THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 19:3.
THE FILMS
PROGRAMME FEATURES.
TO-NIGHT.
Coronet Theatre.-l'anline Starko
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and Hrary B. Walthall
in Flower of the North" and Charlie Cluplja zin **The Idle Class."' Kowloon Theatrų-Après Ayieя and Miton Silla in The Furunze," World Murattė.--Justice Johnstone
in A Heart to bet."
A DANCING GIRL. CAROL DEMPSTER'S' CAREER.
Carol Dempster, who learned to dance on the hillsides of her father's great ranch in Califcroia, plays the leading rist in D. W. Grillith's newest dramatic comerly, "Dream Street,"
which will be shown at the Cornaet Theatre x3 ok.
The eprightly grace of her gaistica
Perhaps there is no better instance, of this amazing rise to lame than in the case of Charles Emmet Mack, the new Griffith "Erd," who appears in "Dream Street," which is to come to the Coronet next week. An unusual picture, there is no drama in the film more interesting than that of one of the players.
the Griffith studios near Mamaroneck Charlie Mack was a property boy at New York, where the great films of this master of them ail, are innd,
MT. I VEREST CLIMB.
A WONDERFUL FILM.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Not the least remarkable feature of the recent attempt to reach the sum- mit of Mt. Everest, was the motion
been shown in London for the picture film of the climb, which has irst time. This film describes tho adventures of the party, in consider able detail and is inderd almost
FILM MAN'S THRILLS.
CHARGED BY A MAN-EATER.
A rhinoceros charging the camera at full tilt, and collapsing dead within
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play it was necessary to emphasize
the love story of John Ridd and Lorna Doone. But until, a producer can make a picture containing a little more of the atmosphere of a book which has been read and re-read by generations, it would be better for producers to confine themselves to
a font of the operator, "closs upe"atories written directly for the screen. Mr. Tourneur nevertheless has given of the giraffe, antelopes, gozelles, us a series of strikingly beautiful pic. baboons, and jaguara-thiso are but tures. In one." girt. John Ridd," busy a few of the more outstanding features about the duties of the farm, easing so the ache of his heart while Lorne of a film which I was permitted to see is gone, lets down the bars of the privately by Mesers. Pathe Freres) sheep-fold, and the shop and the writes the Dail Mail's film eritio.
lambs, crowding together, pass The production of "The Cradle of let them pass, and stands in silhouette. through the gap. John steps aside to of the World" is the result of a two There is the soft swarp of hills and years' expedition, covering a distance meadows in the distance. There is of 5,000 miles, into Central Africa the patient plodding progress of the figure as be stands in abstraction at the gate. No mawkish subtitle translates bis thoughts.
Tfe was born in Scranton, Pennsy, esertial on a complete understanding made by the Bwedith Biograph Film sheep, and the dignity of John Ridd's
theatre
and
as "property boy," a task that in cludos running errands and helping in every way possible.
One day while the studio was still Mack begantntertaining is co-work
18 with imitations of Richard Barthelmess in heroic seanes. Griffith, ever watchful for new talent and
of the difficulties and dangers its members were called on to face.
The photography was done by Capt. JB.L. Noel and involved so.00 positively herculean achievements,
Company. The party started out from Mombann in 1919, travelling inland to Nairobi.
Several other scenes are treated in the saine monsterly way. There is the sharp silhouette of the Doone outlaws on the brow of a bill. There the wild ride of the Doones in the
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sa a soung girl suggested to her willing to give it opportunity where.bigb wind it was found impossible to then-a blank. One only knowe after and their pictorial beauty.
ever
Pilt Hagen & Grace Haskins| ad Grace Haskins (right
Mise Haskiar is the youngest motion picturs producer in the world, bring?
still in her early twenties. She has already completed a film called "Just Like a Woman" and slie is shown here with a prominent Los Angeles composer with whom she has written a fox trot.
NORTH OF 58."
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD'S STORIES,
Прырыны
"THE FOUR HORSEMEN."
A POPULAR PICTURE.
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vania, eighteen years ago. Like all the other boys in the town, whose patents were not wealthy, Charlie worked as a "breaker boy in the ecal mines. But be liked the
Through Nairobi the party moved atmosphere of the became a program boy with one of the ca era being carried thousands of across arid wastes of desert to the the big Griffith films touring the higher than such a camera bau Victoria Nyanzs; nor do I know country. Then he went to the studios ever been taken before. The pictures which pictures are the more absorb curly morning iter Lorna and her
the expedition were developed as
coach, down by eight black proceeded, partly in a tent by the ing, the hippopotamus shooting or the mother in their frail, gaily decorated Bengbuk Glacier, at a height of amazingly graphic details of native boraca. Thero is the sama 16,500 feet, and partly in an improvised dark room in au old fort
village life.
