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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928,

THE FILMS

PROGRAMME FEATURES.

TO-NIGHT.

Coronet Theatre.-George Arliss

in "The Ruling Passion."

World Theatre.-Bessie Borris- cale in "The Breaking Point."

Ste Theatre.-Marion Davies iti

"The Cinema Murder."

show drugs or drink to excers, or phases of the eterial triangle, will bo tolerated.

WALLACE REID,

WHY HE

DOPED."

THE CHINA MAIL.

FILM FAVOURITE'S GREAT FIGHT,

NATURE'S DRÁMAS.

BEAUTY AND ERROR RE- VEALED BY THE FILAI.

There are Bat fish that go by with a sweeping of flexible fins, and look strange rock-clinging creatures almost like birds, and there are which bobavalike the tnost expen sive kind of fireworks,, flowering into delicate tentacles and swaying racefully as poppies in a sofi

breezo.

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FILMS OF 1922.

END OF A CHAPTER.

WILL THE INDUSTRY SORAP ITS

*BAUBAGE

MACHINE?

FILM ARTISTS IN F.M.S.

A ROMANTIC JOURNEY

Anyone inclined to brood over the

A. party of American and Cana hard lot of man should be taken to

dian visitors have "bean in Kuala 80p a new set of the Secrets of the

Lumpur taking pictures of local life Nature films which are made under

for an American Film Corporation. Bome filin-goers may be discour Looking back over the ovente of They left for Bangkok and will pay the auspices of the London Zoologi- aged from going to those films bo- the past year in the world of films, visite to Ipoh, Taiping, and Penang cal Society and the Marine Biologi-use they are put out by the Bri: one is conscious at first of nothing en route. The following form the Mr. Chamberlin, said that, before

oal Association of the United King which is a gloomy name, but one medieval costumes, and of wheel-Hall, Mesars. R. P. Ken, L, D. tish Instruction! Film Company, but a vaguo maas of armour, ci party: Mrs. F. B. Burch, Misa leaving New York, he viewed more

dom, writes E.8, in a home paper. than 600 different pictures, from

Here are world when all the orca-forgets about their instructionsling troops. Gradually other things,Clawson, G. B. Morse and H. which he selected nearly 100 come-

tures seem to be ferving life enside in the excitement of their more modern things, show for a Macltae from Los Angeles, Cali- dies and a liko number of tragedies,

tonces of hard labor and ca' canny and be taken to the submarine siena racecourse, a jockey or 1wc, from Winipeg, Canada, and Mr. „Special to "Reynolds'ș.**. - in addition to a large series of health

strangeness. Children, maybe, moment through the massed confa-fornia U.S.A., Mr. J. W. Kelly has not bean invented, and educational pictures. Of the "When they told me. that Wally which recall Douglas Fairbanks at

Caterpillars do facrobatic feats pictures only after consideration of and a goodly array of Arub sheiks. F. J. Hacking from Vancouver, feature films viewed; he rejected at Reid was dead I couldn't believe his most strenuous, house flies, sions in such matters (the present line, for there is too much san and

their, particular tastea oud ropul- None of them are distinct in out-B.C. Inst 75 of the group for moral rea- my car. It sure is a terrible thing. emerging from winter torpore, one would certainly have died of, that just diaily aware that everything is Burch, who is no longer young in Bons. This library is to be increased He was one of the best man who through earth with skill and onergy

A romantic story is attached to reviewer at the age of, say, soven, dust from galloping hoofs. One is the party. by their agents in America, and to ever breathed, and in bip death the that must make our best tube octopus, but it would be good to big and a trifle ludicrous. And years though possessed of extra- It is at that Mrs. American market. Further, picite greatest idols, but one of the wrens and robine Teoping their little try had seon China will be sent the best on the film world has lost not only one of engineers feel languid, and to ace know that overy child in the coun- then, gradually through the dust, ordinary spirit and ouergy, decided tures of English, French and Ger-finest characters among men."

The path through there'emerge ten or a dozen pictures that she would like to sea the world man make a to be utilized in carrying the message of Western the vivacious little dancing lady who when ho doesn't leave the office in brown owl.

