law is characterised by William J. Burns, America foremost detective. Mr. Burns saw the screen version of the famous stage play in Los Angeles, and immediately wrote a letter to Joseph M. Schenck, expressing his opinion of the production. "I have just had the opportunity of seeing Norma Talmadge in ' Within the Law,' " wrote Mr. Burns. "Please allow me to say that I consider 'Within the Law' the greatest crime drama ever filmed. The cast, headed by Norma Talmadge, gives the finest work of its kind that I have ever seen, while the settings and direction are superb." O 0 o JACKIE COOGAN is regarded as the greatest child actor on the silver sheet or stage to-day. His meteorlike career is surrounded by five successful picture plays, with another to be released in the near future. These five productions are "The Kid," in which Charles Chaplin presented Jackie to the film world; "Peck's Bad Boy," "My Boy," "Trouble,"

and "Oliver Twist." The new Coogan vehicle is titled "Daddy." and is said to equal his others in every respect. It is a typical Jackie Coogan picture, full of dramatic and comedy episodes, and giving Jackie every opportunity to display his many camera tricks and traits. Associated First National Pictures have released all of the pictures in which Jackie appears, and will release "Daddy." 000 IT would save a lot of brain fag for i the curious-minded if Charlie Chaplin would come out with an engraved statement answering such questions as: Are Pola Negri and he married? If they haven't been married secretly, when are they going to be married in the presence of their enemies and friends? Is Jackie Coogan going to be page when the great event comes off; and if he is page, will Papa Coogan insist on directing the affair? 000 A NITA STEWART has confirmed £*■ the statement that she contemplates a divorce from her husband, Rudolph Cameron. As yet she is not prepared to say on what grounds she will seek it, but it is said to be incompatibility. The star has returned to New York after making "The Love Piker" for Cosmopolitan at the Goldwyn studios in Hollywood. She will go to England this summer to appear in scenes of "Vendetta," another Cosmopolitan production. 000 CHAPLIN appears in one of his inimitable labourer roles in "Pay Day, his latest comedy. He looks forward to pay day with the same anxious face as an expectant parent waiting for the doctor to say, "It's a boy." Although only in two reels, Pay Day is said to contain more fun than many of Chaplin longer films, 000 RITA JOLIYET, the fascinating star in Theodora, had to adopt the rather disconcerting fashions of ancient Byzantium. She wears an old-fashioned pompadour, built over a structure of hair, and this strange head-dress is surmounted by a crown. However, she is very interesting in this astounding production.