It is 10t often that a coach abandoned by horsee and st. Gyantee. Both the froet and London audience can see a man-eat men, the ea creeping up to it ynesa of the atmosphere affected ing lion charge the camera. The first where it lica grotesquely twisted in in their appeal to the imagination, the films mewhat, and in the rifle shot fails and the second, and the sands. These things are startling
Madgo Tellamy, is effective as James Oliver Curwood, many film Lorne, the child who grew up in versions of whose stories have been Donno Valley as a captive of the seen in Hongkong, has taken the Can robbers. Frank Bowers was cast for adian Northwest for his back-ground the part of John Ridd. The work of and the reason be writes so well is be
He has a ruce convincing odredth performance of * wltich Frank Keenan, a Sir Ensor Doone, cause be, knows what he is writing of the Apocalypse," the two- touch and with it a splendid style, took place in Lowlen recently. The the leader of The outlaws, stood out about. above that of the rest of the cast.
Every year he goes in the Northlands plain truth is that this Rex Ingrsar and remains for several months gitfilm is in a class by itself—A-great- ting new ideas and atmosphere. He thene has been adegontely treated, is one of the foremost authorities on it is difficult to detect any seri the Canadian Northlands and the only flaw from list to fist. There American ever employed by the Cann
are yogy few films, indeed, dian government as an exploratory says the Daily Telegraph, which and descriptive writer. lle is a pre os can view a second time, how- life writer and has furned out seven er ek we my have enjoyed teen novels, one of the best of which is then on the first occasion, withinit Flower of the North," which is being experiencing a more or less keou shown at the Coronet-Theatre this fling of disappointment. From week.
this ordeal. The Four Horsemen
camera,
keep dust «ntirely from it. More wards what bas happened by a picture he sees it, witnessed the per aver, in some of the scenes photo of one dead lion and a wrecked mother that Carol express herself in the classic as well as the impoverishedformance, unknown to Mack.
Perhaps to this day, Mack does not blown to and fro with such velocity gapled the snow is shown bring etepa of her own creatiu. The 'Danishown school in Los Angeles was
know it, but when players were and in such volume that it looks lika wonted for. "Dream Street," Mack dense smcke. Yet in the face of was invited to relearge one of tho
selected, and at the end of eight deventeen years old, ehn was appear ing sa uso dancer an ister as a partner with Tedd Shewa...
spoolis Belore Miss Dempster was
CAROL DENESTER in D.V. GRIFFITHS) DREAM STREET
It was at a exhibition of her danc ing that D. W. Griffith alet for now material-for-bia plastre saw the ox aberat maiden, and invited ker.to. tearn the art of motion picture acting. Willingly she abandoned a most pro- mising career as a daneer and con signed herself to the long-talions and gruelling application of studying tu work before the camera.
Her cohooling came to fruition when she was selected for an important part in · T ́e Love Flower," and wher the part of the lancing girl in Dresai
Many of the pictures of animals, es pecially the more timid, were taken with a telephoto lens. Others such as
parts, a very difficult one, of a hoy these and many other difficulties the genius, temperamental, ardent in his party persisted to the absolute limit the charge of the rhinoceros er the of human endurance. "Is of such orgy of the birds on the body of the stuff that all the world's potters sia dead zebra, were taken at com
paratively close range,
devation to his brother, but capable "el weaknesia and jealousire. 'ME Grillith considered it one of the most difficult parts he and ever assigned to a player. Mack rebearerd it. Not even did be derain he could play
with so little experience. When it came to the time for the casting. actor after actor was invited to take up the role. Somehow Mack d: it better than the others, even actore of national reputation are turned down.
~ Griffith-always gives his párte-by- competitive Limination. The best survive. And when Charles Emmer Mack proved bis wirth, he got his chance. So rebly did he take advant ag of it that the New York critics cecured it one of the most sensation- al performances ever given on Broad way by a young actor,
CHILDREN AND THE KINEMA,
FILMS FOR ADULTS ONLY." |
made.
Scene from DW Griffith's "Dream Street,"
THE "BAD MAN”
IN THE FILMS.
QUEST VOYAGE film.