So spoke pretty Violet Dorcen, any man from grumbling again squirrels and nests and a baby with individuality, with beauty, her descendants. She thought out homes together enough to stop the woods". with its rabbits and out of the year's hundreds, pictures and leave a record of her travels to culture to the Chinese, and no puchas recently inade her debut in the time for the five-twenty. tures detrimental to the good of any Cabaret Follies at the Queen's

with something of value for the hisa scenario- for a flm and, since This series, which is the fifth of tory of the screen. people or mankind in general will Hall; and the sincerity in her young nature Bling are Spring and Therion, such as Dr. T. Chalmers Mit severe, very simple-drama of the depict the heroine finding half a leaf Most attractive of this eat of its kind, and is "edited" by Swedish, films, rather cold, rather photographers, etc. The film will money was not lacking, collected a be permitted.

First there is a little group of party of professional producers, voice made it quite clear to the Path Through the Woods, which

naturalists of world-wide distinc-

thusiast with respect to the moral idle flattery.

Press whom she was addressing show human eye view of our chell, Dr. C. J. Allen, and W. P. mind rather than of the emotions. on which it is written that she whe and educational aspects of pictures, Violet Doreen was brought into marine pictures of the incompre. Pany.

but the most impressive are sub-cently by the Regent Film Com-is easily the most memorable of the be possessed of eternal youth.

Victor Seastrom and Maurit Stiller, hidden in, an Asiatic temple, will your old business "pals," and con- to increasing the fundamental

his company is doing with regard Los Angeles.

year from an ethetic standpoint, fess that you're through?

The remaining scenes show her "I first met him a few months floor.

It is a pleasure to see captions and yet, it is to be noticed, they travels through the east. The What are you going to say? "I'mtures are to be shown of the nos. It was at a hall, and just as I knowledge of the illiterate. Pic-after I started film work," she said,

inhabit the fallen day of the sea written in English even if it is have not found it necessary, with party visited Sungei Way Estate,

Perhaps not all are ugly.lelightly flamboyant and facetious. ahogether too rich to keep on work-quito and its connection with understand he was the idol of Eng-

the, cleverest craftsman of other hero Mr. Reeve Tucker show- ing l

I'm planning a trip to nularia fever, the insect being en-lish filmgoers, so was he the idol,

nations, to spread their story overed them the process of tapping, London-Paris-Rome !" I'm lucky guy! My doctor gaveoxuct position of the proboscis, and of the screen actors themselves.

Say, larged 10,000 times to show the not only of American filmgoers, but

ten reels of film. All that they and Mrs. Burch me the double 0.0, and says I've the boring action it makes while

was photo want is to fill an hour with beauty graphed standing by the tree with beauty of theme, of gesture, topped by the Prince of Wales. "He was, of course, tremendous-

and of getting; never to fall into Sho is astonished by the civilisation platitude, never to tolerate erudity; of the East, where she had expected to be simplo always. This is the to be surrounded by savages. ambition which

***THE RULING PASSION,"

GEORGE ARLISS IN A NEW ROLE.

How does it feel to retire from business?"

Is there a thrill in the knowledge that a noisy alarm clock means nothing to you?

THE DEADLY MOSQUITO,

Mr. Chamberlin, who is an en-that hers were no meno words of familiar world as its most beautiful ycroft, was shown privately re-The work of the Swedish producers can find the other li, said to be

How will you meet and chat, withinphasized the pioneer work which elese contact with Wallace Reid athensible life of tho ugly things, that

got to knock off work to escape the infecting a person, also two cuts ofly popular with the girls; hundreds undertaker!" "I've made my pile,the malarial and the non-malaria must have lost their hearts to him. and I'm through ! These answer sound hollow.

Does the knowledge of having to lounge about the house, when every body but your wife and the servants have "gone to business" appeal to

you?

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Like everything else, this quee tion will have to be answered by the individual directly concerned,

One charming angle of this pro blem is presented in the newest of the George Arliss photoplays, "The Ruling Passion, which is being shown at the Coronet this week.

Mr. Arliss will be seen in a role that is new to him, and one that is far off the beaten path so far as other actors are concerned. Derr Biggers, the author, hit upon Earl a phase of life that is odd, and gave it a delightful twist, with love and adventare interwoven, and the not result was one of the best stories The Saturday Beening Post carried

fast year.

mosquito, and, in very much the But the men' liked him just as dipint horia, mallpox, and other dis your couldn't be jelous of him. He same way, the progress of typhoid, much. None of them were fenlous; motion pictures of the heart good-looking, clean of face and eases, totalling 12. He has, also, was too fine a character. Tall. action, the lungs, the blood cor-limb, courageous, strong, and large- and other functions of nature, and was welcomed wherever he puscles, the nerves, and the throat hearted, he had a host of friends, partly sketched and partly photo-went as the clicariest and most graphed.

charining of companions.

one another, and each deserved the "Wallace and his wife idolised other's worship, for they were an ideal couple.

kiteken, form the subject of another Dairies, cleaner than many a series of reels. The company's policy has the hearty approval, says Hayes, the president of the Ameri-that he asked me if I would like to MP. Chamberlin, of Mr. Will "It was at our second meeting Distribution Association. and of jumped at the offer readily, and ass can Motion Picture Producing and play in a picture with him: appears on so many features shown ming, riding, and driving a car-he! Mr. Adolph Zukor, whose name I fulfilled the qualifications-swim- in Shanghai.

took me on.

