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PROGRAMME FEATURES,
TO-NIGHT.
Caranet. Orphans of the
Storm."
World.The Man of.
of the
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Star-'Il Tawalare."
Grand.The Nut,"
STUDIO MAGIC.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE HOW ITS DONE.
(EDWIN JUSTUS MAYER-]
Have you ever been to a movie, studio?
The wide world, dreaming of photoplays to catno, has an insati- able curiosity to actually enter into the secrets of studio magic. Kings, Millionairce, Nobel prize-winners, great gonerale, and more of the accepted "quality" ure just as cager
as any seventeen-year old flapper to pierce the heart of the shadow world.
Only a few industries and pro fessions have appealed to the world's mind as romantic. Magazine writers talk glibly of the romance of steel" and the like but to the average mind such talk ie mostly blah. On the other hand, newspaper-reporting, there is a romantic way of making a living "You must meet ever, so many interesting characters !"--- breathes there the reporter with ears ea dead that he has not heard
the intense words? As a matter of, fact, the most interesting character a reporter usually meets is the city- editor. He is the man who eventu-j ally fires you-
During the last decade the movies have taken their place side by side with newspaperdain as something| strange and exotic. Most people would be disappointed to find out that the man who gets out the, morning-newspaper sits at a roll-top desk much like any other executivo. They (the people) have a vague idos that newspapers are published by pulling a series of peculiar lovers in a locked-roomythich only the Elect are allowed to penetrate. And so with the movies-the idea bas grown up that business and the new medium is divorced; that it is "interesting" to watch the filing of a scene, as it is not interesting to see a shipping-clerk make out a bill of lading. The distinction buppens to be a good one, and the peoplo, a usual are tight, for it is interest- ing" to see a movie being filmed.
That very fact furnishes enough vaxations to the average studio manager to lead him to an early grave. The desire to be courteoue is strong, but equally strong is the desire to keep the studio. grounds. from being completely swamped with those who want to sob the megaphone man at work. Most
THE CHINA MAIL.
CINEMA CHATTER.
D.GOOD STORIES.
"Ab, but there are enough beauti
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quality for a scrçon, star"'am
This apposted to clinch, the pro-ful i faces, où the screen now. position, but Mr. Griffith resunod: There's no lack of beauty."
Espernity when tuimated, with personality and intelligence!"
What does a girl pood to succeed. on the screening, or beauty? Think quickly, before you answer, but probably you will answer wrong, but David. Wark Grinth, who ought to know, eaid in rpeponse to the question:
The mare. Mr. Griffith disouseda Really, he simply repented his the mintter the less he left of the original reply in different phrase message wanted for delivery to the Yogy Personally, it always bas screen devotees of the world. Bo seemed eager to follow the abduction be was asked, outright, what he and rescue of a handsome heroine
general, but as a rule a girl, must ble of course that Mr. Grillith knowingly good stories; new
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The answer in both Both are with interest than the progress of a thought was the element most de necessary. Of course, there are plain and sensible, girl through the sired by motion pictura producers, exceptions to every statement same adventure, but it's just, possi-to-day. Without a moment's hesita
Mr. Griffith answered: more about motion pictures than
There are enough players now casual observera. Anyway, there stories adaptable to the screen more than enough. But stories 2: If appeared much of real value in this original, stories with a wide human there were a bums for good stories mininture interview with him, and appeal. The story is the thing 1f now I'd be first in the fold. Original it was hinted that girls possessing you can got a good story, good in stories for the screen are as scarce screen yearnings and beauty would the broadest, deepest scass of the as original stories for the stage and be stimulated by what he had said, word, you will have no trouble find the task of discovering and selecting but he blighted this hope, too, by ing players good enough to choose them presenta more difficultica on mying:
have some beauty and some brains." Perhape this is one reason why! This seemed to be shading the the calibre of the "extras" in pic direct interrogation, and Mr. Grifith tures has changed much of late was told that a single virtue mast Many old, middle-aged, and young be selected. Meditating a minute, men and women of good standing, he faced the question fairly and jin a, social sanas, now frequently said:
partiko in movie productions as "Beauty, in spite of all the debut "extras," and there is no doubt that ing societies, remains the essential
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Because of Love King was Deposed and a Republic Born
DW.GRIFFITH
Present's
Orphans of the Storm
adapted from
The Juo Orphans
By arrangement with Kate Claxton
With Cillian & Dorothy Gish
A Wistful Girl's Timid Smile
Flamative beauty, damly grace and tuseme figura stirred the pulse of a rich nobleman whose hirslurpe mala * away from her bfinal suster and took her to his pridnight fata. A bandsome: young aristocrat: lost, ble heart, avenged her with his sword, took her to safety. She met snother—a leader of the People, He, bicy lowed bet. The fatal thick in the midst of the gorgeous splendora of a regul
bray as thousanth of the starving rabble Camored at the palace, gates;
the love of the young aristocrat for the country-bred Hemwette, and
the love the Inspired in the heart, of Danton, leader of the uprising again: the French Monarchy-These things, each punctuated by
a kiss, formed a dials of chcumstances that quickened the
ditious Podpis into opon, and arméd rebellion that brought the Fall of the Bastilla-the "Fout of Reason when al Paré wrist mad the
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led the wild revolry; Then came the Com
mune-tha Reign of Terror the Quil
latine--the downfall of "Denton, Tele er,the sentence. ¿Erdasth the:29+ prievs—Faces!...And so, all because -'of Love, a King was deposed, a grosI monarchy Fell, u grént republic, chang into being,
TROUBLE."
