1924-09-13 — Page 9

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924,

Coming Soon to

THE CORONET

A Sam Wood production

FORIA

VANSON

Her Gilded Cage

Gloria as a Parisian dancer who

wins fame

and love after many temptations.

Lavish in gowns and settings

Supported by

A BRILLIANT OAST

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA CHATTER

THE STAR

TO-DAY at 5.80 and 9.15

WALLACE

REID

and LOIS WILSON in

THE WORLD'S CHAMPION

The smashing tale of a ne'er-do-well who put his snobbish family on the map.

The caste includes

Lionel Belmore" and W. J. Ferguson"

ALSO

NEELY EDWARD COMEDY Faramount Cartoon and Topical Budget

MONTE CRISTO WILLIAM FOX SPECIAL PRODUCTION.

"WORLD'S CHAMPION.” ~

WALLACE REID HAS ROUGH TIME.

MARY PICKFORD in TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY"

THE SEA HAWK,"

Rafael. Sabatini Picture.

an

PROGRAMME FEATURES.

TO-NIGHT.

CORONET-Kick In."

STAR-"The World's Cham-

pion."

WORLD “What's Wrong

With Women."

QUEEN'S—“April Showers."

***

MARY PICKFORD,

CURLS NOT WASHED FOR WEEKS.

Making "Tess of the Storm Country."

MONTE CRISTO."

How A Big Picture Was Made.

Actual employment in the Chamber of Peers, when a small boy, enabled Gaston Glass, who Would you believe that Mary has the role of Albert in the Pickford could bear to let her William. Fax production, "Monte world-known and world-loved carla Cristo," to correct a mistake due gó unwashed for six whole weeks? to the reversal of a photographic Well, she did. But, it was for plate from which the studio set the sake of art. Specifically, a was being made.

famous character by the name of The got represented the Cham- Tess is to blame for it all. Miss ber of Peers. All was in readiness Pickford has brought this heroine for the shooting of the scenes in of the memorable story, "Tess of

MADEL {NORMAND]

PROBLEM PICTURE.

Entering into the third week of production of his First National Last Chance "To-night. film version of Sabatini's "The Sea Hawk" Frank Lloyd hás com- Wallace Reid's home in Beverley pleted the cast for the big specta- cle and announces a list of prin- Hills, near Hollywood, California, cipals which gives the photodrama resembled a prize fighter's train-bigness beyond a colourful story. ing camp rather than a domicile and brilliant direction, for a motion picture star during

Milton Sills is to play the dual- the filming of "The World's Cham-character of Sir Oliver Tressilian, mon," Wally's latest Paramount later Skr-el-Bahr, the hawk of the vehicle showing at the Star sea und commander of the corsaira Theatre for the last time to-night. Bennett will be seen in the lead- of the Basha of Algiers, Enid In this picture, Mr. Reid dons ing fentinine part, that of Rose- the gloves and goee through mond Godolphin.

"BEHOLD MY WIFE.” several rounds with a professional gentlewoman, 4 role similar to English ex-champ, and it was necessary that of Maid Marian in which she

Film From Parker Story. that he be really able to hold his own to make the scenes realistic, was seen in support of Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood."

A picture that is distinguished tion of the popular play by Thomas Tessilias half-brother to Sirground comes to Hongkong soon. watchwords, it could not be cranking, by Mr. Glass, who said: The production is a screen adapta-Lloyd Hughes, is to play Lionel by its breadth of theme and back-ous cleanliness is not one of the before the camera men started Louden and A. E. Thomas and was Oliver who casts suspicion on his It is "Behold My Wife," George expected that the should be a

"I think, if you will, permit me filmed under the direction of Philip brother's good name in an effort Melford's latest production, based devotee, to the popular habit of to say so, that the ink wall of the her, to spend six months a year. E. Rosen. Lois Wilson is leading to prevent his punishment for the upon Sir Gilbert Parker's thrilling milady of refinement to shampoo presiding peer and the judge Story Of Crooks.

murder of Rosemond's brother, story of the Canadian Northwest, her hair several times a week.advocate, should be on the other Wallace MacDonald, recently in "The Translation of a Savage.” W. J. Ferguson, playing the role support of Barbara La Marr and The central characters are an In fact, Tess is so unsophisti Presenting a remarkable stellar cast, George Fitzmaurice's superb of the butler, is one of America's Ramon Novarro in "Thy Name is Indian girl and the aristocratic cated she does not know anything side of their desks."

oldest actors.

