Motography (Jul 1918)

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70 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XX, No. 2. Strong Cast for First Farrar-Goldwyn Herbert Rawlinson to Be Star's Leading Man, with Violet Heming, Hassard Short and Others in Support /^OLDWYN'S emphasis upon produc^* tion quality is made clear by an inspection of the cast engaged to support Geraldine Farrar in her first Goldwyn picture, now in the course of making at the company's Fort Lee studios. Miss Farrar's leading man is Herbert Rawlinson, for several years a popular star in his own right and possessing a definite following in every section of the United States. Another person who has been starred separately is Violet Heming, who has an important role. Miss Heming is a beautiful girl, known in most of America's larger cities through, her stage successes, and recently was seen on the screen in "The Judgment House" and "The Danger Trail." Other well-known names to be found in Miss Farrar's cast are Hassard Short, famous in the support of many stars of stage and screen, Percy Marmont and Maude Turner Gordon. Reginald Barker, Miss Farrar's director, is making good headway with the picture. There has been considerable speculation over the story because of the atmosphere of secrecy and mystery that Goldwyn has thrown around the work. On the stage of the big Fort Lee studios the Farrar company works carefully screened against intrusion or interruption. No outsiders have been permitted to come near and members of the cast have been asked to maintain secrec> even about their own roles 'until the moment of the production's release in the early fall. Meanwhile all of the preliminary work has been completed for Miss Farrar's second production. The supporting players have been selected, the scenic sets are in readiness and the feminine players have received their gown charts. This reduces delays between pictures to a minimum. Miss Farrar has amazed her director and the Goldwyn organization by her tremendous eagerness for hard work. During the fortnight so far devoted to her first picture she has been at the studios before 8 a. m. daily, and since it requires an hour to get from her New York home her rising time each day can be guessed. On several occasions she has not only worked all day, but well into the night. Pathe Buys Serial Story Pathe has purchased a strong serial story by George B. Seitz and Bertram Millhauser, the working title of which is "The Lightning Raider." Mr. Seitz is remembered as the author of "The Iron Claw" and the director of "The Fatal Ring" and "The House of Hate." Mr. Millhauser is the scenario writer of "The Fatal Ring" and "The House of Hate," each of which has proved in its turn the biggest Pearl White serial success ever released. Actors Come to Blows ALTHOUGH actors in times gone by listed as "strollers and other vagabonds" and forced to have their ears pierced, today they are highly valued members of any community in which they may elect to live. Therefore, consternation and amazement were registered throughout the Metro New York studio the other day, when two actors, each in the support of a prominent star, so far forgot themselves as to allow a feud of long standing, occasioned, no doubt, by some petty professional jealousy, to get the better of them and come to blows. One of the big moments in "L'Occident," Mme. Nazimova's current Screen Classics production, was just being photographed when a piercing shriek, followed by frantic cries for help brought everyone running to the disgraceful scene. Thomas Agonistes and George Spelvin were in what, to the appalled onlookers, appeared to be a death grapple. Players and studio aids rushed in and finally separated them, and now George Spelvin — who, by the way, is a parrot — is kept securely locked in his cage, while Thomas Agonistes — who happens to be a cat — has been relegated to the engine room. [L; Cecil B. DeMille and his staff of camera men on top of a roller coaster getting close-ups of an airplane for the new Artcraft special, "We Can't Have Everything." Get Close-Ups of Aeroplane Moving picture photographers will tell you that a moving aeroplane is one of the most difficult things in the world to photograph, but recently three Artcraft cameramen proved their versatility by making some remarkable close-ups of an aeroplane that was racing at a speed of fifty miles an hour over the Pacific ocean off the coast of southern California. The cameramen, headed by Alvin Wyckoff. climbed to the top of a high roller coaster platform and set up their machines. Then the aeroplane rose high in the air, went out to sea, and turned, heading straight for the cameramen and Director Cecil B. DeMille, who stood nearby. The machine came on, according to instructions, only tilting its nose upward and going over the photographers at the last moment. The scenes will be used as part of Director DeMille's latest Artcraft picture, "We Can't Have Everything."