ADVENTURES IN FROZEN
SOUTH.
At the New Sealb, Charlotte street, Tottenham Court-rosd, last month, there was publicly exhibited for the first time the film of the Shackleton- Rowett expedition to the Antarotio:
Southward on the Quast,”
All sorts of reasons have been advanced to explain the long-con- til fiore of The Four Horie
This story deals with the Narth of the Apocalypse emerges i}}=" country in the summer tirne sod 18 saflet, lukeel, one hug dex filled with romance, adventure and beauties in it on a second, a'third,
It is saith
Commander Wild, second in com.the spirit of the North. It is written and even a fourth visit. mand of the brave little craft which in the true Curwood style, and Car Lilat nearly a quarter of a million all too soon lost Sir Ernest Shackleton, wood is a really good story teller, ass have aitely seen the film, nd the weld seem to be no her gallant captain, gave a talk while good as America has.picduced.
He used to be a newspaper man epson why this number should not the film was is progress. Sub tizler, mitic, and the spoken word all For Erven years be worked on thee quadrupled before the ran at the Palive, Thestie finishes. The ac- combined to form a remarkable Detroit News Tribune. 59 Asistant altertainment. Commander Wild.editor and finally auditor. Leaving peintent to the film his; Laven very considerably improved since on the platform. at peare less an the nowepaper, he went in for fiction the opening performance. Perfect explorer-of-world-wide-reputation and with over a million_cal_behind
yuelonization." "has Now “been him feels that he made a wise obmined between orchestra and pic than an expert lecturer.
decision.
Lures; and one feels that the con- Carwood come bonestly by his duetor is in shsolute sympathy with etory telling gift, as he is a descendant the tragedy passing before his eye" on his latber's ride of Capt in the screen, and that he is inters Marrayat puting not merely the feelings of could tell a tale of adventurs to low the naturs, but the very soul-of-the- Marrayat, the novelist. writers that aver lived could tell it author who created the original but Carwacd's work does uut suffer work,
To celebrate the 200th perform any by comparison. Mich., in 1872 and still makes his gave a party, to which Curwood was born at Osworin ang, th' management of the Palace toms there. He bas one of the largest Practically a theatrical London was invited. No sooner had the
When he describes, casually enough, the beauty, the wonder (and terror) of the fruzen South, the grim, stark, never-ending snowfields, tha peril and the endurance, the romance and the wonder of it all, he is well singularly matter of fact.
of the world at large. But these have had no paternalistic government to cams to their defence. They are etilt annagmously traduced
The pictures be it the scenes of the maligned, while they endure the affront in ineffective profest or in well from the top of London Bridge
crowds bidding the adventurers fare silence. But President Obregon and
and
his Government arm to bare found or of the birds and beasts. which the
are as fiue as any which have reached!
Street" appared the was given her that these young people are not likely made to the portrayal of what the Placed an embargo on all offending London since Mr. Ponting gave his is not synthetic. That's more than light everything was in readi
great opportunity. She is described
as gule, brave and gay, swit and
On New Years Day there came into force at Home the long deforred and much discu-sed Leadon County Council regulation, to the effect that no children under the age of IG aball
The Government of Mexico, quite vist a kinema' where any but films passed for universal calibition are properly, bas announced its decision being shows, unless accompanied by to have some part in the censorhip a parent or adult guarding.
uf motion pictures originating in the
a way to protest effectively. Their nest ensuntered on her sonthera collections of photographs of big game The number of A films (those Daited States and offered for the voice is inade vibrant by the effect it voyage, past the Care, past South in America, and most of the pictures dinary antiene left than, almost as if by, magic, a bounded, spring passed for adult exhibition culy) is amusement of the prope of the will immediately produce. They have Georgia to the great Antarctic itself, he took himself.
floor was laid down in the wide The red bluad in Curwood's writing space at the back of the stalls. By nut particularly great, however, so scuthern Republic Objection is
productions of the motion picture film-lecture on the last expedition of you can say of a lot cf. adventurous, ami, after supper, dancing. The M-xican
authorities irsist is an studios, much as the people of the the late Captail Scott. to be very greatly affected.