He witnessed the Woman" will play Peter, the slain young Englishman who murries

about the importance of keeping "But they are on the other side Paramount-production,-"Kick In,"

shooting of Abraham Lincoln in | man. Wallace Beery has been her in a moment of rage because her beautiful hair free from the of the desk in the photographs.we based on Willard Mack's success-Washington, in April, 1865, engaged to play the piratical of word that his fiancee back in grime of her abiding place until have from Paris, Mr. Glass," said ful play, will be the feature at the During the filming of the pic-Jasper Leigh. Frank Currier has England has thrc an him over, due one of the matronly neighbours Coronet Theatre for the last time ture in question, Mr. Ferguson been cast for the role of Asad, largely to his family's efforts upprises her of her discovery that Mr. Flynn.

when not busy was always aur Busha of Algiers and Mme. Med Determining to humiliate them he she could be a mighty good-look- rounded by an interested group of Rezina, late of the Moscow Art sends his redskin bride overseasing girl if she would only "spruce

"KICK IN."

THREE SCREEN STARS AT CORONET.

to-day,

woman.

Saw Lincoln Shot.

the Storm Country" back to the which the peers are assembled to screen in a new and her own pro-try one of their colleagues. duction, and inasmuch as this said Emmett J. Flynn, who was How Divorce Affects Life, of Girl. heroine is a resident of an obscure directing, was interrupted just fishermen's village, where scrupul

What kind of girl will be the product of a divorce which permits. with her straightliced, Puritanied

mother and the other six months with a father whose turpitude is known to all the chorus girls of New York? That interesting question is answered in the George Fitzmaurice production of "Paying the Piper."

While it is admitted that in listeners as he told of the old days, Theatre and well known stage to them. Then he proceeds to go up" a bit: Hence it has just come graphs," said Mr. Glass. "I am replete with human and dramatic

some pictures too many outstand-On one occasion he described in artiste; is to be seen as Fenzileh, ing players might give a "crowd-detail the assassination of Presi- ed" effect. nothing like this is dent Lincoln, he having been at possible in "Kick In," because of that time a call boy in Ford's the fact that while the production Theatre, in Washington, D.C., contains eleven persons of stellar where the assassinaion occurred. and near-stellar rank, the scenes are a divided that the players appear in groups.

ever, dramatic events bring about the regeneration of the man and the translation of the girl into a beautiful, cultured woman, and the ending is a happy une.

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In order to present this girl's case truthfully, Ouida Bergere, "Then I must dispute the photo- the author, has woven a story situations. In the end, one feels to the devil in his own way. How to pass that after interpreting confident they are wrong because satisfied that the outcome is the Basha's wife.

this role for six weeks, Miss Fick- for four years I had the task of exactly what would seems to be William Collier, Jr. is to essay

ford reached the point where her filling those ink-wells. I was a logical. Dorothy Dickson, hereto, the difficult juvenile character role

first shampoo was logical. This page in the Chamber of Feers fore; seen only as a dancer in of Marzak, the Basha's son.

new Tess of the Storm Country," The photographic plate may have many New York productions, is Hector V. Sarno will be seen as

United Artists release, is coming been reversed, Mr. Flynn.”

the heroine. Others in the case to the Coronet.Theatre. "I was standing in the wings Teamanni, Fred De Silva as All,

Mr. Flynn laughed and said he include such favourites with Laura Keene, waiting-to-go Albert-Frisco as Yusuf-and-George- on," related the actor, "when John E: Romain will play the part of

The very ragged dress, Mary motion picture camera lens is such claration. Later he thanked him Alma Tell, Reginald Denny-and The high development of the could not dispute Mr. Glass de- George Fawcett, Robert Schable, Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln. In the Spanish gulicon commander ckford wears in Tess of the that little make-believe can pass earnestly for the correction, inas Rod La Roque. The featured players are Betty making his escape Booth, after who puts Sir Oliver into the galloy Storm Country," a United Artists before it is undetected and much as much time and money Compson, Bert Lytell and May jumping from the box to the stage, as a slave. Christine Montt a Theatre, is real in all the word to be sure of looking the production of this famous hall

relcase coming soon to the Coronet

therefore Miss Pickford, in order was spent in perfecting the re- MeAvoy, while others in the cast ran between Miss Keene and my beautiful and talented newcomer include Gareth Hughes, Kathleen self. The play was 'Our American to the aereen has been given the the child of impoverished parents implies. She purchased it from Clifford, May Kelso, John Miltern, Cousin' and I had been pressed part of the Infanta of Spain and residing in the tenement house

