Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

CAMERA ! Weekly Wake-'Em-Up— CAMERA'S Neius Section Page Fifteen THIS NEW STAR OF DAWN SHINES BRIGHTLY Arthur Trimble has finished his second two-reel comedy under the direction of Jack Dawn, who also wrote the stories. The first story is centered around a youngster who dreams of the days of King Arthur. Arthur Trimble portrays the youngster who dreams he is a prince. The new boy star is supported in this picture by Bessie Love. The second comedy is centered around a regular kid, who is mistreated by his foster family. The titles are now being written by Max Abramson, who titled many of the Jackie Coogan pictures. Trimble is one of the most promising stars of the ultra juvenile sphere, and is not yet seven years of age. Exceptional talent, big stories and splendid direction is going into every one of these pictures. New stories are being whipped into shape by Director Dawn, who will continue to direct little Trimble in the others to follow. The comedies are being made at the Century Studio. FATE CONSPIRES TO MAKE LITTLE GIRL AN ACTRESS The old saying that "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them" has found a Betty Giles, little ten-year-old school girl from New Orleans, is having opportunities to become a screen actress literally thrust upon her. She never intended to be an actress. In fact, her parents were in opposition to a professional life. Fate started dealing her a helping hand when Betty took part in the Carnival of the Woodcrafters of America at the Hollywood Bowl. Betty was the screen stars' choice as the winner. Later she was watching a Harold Lloyd comedy being filmed on the street, and the director drew her out of the crowd to play in the picture. Lastly, when visiting at the Charles Ray studio, Betty was snatched up to play "the big sister" to the Pilgrim children in "The Courtship of Miles Standish." She has had several other offers since then. So little Betty is finding herself an actress in spite of herself. Holmes Needs No Home Stuart Holmes probably is the busiest man in Hollywood these days. During the daylight hours, he carries one of the featured roles in "Daughters of the Rich," a Gasnier production being filmed at the Schulberg Studios. At night, the Universal Company is employing his talents. CALNAY ENGAGES STAGE Arthur Beckman, a delineator of character roles on the American and Canadian speaking stage, since his eighth year of age has played opposite such celebrities as Kessler, Morrison, Madame Waxman, and many others, before he entered screen work. He is now engaged by the West Coast Productions to play the difficult part of the condemned man, whose execution in "Why Do We Live?" is expected to arouse such sym NEW ASSOCIATION IS SIGNING PLAYERS UP Gordon Maloney, formerly of the Knickerbocker Stock Company of Chicago, yesterday, through the excellent work of the Motion Picture Players' Association, was signed to a longterm contract as leading man by the Jack Laughlin productions. Mr. Maloney has been a trooper for fourteen years and one of the first members of the Motion Picture Players' Association. He leaves for Fresno, the home of the Jack Laughlin productions, and expresses his delight at the fine way in which the Motion Picture Players' Association co-operated with him. Carol May, formerly ingenue of the road company of "Abie's Irish Rose," has also received favorable recognition and has joined Eddie Lyons Comedies. Marjorie a Busy Actress Since completing a part with the Charles Ray company in '"The Courtship of Miles Standish," Marjorie Warfield's activities have been many and varied, including parts at the Goldwyn and Lasky studios, at Universal City, and with the Monte Banks company. In Herbert Brenon's "The Rustle of Silk," at the Lasky studios, Miss Warfield is said to have done some excellent work, which likewise applies to her characterization of an office girl in the Herbert Blanche production, "Twenty Dollars," starring Herbert Rawlinson and Doris Pawn, at Universal. At present Miss Warfield is working with Monte Banks in his latest comedy, "Please Arrest Me." Town Talk Boosts Brown Otheman Stevens, purveyor and conveyor of Town Talk in the Los Angeles Examiner, blossomed forth last week with an exceedingly complimentary paragraph anent Sedley Brown. It seems some little bird put a word in Town Talk's ear to the effect that a certain motion picture producer was negotiating to secure Mr. Brown's services as a director for forthcoming productions. He ended by saying, "Any producer who wishes to make the pictures Will Hays ask for, entertaining, brilliant and clean can have them if he lets Sedley direct." STAR FOR NEW PICTURE pathy even