and romantic writing of to-day, commenced forthwith. It was kept regulation has been further amended imaginary character commonly known United States have placed a silent
There is, naturally, the pathos of In pistorising Flower of the North" juterruptedly until nearly four restlers as a bid, with every pulse of in this rerpect; that no filmother as the "Ead man" a Mexican, ntman ficial embargo upon those offer
thau photographs of current events-oured and secontrid almost toeings which they regard as undeair one great tragedy in the piotute: Vitagraph paid very careful attention clock in the morning, when our character in which the appears is which has not been passed for un picturesquely, and with deplorabirable, vicious or degrading. One there is also a great deal of humour, to the production and engaged an all- of the most successful parties of Gypsy Fair, the dancing girl with iversal exhibition by the British Board tendencies to commit those at ocities method is as effective as the other. It supplied largely by Commander star cast, headed by Henry B. W shall the kind ever given came to an end- whom two brothers fall in love, one of Film Censura shall be exhibited in from which thoughtful and consider is only necessary to determine which Wild, who appears to take his many and Pauline Starke. The production To cite the names of the hundreds worshipp og her, the other trying to the premises without the consent of late persons would instinctively will insluce the more eatisfactory re-accomplishments particularly lightly was made under the direction of David who were present would be conque. her as he had so many other the council while any child under or shrink. The prot st can hardly be
theatres, and, indeed. girls. Clean love and mad love clash appearing to be under the age of 16 attributed to class consciousness or "pore from producers, distributors Alter a 25 000 miles voyage the Quest Smith, whose "Black Beauty" and emerate the casts of the leading
has returned, and with her a record "The Courage of Marge O'Dcon" havo London | and exhibitors. years is present..
cven to inordinate national pride. It
of her adventures very wonderful, given him au enviable place in the everyone prominent in the enters is no doubt, prompted by the
very varied in their interest.
motion picture directors' ball of fame. realization that such portrayal is libel upan all Mexicans because of the tendency to delintate, in fiction at well as on the screen, the Mexican frontiersman as always an outlaw and R. D. Blackmore's famous novel of an enemy of society.
England of two and a half centuries
her buty singing for joy." The
in a great chmax, when the purest of love cues and guides her to the one boy.
NEW GRIFFIT "FIND."
YOUNG AUTOP'S RISE TO FAME,
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Who isn't interneted in the movies, and how the stars get their chance to becute famous-overnight, as the zaying go.97
Edward Pelle DW Grif
Dream Street)
NO 1,000-FOOT FILM.
LORD MOUNTBATTEN'S HONEYMOON TRIP.
The cowboya & the western United States, the Canadian fadians of the The story coborning the thou and provinces, and isthers e'newhere who foot film which Lord and L dy Mount arenpposed to be representatives of batten were supposed to be brining a class, have been similarly casica back as a memente of their boneyed for the amu oment, if not for the mcon tour in America, was exploded edifcasion, a their countrymen and by the Roral tourists when they arrived at Southampton by the White
Star liner Olympic.
We have brought back no-film said rd Mountbatten "It is trut that we were filmed in nearly every place we visited. The photographers wero-always taking us.”
We have had a most enjoyable timas and have covered ten thouSALS miles. We have managed to see many places of interest, and we also visited the Naval Academy at Annapolis and the Military Academy at West Eoint." "Everyons we met seemed to con- epire to give us a good time, and although we were sorry to base, we are glad to get home again.!!
2- Lord and Lady. Mountbatt n kest | by "mantsteht for Bronilines, Hang- |shire, thu residence of Colonel Wilfred
Ashley, M.P.
At work on another big picture.
“LORNA DJONE..
FAMOUS NOVEL FILMED.
"Lotta Doone," prepared for the screen by Maurice Tourneur,, was rented in new York hot month. Pctorially speaking, it is very beauti : ful. Mr. Tournent bas proved him- el a director with magination, and
the ability to handle dramatic situp tions with restraint and delicacy. Ho is aware of the effectiveness of sim. plicily, and never offends his audi- ences with repeated close ups and Frequent repet tions of effects already obtained. He is never guilty of | stupidity of barl taste, the two moet
obviona fanlts of directors.
As for what he has done with 'thei story, from the beginning of the photoplay, where young John Ridd, an his way home from boarding school, encounters the child Lorna at White Horse Inn. it is ovident the main theme of the picture is the love story of these two, and all other things are subordicated to it. Many ot the owerful motifs of the book ware utterly disregarded.
Presumably it would not lisxs been. practicable to introduce thera' zle- ments oven as flickering side-lighta. Perhaps to make a successful photo-
Vallace Reid Mrs Reid
and their adopted daughter.
Wallace
Wallace or
The famous
viso alar is said to be Eovering between life an
tainment world.