NEW SYSTEM OF LIGHT.

tion, he continued that present never ceased to wonder then at the Commenting on the. local situaim, but only in the studio, and I 'After that I saw a great deal of arrangements include a picture amazing store of energy the mani house in every city or town that can seemed to have. Sometimes when support it, and this will be an easy engaged on a big picture he would matter, for prices will bo brought work all day and night for two or to the level which the infand contres three days an, and; time after time can afford, because a broad educa- he would have certain episodes re- tional policy will mise the standard shot until the incident had been of the inhabitants to a base which filmed rightly, and then at the end ultimately must prove a good busi- of the job he would sink wearily ness proposition, China will be into a chair and just say quietly: ahead of the rest of the world ta 'I'm tired out' or 'I'm done." one respect-every picture house! built by the Peacock Film Company plaint, and a few hours later he But that was his only com- is to have a patent screen which would be hack at the studió ready! will enable the performance to be for another day and a half's work, given with all lights turned on, or and the thing that amazed, me at even in the summer monthe with the time was that he always looked the roof off aud the sun shining in. fit at the commencement of the day, The secret of the new based on the principles of deflection there was anything unusual about sercen is It never occurred to me then that! and reflection to the light from his appearance. minute corrugations in the silk and gelatin curtain, and it is said that!

ciati. Alden quits everything, and spectator views it.

THE GLINT IN HIS ETE. "Now, when I come to think it

MADGE KENNEDY

in GOLDWYN PICTURES

MARY PICKFORD'S LATEST.

TO APPEAR IN "FAUST.”

kas brought

Sweden to the forefront of tho

cinema world, and the ileal which

has kept her there. Secondly, year will not see it; that is too there are two groups of short pic. much to hope. But the coming. tures the water-colour miniatures year will undoubtedly see the open- of America's Wilderness Tales," ing of the waya, and the recogni. and the English camen which tion of those men and women who George Cooper has cut..

will some day be the artists of the

ter.

And thirdly, there are five new cinema. The German pro- "super" pictures which would deducers are worth watching, and one serve to be remembered in any year or two of the French moderne, Not one of them, of course, is fault-Dellus and Poirier and Marcel less; not one of them can be called 'Herbier. George Pearson and the perfect film. But all of them George Cooper hold in their hands have quality and individual charac- the future of the English screen., Four are American, one is Victor Seastrom should be watched French; "Robin Hood," with intently; fie may startle the world. Douglas Fairbanks to prove that And in America there are two pro- Hollywood can eametimes recreate ducers of genius, Stroheim and Rex Old England without travesty, and Ingram, and two "stars" with that the craft of lighting and archivision and dramatic fire, Richard tecture is not reserved for Germany Barthelmese and Beatrice Joy. alone: "Foolish Wives," with its And in the meantime at least four diabolical subtlety, its hardness, and films have been trade shown which point; "Orphane of the Sterni," should

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give rare pleasure in the new magnificant piece of film rhetoric, year: Peter Ibbetson, with Wal- quito falso, utterly irresistible lace Reid in an acting part at last; The Four Horsemen of the Apo-Under Two Flags," with Priscilla calypse, which represents the old Dean; Swedish Renaissance conventional school of production drama, Love's Crucible"; aud mised to its highest power; and an English picture called The "L'Atlantide," that macabre story

Wonderful Story." of the desert, where atmosphere" Bet when all is said and done, grips you with the opening title, the public's film fare in the coming and never for one moment weakers years is a matter for the public it- its bold.

