Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1919)

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I had been studying U.e art-work of the old masters in an endeavor to approximate their effects— particularly those of Ri-mbrandt. I succeeded in reproducing Rembrandt's lighting of the face and figure by bunching a largo quantitv of arc lamps Iwhind and above my characters in exact contradiction of all previous laws of photographic illumination— which, of course, called for light to be thrown on the scene directly from the front. The result was not only satisfacton.-. but extraordinary. There was a lot of celluloid Shakespeare in iqoq. It was the year of the Bard's screen premiere. Florence Turner and Edith Storey played Viola and Sebastian in "Twelfth Night." Florence Lawrence and Paul Panzer gave us "Rom^o and Juliet," and Rose Coghlan and Maurice Costello embalmed "As Vou Like It" in the gelatines. Victor Hugo came next, with "Les Miserables." in which W. \'. Ranous played Jean X'aljean. This was the first of a number of motion picture productions of this mighty novel each representing itself as indubitably number one. Also, we beat that excellent actor' William Farnum to "A Tale of Two Cities." by quite a number of years. But, unlike Photoplay Magazine 33 Mr. Farnum, we had two men playing Siilnev Carton and ( harles Darnay. Maurice Costello and Leo Delanev, in makeup, bore a remarkable resemblance to each other. Hence Mr Costello played Carton, while Delanev enacted Darnav L harles Kent gave the Iniest performance of Dr. Manetle that 1 ha\e ever seen. Florence Turner was Lucy, wearing a blond When Mr. Farnum made his production of the Dickens story Florence \'idor sprang into prominence over night for her genuinely sympathetic portrayal of the girl in the tumbril who asks Carton, as they are enroute to the guillotine, to hold her hand. This wondertully human bit is one of the greatest master-strokes Dickens ever penned— but we had plaving this fine small role a very young girl, ever> bit as sweet, as sincere and as sympathetic as Miss \idor. The girl was Norma Talmadge, and it was her first part. In this year I induced Annette Kellerman to display her skill and charms in a one-reel beauty-show. ^ Also, I put on the first screen version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," in three reels. "^■^J^ D r e s s 111 o J a b 1 e s T~ THEV are aIwa>-3 there In the movies. The>' amu5« mc There is the Dressinf; Table of the Society Girl, The Dtbutantc, Or the \"an;pire. It has cn-ul Essence Bottles, And many things of Ivor>-, And of Lace and Silk. There are many little French Roses, And some real Roses in a Vase; Roses that He sent. And His picture is in a frame. There are many mirrors swin^inK on hinges. And Manicure Thintrs. all in a row. Nothing e\er pets mu.'^sed Or out of its place I De%-er could keep mine looking that way. THERE B the Dressing Tabic of the Bon Vi\-anl ; His dressing table. So perfectly propier. With its Mannish Thinsrs, With iu Stem-Lookine Things, By Angele La Driere Of Ebony and Black Leather Or of Silver with Monograms. There's always a Picture in a Frame Of a Girl. And another picture Of another girl. And another Picture of — His Mother. And everything (except the girls) Looks superbly mannish. And one almost expects to see a suit of B. V. D.'s tumbling out of a drawer. I could love a man with this sort of Dressing Table. THEN' there is the Dressing Table of the Countr> Girl, Or perhaps it's her Mother's, .\nd they both use it. There is the Red Velvet Pincushion That .Aunt Sarah painted .After taking only one lesson. It has a lovely ruffle around it, •And a bow in the comer. And there are always two Tall Porcelain Bottles, With nice round stoppers. And which hold something Like Bay Rum or Cologne. There is a mirror with a rose painted on it Where it is cracked. .Also done by .Aunt Sarah. (The Rose, not the Crack). There are no Manicure Things; Just oodles of fancy Pin Trays, Match -holders. Tiny \'ases, China Figurines, Such as one wins at Roulette at the County Fair. And there are photographs of Relatives and Fricnfis, And there b one Photograph. Vcr> new and modem -looking, And that is the Man who <am< fn.m .li, City And went back. I dislike this type of Dressing Tabic. AND there is the Dressing Table of the Working Girl, The kind that goes wr.h Hall Bedrooms At one-and-a-half per week Payable in advance. This Dressing Table can be bought for five ninety-eight, Second-hand. It needs X'arnish And One Caster. The Mirror is cracked Just at the place where one's face comes. And its drawers won't open Or shut. This Dressing Table Is used by the Girl Who Came To The City To win her way to Fame And Fortune. There L> always a Comb and Bru>h (From Woolworth's) And a half-empty bottle of milk And an open box of crackers. And there is a Photograph of a Man Who Forgot to Remember. I have a Dressing Table of this sort. THEV are always there In the movies. They amuse me. The ^irl w h« cjm< lo th« city —