BATURDAY MAY 17, 1924
THE CHINA MAIL.
SCREENLAND
2000
THE
AND DAMNES
WARNER BROK PRODUKTION
GLADYS WALTON (IN “THE GIRL WHO RAN WILD”,
A UNIVERSAL ATTRACTION
PROGRAMME FEATURES.
1
"TO-NIGHT.
Silan o is reqnsible for a ATTL TURIJIN lo sapersies. Alr
A FAMOUS AUTHOR,
His Greatest Satisfaction.
Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper coming to the Coronet Theatre, soon, is an event of importance not only to picture- goers but to those who are acquainted, or would like to be: acquinted, "with the Murary history of which the story is a bright fuge, 2
Albert Bigglow Paine, rlude friend of Samuel Langhornë Clemens (Mark Twda) and his biograplier as well, given interest- ing details concerning the author am) his famous romance.
• The Prince and The Pauper," he.writes, "was always one of his favourite stories. lle began it
Schun bu just deft fus saudio for one day in that beautiful siqudy linch Was he noted a erosil olfat Quarry Farm. Elmira, where youngsters. He became Pri so much of his work was done, adanaapppsdag de panthe CORONET-One Arabian fassed ony or themear kid seips
[working-al-dever-heat-and-com=| Night.W
WORLD-Trailing African
Wild Animals.
STAR-5.30 p.a., "Drifting."
9.13 p... Robert Bores and his Variety fo
QUEEN'S — Chefalo-
anch Palermo, the magi- cians, and "The For- gotten law.".
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WESLEY BARRY.
How He Came Out.
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he vet her hope to fit for pleting about half of it with tom picture. Severn" youngsters scarcely a hesitation. Then the wire Sumbastics the daigals inspiration suddenly wanted and alone vom Trevile-need bøg.
Aftensane. "Mr. Satan stopped the he put the mumscript aside for Genap and Revespa dpomnieć à about three years, 'waiting, as he forlorn, and ragged fittk resture said. Tor, the tank to fill up again
Dan Mund daher with a wealth of
frokles munta ang: "Mister, I wi--not an unusual thing for him to von der Pope alele, lesausu ar's į do, He worked on a number of The calcifice had to give other stories during this period, at then gogh guys
Doe dig at the fveklefaced including Huckleberry Finn, but mester wavinced Mɛ. Neilen that none of thêm gave him the plea-
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Only thirteen yrus alimpel With an inblad, presonality bespecked by a wealth of Trentless, nd most of after sereen finally completed, he insisted that
Mrsles "bas mens that falsure and satisfaction that he expectations in the rehef the found in The Prince and The cahan diana as an actor. He has Pauper," which so strongly appeal- Shared boments with Mary Pickforded to his romantic and dramatic,
on soon in Thai The and Get in Balily Long Lega" be Bhis
side. When in 1880. it was
In the short space of a few visi Wesley Terry in the arterit.downl luminary has formed his was to the HAR QANE AU CNS ma ise, not be Is won his way into the hot na all motion picture enthusiasts.
The careers of all famous men who, have achieved distinctior in da se
sneresscar
hit be elaborately published, 'even But, amending a Westry, dis
rate multion-in 11: dar
JESSE L. LASKY presents WALLACE
REID
IN
EXCUSE MY DUST
A Paramount Aricraft Picture
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TO MORROW AT THE STAR
development whatever toward a play for the screen. Excitedly the producer one day called Mr.
at the Coronet Theatre very soon and according to those who release his photoplays Mr. Carewe well merits such recurato Carewe
Mr. Carewe, unlike many direc tors, believes that a photoplay of a stipulated length can be made in a certain stipulated time, barring accidents, and is of the opinion that a time limfc brings about better results from everyone interested in the production.
Time Keeps Up Interest. "A time. limit gives everybody a mark to shoot at, keeps everyone interested on his toes and keeps up the interest, an important thing which lags when a picture is made with no regard for time," Mr. Curewe asserts. "I am not foolish enough to believe in making pictures like one would turn out post card pictures, but I do think that within a certain definite dead
if the elegance eats up the pub-Mark Twain pronounced Elsie "THE WONDERFUL THING." line for a production to be made fisher's prouts and mine too."