in the hearts of the staunchest believers of capital punishment. The picture is designed to awaken the conscience of all the nations against what it holds to be the barbaric and unworthy law of legal murder. "There is no more promising artist on the screen today," said Mr. Calnay, "than Arthur Beckman, capable enough to depict a role so sympathetic as this, yet with sufficient villainy to deserve the supreme penalty." FINEMAN SIGNS B.ROWN TO DIRECT "REDEEMER" Clarence Brown, for years assistant to Maurice Tourneur, and who won his spurs as director of "The Great Redeemer," "The Light in the Dark," and other big pictures, has been signed by B. P. Fineman to direct "Don't Marry for Money," the picture which marks this producer's resumption of West Coast activity after a year's absence in the East. Charles Dorian, who was also with Tourneur for some years, will occupy the post of assistant director. Frank D. Ormstrom, responsible for the effects in "Kismet" and "Within the Law," is art director. Silvano Balboni, the cameraman for "Quo Vadis," "The Last Days of Pompeii," and other great foreign spectacles, will make his American debut as chief cameraman for "Don't Marry for Money." Balboni is recognized abroad as pre-eminent in his field. Unique Last Rites Marie Prevost is reported to have said that she will never again don a bathing suit for a motion picture. The post mortem with her famous garment took place recently at the Warner Brothers studios in Los Angeles following the completion of "Brass," when the star, with shovel in hand, diig a grave and buried her once priceless treasure. Big Figure at U What is believed to be a new pace in the electrical phase of motion picture production is being set at Universal City, where H. D. Brown, chief electrician, is utilizing 100 electricians to supply the proper lighting effects for the filming of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." The light reflected by all the Kleigs and sun-arcs totals approximately 100,000,000 candle power. More than 1200 extras are being used each evening, during the filming of the night scenes in this production. Lloyd Bacon, son of the late Lightin' Frank Bacon, has arrived in Filmland and will devote his undivided time to directing a series of one-reel comedies for Universal starring Walter Forde, the English comedian. | JACKIE COOGAN'S $50 IS IN THE RING Even the kiddie stars of filmdom are desirous of participating in the second annual "Warnpas Frolic and Ball" to be held Saturday evening, April 21, on the monster stage now under construction at the Warner Brothers' Studio in Hollywood. Comes Jackie Coogan with a $50 bill in his pudgy little hand and lays it on the counter for a box at the affair. But Jack Coogan, Jr., was not the first to secure one of the muchly prized loges for the publicists' big entertainment. Manager E. C. Bostick of Loew's State Theatre, has the distinction of being holder of Box No. 1, while close at his heels were B. P. Schulberg, Edwin Carewe, Al Christie, Joseph Henaberry, Abraham Lehr, and a host of ether equally well-known members of the film colony who had to satisfy themselves with boxes bearing higher numbers. Upon learning that the "Wampas" had opened the seat sale for their second annual frolic, B. P. Schulberg, producer of many big screen successes, wired his protege, Ethel Shannon, who, by the way, is one of the "stars of tomorrow" recently selected by the publicists, to reserve one of the box admission tickets she was selling for him. According to Joseph Jackson, president of the "Wampas," it will be necessary to hang out an "S. R. O." sign on the evening of Saturday, April 21, if not before, providing the ticket sale continues as it has begun. Every present indication points toward a capacity "house" at the frolic and arrangements to handle the crowd are being made accordingly. Preceding the ball, an unique entertainment will be staged at the advertisers' frolic, on the program of which will appear many celebrated stars of the cinema and legitimate stage. A pageant, in which the stars introduced at last year's "Wampas Frolic" will take part, will be one of the many big features of the evening. In this novel prelude, the thirteen original artistes sponsored by the publicists will appear in costumes worn by them in their greatest film triumphs of the past few months. The individual stars will be presented to the assembled crowd in this manner while the "stars of tomorrow," the latest aggregation of potential screen luminaries to be taken under the "Wampas" wings, will be introduced in an equally effective manner. Raymond McKee and Margaret Courtot, stars of "Down to the Sea in Ships," were married I last week in New York.