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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, JANUARY 10th, 1931.
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
A HUNTING SCENE IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
AMERICAN FRAMES. ENGLISH LENSES
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The Duke of Beaufort's Houf art at Dunkirk, Gloucestershire, This pictures shows hounds following a sernt after finding at Swangrove, whore several foxes
kept bounds busy for a long time.
G. 0. M. OF STAGE.
Story of David Belasco.
David Pelason, famous theatrical produteer, stared numerous outstanding successes and discovered many stage stars.
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amuse himself with a new set of bincks.
Many, many Things have hap peted since the Jad Iram San Francisco arrived in New Yoris sume all years ago to take a small salaried jen with the old Union. Square Dramatie Company.
A mere lad on the Parlie Foast, he had stopped from school spro ductions into such personally writ !ten and conducted affairs as "The Barmaid's Revenge," or "The Batai Or "The Dying Boy's Corkscrew." Last Christmas. Or im Hlark, the Regulator's Ievenge. Or, that classic title. "The Butcher's Revenge, or Seven Backels "f Blood."
He wrote a dozen others a borlesque of "East Lynne" ustal a stage version of “Adam and Eve, among them. And stepping from adolesener, he found himself stage manager of the old Baldwin, the Metropolitag Opera Helse and other San Francis playhouses,
In Nevada Gold Rush. The Nevada gold rush came. Nevada rolled in mones, Belasers went to Virginia City, a bonn down, and put on Shakespeare and "The School for Scandal" and a few melodramas, He went back la San Francisco and worked un- der the management of James A. Herge, one of the grand old men of melontran And
it was. in New York, that years later iterne's "Hearts of Oak" appeared under the proprietorship of Beins. and Herne. The year was 1880 and it was the Fifth Avenue Then,
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tre. Such theatrical names James O'Neill, Clara Marris, Rose Coghlan, Rusa Wood Fay Temple- fon and Thema Whiten alreny had crossed his truil,
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"Hearts of Oak," by the was a failure. And it was in 1882 - when Bilaster's New ́ ̈ York career
leially started. Then he began staging the dramas af Bronson Howard at the Madison Sqaure Theatre...- "Yming Mrs Winthrop,” ran for 200 nights, was the first,
"Found" Many Stars.
la the next ten years, he was assteinted with the Frohmans, with William Gillette, who had dramatized Rider Haggard's
David Belasco, who has recently (number of men of his years. recovered from a serious Bness. He could be expected to appear has dramatized everything on thejat his office about 9 o'clock, earth below and in the skies alive, 'whether or not he had a play in has persistenlly refused to bow to mind. Otherwise the "old massa" Tinit. He dramatized himself would read now plays by the hour and the people who surrounded'or_interview new players. His him; a dozen performers have affier contains one of the most in been built to stardom because, credible eard-indix systems to be "her" DeMille's “Lord Chumley" upon their introduction, they did, found in any showshop. Here are; and "The Charity Ball." something that appealed to his the names. of thousands of per- RON90 of the dramatic; he formers, Each is carefully tabu- dramatized his surroundings and plated with age, rize, type and aed him to Henry Miller, Sothern, dozen other bits of information. Herbert Kelcey, Wilton Lackaye- Most of this has been self-obtain and a dozen other famous ones. ett. Accompanied by a secretary, He substituted romance for alBelasen drifted from one theatre mast everything else. He went to another, sizing up each player. romance into everything he did I whispers he dictated to his us- He long has been disciple of hard work and application,
Resistant rounding up
his very attire.
Made Own Ramonce.
These and others had introduc-
Then came the success of "The Heart of Maryland with Leslie Carter and Maurice Barrymore. Of "Zuba," also with Mme. Carter. the merits Of "Mme. Butterfly" with Blanche lates, And just 29. years ago, his performer.. When asting for a bringing out of David Warfeld as
a star in "The Auctioneer."
has belleved that rominee inject and capacities and types of the
ed into work or play was the true show, he need but check on his fountain tak youth--and so, Injeards.
mind, Belasco never grew old. He would never discuss the matter of
Owned Art Treasurers.