self to select. We force the hands Without any doubt these are film judices, and the renters do with the of the renters by our tastes and pre- high lights of the year. But a more careful search among the Many a producer of means and producing firms what they will. ruins of mangled history and the talent to-day is making films of clouds of desert sand will uncover fifth-rate workmanship for the sim-. a few so-called "programma" pic-ple reason that the public docs not tures which are pleasant to remem want art," the renters say. It is ton Tully trotted out his play. and to study again. Gaumont's boldly and to prove, in the coming ber and interesting anough to watch for the cinemn public to speak out. The story tells of the retirement poticon on such a surface in many his death, I do remember that the picture resembles the stereo-over-when I realise how he met

Omar, the Tentmaker," put Guy queer Persipan film, "The Jade Bates Post into his old part and Casket," is one of these, and completely in the wrong. For the from.business of "James Alden,"

made a wonderfully beautiful pic-Goldwyn's "Ace of Hearts" 30 public stone is a free agent. Let it year, that the renters have beeu- millionaire automobile

ways. An added advantage is that turer, on the advice of his physi- less of the position from which the which spoke volumes, had I but ently solves her motive in select where lie happened to be: "Mary Guy Newall's "Fox Tarin." This

ture, from it. manufac.there is no distorted image, gardometimes he did have an unusually furd's determination to appear in a ford determination to play Mar- England at its most English belong own now year. The

'Aimuncement of Mary Pick-

When Pinney heard of the Pick-Laughter and Tears." and to be denied to it. Let us make it our other; Holland bas Grangers sek persistently, and nothing can bright glint in his eyes look screen version of "Faust" apparguerite, he wired from New York Hepworth's "Simple Simon" and Guardian. barely organized, it is their plan to down.

Manchester have within the next three years a more nervans, until one day comes circuit of not less than 2,000 show such a man as he should have met ductions of the Goethe drama in Bible an enthusiastic young insurance

"It seems to me terrible that the legend, and has seen many pro- more interesting experiment poso used to pin our faith, have done A thought that came to us during the German mental attitude toward in old and new screen art, No stars, the old favourites on whom The recognized solicitor, who sympathizes with Alden, and urges him to "keep his at 116 Sinza Road and there it is of the wonderful stunts which had

The company's Shanghai office is that he had died while doing one land. hand in by acquiring an active building, in addition to the businese made him famous on five con- story for Little Mary.

his end in, that manner; far better Berlin and elsewhere in his native

very little work of importance. "Will Shakespeare" was the wish interest some small business. office, a complete toiniature theatre,

Pinney began work on his pro- Just a few of their films have been that all moving-picture producers Thus, Alden happens across an to be used as a reviewing laboratory.

duction on December 7, 1921, and good, more have been tolerable, and "ad" in a newspaper, and becomes At the same address there will be!

Edward Knoblock is to write the he, and two assistants have been the vast majority puerile. The only might see it, for it was rich in those tinonts. a partner of a young fellow just a school at which the Chinese will brought about by the habit of drug when Shakespeare was holding Way," which is to bring the famotte Douglas Fairbanks and even his ourself, but often we groan and scheduled to delve into Kit Mar- He is now directing Thada Bars in their reputation by any conspica- in the celluloid world. The movies He is busy on research work ever since.stars who have really added to gonce which seem so deplorably rare delicacies of imagination and intelli- To think that his end and was lowe's Doctor Faustus," written Eugene Walter'a starting out in life, and they find be taught the processes of dissem-taiting! Oh! Wally, bad you only horses outside they have bought a worthless bling and dissembling the project been successful in your last vain Theatre in London. into Goethe's work on "Faust" is continuing in triumph that he

The Easiest ously clever piece of acting are have no more faithful "fan" than garage.

The love story running through the projection room, and the subtle.

ing machine, the care of the film in fight against the evil!”

tho old Globe "vamp" back to the screen, but Robin Hood is more of a producer's mutter to see their beautiful possi- the film darrative is as sweet as any tricks in the artistic manipulation And here the speaker paused for variant of the story.

poom, the German legend, W. G. his Hollywood studio in charge of Chaney and Jackie Coogan with stark stupidity. Think, for ex ever thrown on the screen.

actor's Lonbilities wronged and degraded by Arliss is supported by such players features of a picture.