Leslie's performance perfect, and
Norma's Latest Production.
The Wonderful Thing" is the
within, the director and his players can accomplish much more than otherwise.
"Mighty Lak a Rose' was a good
on the telephone to tell
the director to get a story and produce a good picture within the next four weeks which brought the star's contract to a close. Mr. Carewe's perplexity did not just long and from a suggestion of 45 words he developed a story, erect. ed the sets and produced a picture which made a remarkable commer cial record, within the specified time..
"This experience," the director: often remarks, "taught me the hest lesson I have learned in a long screen career-that, when there was anything to be done to do it quickly is the best way" if action, spirit and continuity mean any. thing to the success of a photoplay."
Has Many Successful Plays.", it let anly be walled the graded stent in the history al It was issued as a handsome little Elsie herself as the "embodi
In defence of his practice of d manor, cate when he was and costly book--still more costly ment of his dream." But even her
"think quick...act quick," Mr. seland to play the leading role in
Care we has some, splendid snc- Schual Peas. In latest ring to-day for the first edition is very genius and beauty could not
cesses to boast of, among them which. S enthusts and so a rare, and copies of it are eagerly achieve the impossible-could-notice of the latest production star-exaniple of what can be done on Mighty Lak a-Rose," the im
was be in the resposible, sought. I did not eat up the canal de les if the den in the shoes publisher's profits, lowires for nutke a complete success out of ring, Norma Talmadge, distributed producing schedule, and "The Girl inediate predecessor so "The Girl The Healy decked it and the story at the royal begger ant, what was constructively defective, by Associated First National Pic of the Golden West' is likewise of the Golden West," "The La anatate the ricevons sangster the little wandering prince was a The magic of lilin photography tures, Inc. Herbert Brenon and Knowing that we had so punch time visible Fear," Playthings of It all happened in a very simpl and go bun en peter on the seren.sureess and a seller, from the has made it possible to do today Clara Beranger adapted the story to finish our work, and no more, Destiny" and "Some Things
How we binis surevedet start:
What Elsie Leslie could not do in from the stage play of the same every member of our company Money Can't Buy with Anita gbaned - Boom. Willein; de ley, model and anaseming Nigh, his directra men, dy the beautiful story naturally occurred Person-to present the same actor name, written by Lillian Trimble worked diligently to accomplish ¦ Stewart "The Voice of Con- eites the incident as an egy day way, who has been an author, play to a considerable number of per at the same moment in two pils,
Bradley and Forrest Halsey. our purpose and the spirit of the science." "Habit," "God's Half Wolf he began his blīv
The production is in a consider-game of producing so many scores Acre," "Isubel, or the Trail's sons, among them Mark Twain and “The Prine) and The Phupor"; In my estitean," said Mr. himself, Also, to Mark Twain's car now be given in a way that by lighter vein than anything in a certain period of time is End," "The Final Judgment" and Nagh, the Wes has done the wife, who made no pretentions to would have satisfied Mark Twain which Miss Talmadge has done evident in the action of the play. "Rio Grande." atrale piece of stars of his carver, being a playwright, but who had and made him happy indeed recently, but it has an underly. Learned Speed by Necessity. And it in't faza e was onder very delinite, den concerthat he cannot be present at his which gives Miss Talmadge up early experience which taught him years on the stage, began his Mr. 'Carewe was born in Gains- "That is why I regret so deeplying strain of a love drama The noted director quotes anville, Texas, and following sixteen my direction. The boy a bag home entertainment and the acre. A tigector in only control farrangement of small dramatic newer and completer production.
el and commercial world red
this fact that they had to gorthood
some irving esperances in order to resele ile ellended goat. For
Wesley, apparentls, seems to have
amostentations mansion. And West
right Tap of Den
+RAKrrence.
abent uneasily, “I was having a tigh
with a compier kids when on
I had of gettin' even on the kids, and
stopped me. 15 was the unly chance
I was kind'er sor. Anyway, the
min looked at pro vnd gave que se oney, and after that, it was all Junky dory because he said he was gonner 140 ane ada neler in the 'movies.. That's all 12.