JACKIE COOGAN'S NEW PICTURE.
studios have finally been forced to this is partly due to a desire to find promulgate a rule which strictly out "how its dona"-to pierce the limits the number of visitors allowed vague secrets of motion picture on the different "sets." Exceptione making. In many cases, the only are naturally made in favour of dis way for flappers and philosophers to tinguished man and worgen, but pierce this secret is to take part in a despite this, it is getting harder, mobscene" and they do it. say, than avoiding mention of your Everybody wants to see how it's prodigy who leapt into fame over- name for the new Cabinet, to get
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QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER."
EXTRAORDINARY CAST IN
METRO FEATURE:
.. Based on a widely read nutel of nural life which in certain parts of Ametica, particulady, New Eng- land, is considered almost a classic, interpreted by an unusual cast, tell- ing a story which combines quaint rural character studies, comedy, heart interest and melodramatic thrills, the Metro production, "Quincy Adana Sawyer" should prove an unusually big attraction.
It is
doubtful if there has ever been such a noteworthy cast ever assembled before, far one picture. At least nine of the players have been starred and the remainder have all bean featured, and not only is the dramatic, but the comedy field re- presented as well, and though obviously many are cast in minor rôles each has been given the oppor tunity for affective work which adds to the enjoyment of the picture as D whole.
The production is of the general type of a rural melodrama and deals with the romance of a young Boston lawyer who goes to a small town to aid an elderly woman who is being ill-treated and chested out of her property by an ungrateful daughter and a crooked lawyer. Comedy pre dominates in the first part. Thero are some extremely laughable stun tions, particularly the antics of Billy Froney and Bank Mann when they attempt to cross a stream on a log that has been generously greased. The sub-titles, too are bright and коврру.
There is a strong vein of heart interest running all through the picture due to the pretty romanco between the hero (John Bowers) said the deacon's daughter (Blanche Sweet) who goes blind. Then there is the vamp element supplied by Barbara, Ladar as the ungrateful daughter who attempts to win the hero, the lovablo old lady (Claire McDowell) who is being chested by the croaked lawyer (Lon Chaney), the simple-minded but powerful blacksmith Elmo Lincoln) whom he uses sa s ostapaw and others of lesser note. There is intrigue and melodrama, heart interest and romance, thrilla and melodrama, ond it is effectively interspersed by effec tive comedy work by Gala Henry, Louiso Fazenda and Victor Potel, in addition to Mann and Franey.
All of these elemente have been cleverly dovetailed, handled ea that good runaway scape, a snappy fight where science gets the best of brute force are introduced and culminating in on unusually effec tive climax where the villain is killed by his dupe, and the blind girl fis being carried downstream on a ruft and rescued by the her just befute it reached the falla. - The raft scene provides a fitting climax to this highly entertaining picture. It has been cleverly photographed from various angles eons to bring out the full affect of the thrills and the tent- mon while the hero ia riding madly down, the river bank to reach the raft in time is well maintained. though the actual rescue is not
It is sad to think that in the full innumerable art combinations of The Two Orphans," but there is exciting as what precedes
The vital ness of tima Jackie Coogan, must place and atmosphere.
an early, history of Henriette and It is not a subtle story and every grow up. The public could well do germ of the whole atuation je ochoed Louise, that is told in the prologue thing turns out just as you would with a few more productions of the and expanded in gorgeous fashion, no two baby "sctors are used for with it, but it is a vasily, entertain. Find in which he appeara,
bcooming virtuaily emotion de the scence on the Notre Dame stepa ing picture containing about all the luse." Daé critic describes it thos where the two de foundlings are elemente that good showmanship bee Emotional, throbbing and stain-laid, side by aderand two actors for shown audiences dare, nd should ed: telling a definite stary of a fine the children Heanette and Louise please a large majority of mot love that runs like a gold cord in their village home in Normandy picture patrons. through the wonderful fabric of the spectacle drama.“
EMOTIONS DE LUXE.
The difference between bald enter not belied his earlier promise in his tainment with genius is a matter of new feature "Trouble," in which, scientific embellishment. The em
The wonderful fabre" in thia
he has the enviable position of adle bellishment without genius would case is the grandeur of Orphans' of
star
detract from entertainment. How the Storm, embellished as it is by The cheery young juvenile is well they are scientifically combined is the parallel action of the French suited by his part, which is that of best illustrated in the world's best Revolution shown with the genius of à suiall boy who adapts as his metto matica pictures. An example is Griffith.
the old admonition to Never Orphans of the Storm." trouble till trouble troubles you The theme of Orphans of the No matter what happens to Master Storm" is in the emotional ardeale SISTERS IN Jackie in the course of the story, he of Henriette and Louise Girard, betties out of it smiling every time. "The Two Orphans" of ald dramatic
his trouble"
for tuition. On the stage the storylin
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Gffard, in D. W. spy Orphans of thes United Artists release, whet atthe Coronet Theatre. Most folk know that Dorothy Giel play, the stacy, which TL
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