Wills' "Gratchen," and any other Paul Detlefson, per of the reels to bring out the strong moment; after a second she con Mary will make a very attractive Pinney and Griffith ambitions stir own Betty Balfour with Squibs tripe such as "Teas of the Storus Oliver Twist Dorothy Gish with ample, of squandering the loveliness 4x Doris Kenyon, Edward J. Burns,structor in this branch of the indus-precisely, I don't want to defend can encompass the tragic heights of making of "Dorothy Vernon of It may be that knowledge of the

"Orphans of the Storm," and our of Mary Pickford on a few miles of Ida Darling, J. W. Johnston,try, the company has obtained Mr.him anyway, but I do say that Wal. the later scenes of the story., The Haddon Hall". until after, she had gone by. What is coming with the sively ruined by the gruesome

titioned, speaking very slowly and Nuremberg maiden and she possibly red Miss Pickford to postpone, the Wins the Culcutta Sweep Harold Wakirige and Brian Darley.Cecil R. Wood, who was in charge lace, took those drugs only for one production will be interesting, as shown herself to the world as Mar. Future? On the whole the omene aaininities into which he is pushed So much for the year that has like Harold Lloyd being progres Country. Think of o comedian of the machine at the first run of parpose, and that purpose, was to there are possibilities of massed guerite. One of the stories about a good,There seems to be in by some flatbrowed director, The Birth of a Nation" in New keep himself up to semich for his effects that Lubitsch will seize, He har decision to do "Faust" is to every country a new, though gill The kind of thing Harold Lloyd York, and who, prior to his accept work every day. He was, I know, is at his best in such things, as the effect that Lubitsch had never feeble, impulse to look upon the should be doing is a story like ance of the China position, was the worn out body and soul at the exhibited by his work in 'Passion," found his ideal for Marguerite making of motion pictures as an art Cloustari's celestial nonsense. "The chief projector in the Capital studio, and the only way he could "Deception" and other of the Ger- until he met her. Theatre, New York,

THE LOCAL TALENT,

keep going was by frequent indul man alms that were shown in He had cherished a secret ambi- people who are intimately concern wonder whether Will Hays is exert-

and not as a business. Only the Lunatic at Large," Mr. Chamberlin and Mr. A. J.

gence in a stimulant.

America, two years ago.

We aften A new ars is before Chins in the directors, have bech looking round sorted to drugs for that one reason. an eye on the Faust legend. D. W. part she began at once on prelimin-new ara is beginning. The coming

Thomas, president of the beard the film firmament who has re-son in the world of films that had Fickford with her Bincess dre must be. When the film industry hyp, or whether he is merely-buay And he fa not the only star in Miss Pickford is not the only per legend and be a version of the how revolutionary such an impulssing any creative wit in his nogul-

tion to make a screen version of thed in it can have the least ides of amusement world, for a modern within the native city for the loca Bat they, like him, managed to Griffith was attracted by the story ary work for the picture. system of taking, assembling and tion of the first theatre and expect hide the fact from the outside, and its chances for spectacle, and distributing motion pictures is to have it in operation within 60 world; they took their medicine Ferdinand Earle Pinney announced the play because he thinks it' im-

breaks up its sausage machines under way and will be functioning days, to be followed by another in the oclusion of their dressing, a year ago he was at work on the practical with existing studio actively shortly, said the general half-a-dozen

Griffith dropped his idea of doing manager of the Peacock Film Co., standing the demand of the foreign to witness.

shortly. Notwith rooms, with naught but four walle subject. Mr. V. Chamberlin, in an interpopulation of the Oriental cities for Hundreds of other Brtists in being defeated of his aims in picture the Witch's Sabbath.orgy on Wal-Sprains way be cured in mools - low time.

methods.... View with a representative of the better films. Mr. Chamberlin, said Los Angeles, however, are victims production. He worked for a year purgis night, battle scenes and the when promptly treated smok

Pinney seems unfortunate in

A Familly Necessity!/ Ons may expect Heaven, Hell, N.-C. Daily News. The nete com that bis nascostes are primarily an of the dope habit, and dope parties, or two on Omar Khayyam," welcoming mob when Valentina

Every family should be provided with Ohamberlain's Pain Balm at all tires. pany in noul sectarian, non-political, tensted in the Chines ar patrons, I know for a fact, do take place finished, the picture, and then got army returns victorious, and international in ite scope and and that a large number of stories The people who are present fake the into a row with the promoters, law- is to dal solely in pictures with no are in the hands of continuity stuff for pleasure, and the barn suita tying up the precintation of will first put out the picture and tuint of vice in any form that is writers in preparation for filming by that is done is manifold. But that his picture, which has not yet been he may not. no pictures which in any degree Chinese,companies.

Binney may race Mary to see another story,"

goes to his country home-to rest fact that the company has yet been nicious habit which brought him tor. He is, of course, familiar with public opportunity to compare best not the act's.

But he can't rest. He idles nwny his times, and actually becomes

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who

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