The person reformoj s by Wesky,
Wight, and at ueter
D
The idea of dramatizing this
the by- of an a, and he en performances in which
the
Suggest different zeal espressen Clemens children, and the children) and manneris. Then it is up of Charles Dudley Warner, Theis the lashar, and in the euse af Wosariest heighbour, were all given. ley-well. Sed Letter go and see
star parts.
is none other ten, dat she the pictures
on picture produwer, Marshall
YOUR LAST CHANCE
ONE
TO SEE
POLA NEGRI
in
ARABIAN
NIGHT
TO-DAY AT THE
CORONET
Mark Twain and George W. Cable were making a reading tour during the winter of '84-5, and at Christmas time. suspended operu- tions for a two weeks" holiday. | Clemens; = arriving at Hartford, surmisel that something mysteri- oùs was in progress. für certain areas of his home were forbidden him.
Scene from Mark Twain's *The Prince and The Pauper
portunity for some bits of the the psychology of working rapidly screen career with the old Lubin superh emotional acting that has in production. A grand opera Co. Engagements with Rolfe- made her so popular as a screen star it a salary of $15,000 a week Metro, Louis B. Mayer and the Af Jacqueline Boggs, the had been signed and kept on the creation of his own producing unit only daughter of the American payroll for two weeks without any followed,
star
Hoge King, a finished product of a
French convent, she is irresistibly droll As Mrs. Donald Mannerby
she becomes a dramatic figure, and once again her father's daugh fter, she is tragic. One advantage, however which a drama of love has uver a drama of life is that a happy ending is possible, and one comes a very satisfying manner in "The Wonderful Thing."
"The
When evening vâme he was cón- ducted into a large seated room, and placed, in a chair directly in
Herbert Brenon, who has direct- front of a prefentious painted
rd two of the later of Miss curtain whigh presently rose and
Talmadge's productions, acted
the the very first stage representation
same capacity with Wonderful Thing" in of The Prince and The Pauper”
addition to collaborating in the |began: Mrs. Cemens huid drama-
adaptation of the screen version. tized it and the Clemens and
Chief among the supporting cast is Warner children were playing-it
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, a young as a Christmas surprise for Win
matron of high social standing in It is needless to say he was.
New York and Newport, who has deeply moved and gratified. Be
secured a position in the Norma was also interested to the point
Talmadge, company to round out of having the performance repeat-
her training in amateur theatri ed twice daily during his stay. Yet it may be that my regretfuls before organising a picture taking, himself, the part of Miles is wasted. The science of to-producing company of her own. Headon, adding considerably to
Harrison Ford plays opposite morrow will not fail to len be-Miss Taludge, and others in the his lines, as of course he would,yond the knowledge of to-day, and cast include Howard Truesdale, improvising copiously, quite up there are those who tell us that Robert Agnew, Ethel Fleming. setting the little actors as to their our vanished friends have only Mabel Bert, Fanny Burke, Walter cues and nearly wrecking the per-
McEwen and Charles Craig. formance with his characteristic remarks...
A PRACTICAL ARTIST.
stepped a little into obscurity, and may, if they like, keep track of what we are doing and that pre- Yet it was not until about five sently we shaḥ establish the truth years later that "The Frince and of these, matters. Already it, has- The Pauper" was presented on the been demonstrated that in the public stage. Dramatized by Mrs, | other about us throbs a world of Abby Suge-Richardson and sounds that we do not hear. Io arranged for the stage by David needs only a step farther to un- The-Football-Spirit Belasco, with doar little Elsie | cover a world of sights that we do Leslie in the star part, it was a not see. So perhaps the time is pretentious production and fairly not far distant when we shall see "Practical Artist" is the nick- successful as successful ns.any and hear visions and voices from name producers of motion pictures play could well be in which the that other realm; and it may be have given to Edwin Carewe, who chief-actor has a double role, when that those whom we have known has directed "The Girl of the the main scene in the story can already see and hear things Golden West" for First National requires both parts to be on the that interest them this side the pictures and which will be shown stage simultaneously
vell. I hope so..
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TO-MORROW
MAE
MURRAY
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FELIX OUT OF LUCK
AT THE
CORONET.