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15 IMMEDIATELY HAILED TO JOIN IN A FOOTBALL GAME THAT IS GETTING UNDER WAY.
ARGUMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE'LL PLAY GETS HOT AND HEAVY.
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SAYS HE DOESN'T FEEL MUCH LIKE PLAYING FOOTBALL TODAY, IT'S TOO WARM.
GANG SUPPENLY
AGREES ALL RIGHT, THEY DON'T CARE WHETHER HE PLAYS. OR NOT, THEY CAN PLAY WITHOUT HIM, HE ISN'T SO MUCH.
THE GANG STARTS TO ARGUE.MAIN- TAINS HE'D RATHER GO TO THE MOVIES,
SAYS ALL RIGHT, HE'LL PLAY.
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Mrs. Elinor Glyn having filled the role of social godmother to Hollywood for a number of years, during which she produced or sponsored many films, will now produce a British talking úlm in
British natural colour system. She will direct it herself, with the atage assistance of Edward Knob lock, and the assistance as art director of Lawrence Irving jun., cach of whom has had Hollywood experience. The photographer will be Charles Rosher, another Englishman, who posed Mary Pick, fard for the screen portrait which became known as the world's sweetheart," and filmed all her ear ly success. Mrs. Glyn has written her own film story, and proposes to call it "Enowing Men."
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Mme Maria Jeritza, the Vien- hese prin donna, who is starting her first concert tour in England
AND PLAYS.
recently at Lewis's Hall, Marketed that if authors of that kind Street, to tell "The truth about were encouraged we should have first nights. He told the truth something to sell abroad instead of as he conceives it, in uncompro importing in a wholesale way mising manner. Sir Alfred Butt, things from America and all parts Sir Gerald du Maurier, and of. Europe. He denied that we Gladys Cooper, he confided to a could not produce these things in large audience; have barred him England. from their theatres,
"I am quite used to that kind of thing," he A Parisian law court will short- added, "and I could wish that ly have to decide the question" whe many more theatres would bar me, ther a talkie" is a mere film or for then I might be able to earn whether it is a stage play. The my living in a much more agreeable question has already arisen in con way. In the old days actor- nection with the dispute between managers, even if they were vain the director of the Comedia Fran- men, as perhaps some of them were,
caise and Mlle. Mary Belle, were full of the idea of ennobling member of the staff of that theatre, their theatres. They maintained. The actors and actresses of the the standard of the theatre, pos Comedie Francaise have always sibly through vanity: but in any been allowed to appear in ordinary eircumstance they did not let it films but as Mile. Belle accepted fall below a certain standard of a part in a talking film the direc-
dignity. At this moment the then-tor of the Comedie Francaise held tres of London are the same as the theatres of Manchester.
They
is a woman of strong personality are run merely for the purpose of who, nevertheless, is bound by many rules. Talking to a Man-making money. Now nobody bin mes that motive very much. Even chester, Guardian representative, newspapers are run for the pur
your sole aim is a large dividend at the end of the year."
that it was a breach of her con- tract, which forbids her to act on any other stage without special The issue has again permission. arisen in connection with a con- tract made between the Society of be said that she not only made
pose of making money. But in the Dramatic Authors and Composers point of practising for two hours world of art you cannot achieve and Mr. Charles Jourjon, giving every day, but she still takes les-anything that stands for much if the latter the right to adapt for sons because she feels it essential to go on learning. "I have seen
the screen the novel by Alexandre Dumas, the elder, and Auguste Ma- the movietones from the begin-
quet,The Queen's Necklace." M. ning," she said. "They are very
Mr. Swaffer complained recent Jourjon decided to make a "talkic" difficult. I have seen a girl who looked like an angel on the Almsly that to-day we were more and instead of a silent film as he had more falling under the dominance at first intended, and thereupon try her voice, and when it was re-
of American ideas. It used to be the society intervened and, on the produced it was gruff like this" said that trade followed the flag ground that a "talkie" must be and the prima donna growled like That was no longer true, at any regarded as a stage play, demand- a bear. She thought that on the
rate to the old extent.. To-day ed increased royalties, Although whole men's voices were better for
trade followed the film. He had M. Jourjon contested the view of the movietones than women's. She
no objecting to American ideas as the sneiely, be declared his willing= did not believe that concert plat
such, but he was concerned to see ness to come to an arrangement, form or opera bad a serious rival
our country being more and more but after consideratica both par- Americanised. Unless our essentialties agreed to take the matter in- "Englishism" were re-established to court-in order to obtain a de- The feared it would perish. The cision on the point of law for the Mr. Hannen Swaffer, the well- achievement of Mr. Ashley Dukes future guidance of everybody con- known, dramatic critic. appeared in dramatising "Jew Süss" show-cerned.
in the new device. "People like to see the real people," she said..
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