part she was playing, was obliged Mr. William Fox authorized Mr. Walter Long, Robert Agnew, Jed into service to play a small part Mare McDermott, former Vita-district of Los Angeles and it was

to actually neglect her wonder Flynn to make an exact duplicate valuable tressesso of this historic place and Mr. Prouty and Cariton King,

because of the illness of an actor graph star, has been chosen to play the only dress the girl owned the lovable chaincter of talters, of $15,000 alone for the carpenter Two pathetic kid crooks are I had only ten lines to speak, but the prominent role of Sir John Mary not only paid her a big price. Needless to add, she was extreme work. Great care was taken

they would look becoming to Flynn was able to do so at a cost May McAvoy and Gareth Hughes, only spoke two of them in the first Killigrew, Rosamond's guardian. who made a big success in "Senti- act. I was just ready to appear From all angles the cast for for it, tat bought her a completely enthusiastic in her co-operation the construction, for it is in this

Walter Long, in the third act when the shooting The Sea Hawk represents not new outfit. mental Tommy." the beetlebrowed detective, scored took place."

only one of the most typical but heavily in "Blood and Sand," Mr. Ferguson, despite his age, "Moran of the Lady Letty" and is vigorous as a man twenty-five point of popularity ever selected large cast of principals and super "To Have and to Hold." The years younger than himself. As n for a big screen drama. foolish, silly, be-painted idle-rich butler he has much to do and his Mr. Lloyd is personally direct- and executed by Walter J. Israel numeraries have been designed mother has been a specialty with characterization is strong and ing and producing "The Sea Norbert E. Broom, A.S.C. is photo jehe had been working for such a be seen at the Coronet Theatre placing a screen story in produc="

May Kelso for years. For "Frou Frou," a peppy, tempestuous "Jazz" dancer, Kathleen Clifford was chosen. Miss Clifford has been in vaudeville and appeared in the Winter Garden revue, "Basi- ness Before Pleasure" and "A Pair of Queens." Jed Prouty has the role of Jimmy Monahan, a typical man-about-town. Jed has done that sort of comedy for years in "Miss Springtime," "The Velvet Lady Seeing Things" and ""The Pink Lady."

And, of course, there are the two main roles of Chic Hewes, a reformed crook, and Molly Bran- don, the District Attorney's daughter. Betty Compeon and Bert Lytell were considered ident for the two parts because it was in crook parts that they made their first great successes, Bert in WAliass Jimmy Valentine Betty in

The Miracle Man

Kick in is said to present set as well as Individual variety, the scenes fashing rapidly, from the slums to upper Fifth Avenue, from an exquisite boudoir tos sordid

nfs from the caba. to the Hins. And in between all

faithful.

one of the most important, in

Hawk," The costumes for the graphing the production.

ful and

"HOW I KEEP, FIT."

By The Author of "The Terr Commandments.”

when came the happy hour to historic chamber that "Monte divest her locks of the accumula Cristo" unmasks the second of his tion of sandy dust that alcinds cremier. on the shores of Chatsworth Lake This scene is one of the most had constructed for the occasion,sion of Monte Cristo," which will what hectic job of writing and where, in a complete village she thrilling in the entic Fox produc- keep in condition for the some-

prolonged period..

Strong and Virile is George Fitzmaurice's Splendid Paramount

Production of

"KICK IN"

For years a hit on the stage, now a dramatic sensation on the

BETTY

Screen! And a real all star cast includes

COMPSON

BERT LYTELL MAY MCAVOY

SHE

TODAY

THE CORONET.

People have asked me how I

tion form, says Jeanie Macpher son, author of "The Ten Com mandments

find my greatest relaxation among the crowds and the excite- ment of a big city. I know this is contrary to the experience of tine" out of ten people, but it is the way it works with me. When I am doing a picture, I try to isolate myself from everybody and every thing. Twrite best when I write, under pressure, and the redullis that my office, door, is looked to visitors up 16 bightcon hours day while a picture is in progress and of course after such a siege there is nothing cled to do but Po home and go to:bedroo

So it is therefore, that when & picture is done I like to clear my mind entirely of it, and there Is nothing better for this particular purpose than the shore and the of San Francisco, Chicago,

don and Farinera

Broadwa

lding