Paramount and Artcraft Press Books (1917)

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Sessue Hayakawa, the famous Paramount star who is appearing at the Theatre this week in "The Secret Game", has made four false starts on his six weeks vacation and each time has been called back for a retake. Finally he began to think he was being "kidded" and announced that before he would do another retake, he would have to see the bad place in the film. SESSUE HAYAKAWA REHEARSES BIG JAPANESE ACT FOR VAUDEVILLE Sessue Hayakawa, the noted Japanese film actor, is a recognized authority, both in this country and his own as an authority on matters dramatic. He has had a thorough grounding in dramatic technique, both in school in Japan, at the University of Chicago in this country and in his long years of experience as an actor. A company of Japanese actors, composed of some of the most famous members of the profession in Japan, came to America with the material for a dramatic sketch that is said to be extremely powerful. The original request to Hayakawa was that he whip the thing into shape, but in this he was so successful that they have demanded* that he rehearse them as well. The great star is doing this in the intervals between filming his Paramount photoplays, the latest of which, "The Secret Game", by Marion Fairfax, will be shown on at the Theatre. Florence Vidor, who is appearing with Sessus Hayakawa, the noted Japanese screen actor at the .. Theatre on in the Para mount photoplay entitled "The Secret Game", has had an interesting career. Although she is still very young, Miss Vidor has worked in motion pictures for more than ten years, having worked with many of the oldest companies taking all sorts of roles from bits to leads. Born in Tokio, Japan, Sessue Hayakawa, the noted Japanese screen actor, still considers the Land of the Cherry Blossoms as his home, but has lived for many years in the United States, having attended college at the University of Chicago where he met and married demure little Tsuru Aoki, his actress-v/if e . Mr, Tayakawa ' s latest photoplay, "The Secret Game," which is coming to the Theatre on is a story of a great Japanese Secret Service agent who was able to render to the United States a great service as well as saving the honor of his country, America's greatest ally. 15 J