His favourite, Blanche Bates, distinguished herself
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passing years. On a recent birth. His fees. over his theatre "Darling of the Gods" and "The day he talked chiefly of things he have becois Brandway legends Girl of the Golden West." So it would do five or ten years Inter.. In series of extravagant stage sels,
has
great success after the
And so the world came to know hung with costly curtains, fitted the "The Rose of
bringing out Frances
Rancho
of
Starr; A Grund, Army Man," with Warfield; "The Warrens Virginia" with Charlotte Walkor: "Peter Grimm" and, of course, Mary Pickford in "A Good Little
two Belnacos-that is a part of out with the furniture of a dozen the world couldn't quite make him periods, decorated with rare sculp out and dismissed him as a grand ture and furniture, carpeted with old pretender; another part of rich rugs. His collection of jade, which knew him better, kept there and started for his the winced that he meant .duughter, is rated as one of the Devil."
Was
Belasco had made a world to suit most valuable in the worlil. himself. Belasco was the best
Most of them Relasco "finds" One luxury the theatre denn character he would ever conceive.
Leonore Ulrich, Litlla, Gish has allowed himself for years—a an entire "who's who" of others. Few humans, in or out of the siesta of rub down at o'clock in theatre, have gone to greater the afternoon. Then he would And because this has required a lengths to avoid reality. And yet, disappear either for a nap or almost alert and active life-small by some paradox of nature, few massage. His workroom has been wonder that Belasco came to ne- have been more practical where an issisted country place in the gate Time. And seeing romance reality was concerned, Belasco suburbs, where be kept dozens of borne before his eyes each working applied to his workaday routine, stave sels-where he has played day-small wonder, too, a discipline possible to but a small with settings as a child would "adopted romance as his own.
that he
SETTINGS.
Actor Deplores Their Destruction.
his products to bus outstanding.} And still others wonder how sure, uniform stories can be the result! of scattered hits of film patched) together by the cutters,
Otis Skinner, however, sees In The industry it great tragedy. This actor, who for years has been of the best known in The
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Almeat every person. who in comes associated with motion pics one tures is struck by some outstand. Fuited States, thinks it is nothin,FABERLANTENBEKORG ing feature of this gigantle indus. short of a crime that the magni-
Some marvel at the vast au- ficent sets bullt for pictures misd
dience before which a dlm plays, be razed upon completion of the used since they started to make[] came back again this time, too, as I was able both to see and hear films. This was the subject pictures out here."
Skinner should be familiar with myself, and therefore was able to uppermost in his mind just before he departed for New York to pre."Kismet" by this time, so if his correct quite a few things and pare for a stage play.
performance isn't topnotch you improve my performance consider. will have to blame it on someone ribly. besides him. He played in the
Oth Skinner.
Gostly but Short-Lived.
Delays his Verdict. "I went out to Lies studio yester- show for four years on the stage.
"I won't attempt to say what - day just to walk through some of and this production marks the kind of a pleture Kismet Is, as the magnificent sets we used in second time it has been brought to that is something nobody can tell. the filming of “Kismet,'" he res the screen. He made his first it looked gond to us in the daily marked rather sorrowfatly. "And screen version about 10 years ago rushes and in its rough assem I couldn't help thinking what as a silent film, of course. blage. But the Anal test of any "A stage actor can lesen a gresi picture or play must wait until it many things by working in pleje put before the public." on some of then that were used tures.” Skinner declares. "And
shame it is that they have to be torn down. Fortunes were spent
only a few days. Now they are the same thing holds true of Skinner probably will return. deserted, monuments to the efforts screen players who
of our company.
time They will
go on the to Hollywood after the close of And in a short stage. When I made any first the show season in New York to
be
destroyed picture 10 years ago I was told make another picture or two. Ho ruom for Be that i would have to discard every hopes that, that will be his pro go through the thing I had learned before, as Igramme for some years to come~
was tackling an entirely new arljappearing on the stage-in-the
entirely to make st, which will same procedure.
200 course, al f this is neces- And I did learn quite a bit about winter and working in pictures in Others are awed by the recklesa sary, as there isn't room in all acting, as it was the first time the summer. And, judging from expenditure of millions of dollars Hollywood in house even a portion ever had been able to see myself. his past record, his hopes will be by producers, each of whom wants of the sets that must have been learned a lot more things when realisert.
THE NEW SAN
FRANCISCO; A FINE VIEW FROM THE AIR.
San Francisco's "comeback" after its disaster of 1906 is graphically shown in this photograph of the section that suffered moat from the catastrophe. At the top is shown a corner of Angel island, U, S. quarantine site.. Between Anzel Island and tip of San Franc faco peninsula is seen Alcatraz Island, U. S. army disciplinary barracks. The tower of the Ferry Building is about mid way in the row of shipping plors, and approaching the Ferry Building are two transbay ferries. In the foreground the railw ay terminals. Aside from the apartment house districts, litle of San Francisco's residential
Hoctions are shown.
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