The Photo-Play Journal (Jul 1919-Feb 1921)

November, 19-20 55 Civilian Clothes (Continued from page 8) Timbuctoo or wherever it was Dumont was buildin' his fool railroad. And there Sam finds her, but like the wise old bird he is, he pretends he's as much interested in her as he would be in a baseball game between a flock of seals and a herd of kippered herring. He knew his cards, that boy did. He just waited, and the second night he was there, she just walks into his room. " 'Sam,' she sez, 'I made a terrible mistake and I want you to come back to me.' "'Come back?' sez Sam, 'I never left you.' " 'Come back,' she sez soft like. " 'You only want me because some other woman loves me,' Sam hits out between shortstop and third. " 'But Sam,' sez Florence, 'don't you understand ? I'll come back to you as your wife.' "Well, anyhow, as I was sayin', what'd you do in a case like that? Sam winked at nanself in the mirror, and then shut his eyes. He was kissin' her. And they're back in town from Cuba or wherever it is the red wine flows like soda water on Broadway, and Sam's as happy as Lydia Pinkham was the day she dropped some whiskey in her tea and discovered the only original cure for the blues." Chet's Climb (Continued from page 26) ance and artful handling of many difficult situations, are responsible in large measure for the victory of the star and the triumph of the picture. Mrs. Chet Whitey, his talented wife, has written many remarkable photoplays. Her latest picture, "Up in the Air About Jane," is now being cut and titled in the Griffith studios in Mamaroneck. The story was especially written for Dorothy Gish and is said to be one of the best comedies in which she has appeared. Mr. Withey is of the opinion that the presentation of a picture has a great deal to do with its success. "Some exhibitors, in trying to squeeze in an extra performance, will instruct their operators to speed up the projector," he says. "The result is that the scene will be shown with the players darting about on the screen, thereby spoiling a good dramatic scene. Another mistake which is commonly made by the exhibitor, is in the cutting of the film. When he attempts to cut a picture after receiving it, he generally succeeds in destroying the thread of the story or in spoiling its artistic and dramatic quality. Censorship also harms rather than improves the photoplay, for it is impossible to bring out the good, except by contrast with the bad, therefore a picture that only shows the good and beautiful, is apt to be dull and uninteresting. Art is an interpretation of life, and the artist, author or director who fails to look at life broadly in all of its aspects, is sure to fail. In the picture business or profession, success depends on individuality. Where this is restrained, pictures are sure to suffer in consequence. The best pictures of the day have been produced where the star, the author and the director have been allowed free rein to carry out his or her individual ideas." Wes Barry Arrives (Continued from page 35) perhaps proved successful in most cases, but in the instance of a child, who must learn the elementary things in life first before he can properly grasp the finer things and hope to portray them to others, slow and steady progress was necessary. This was the course laid out for Wesley Barry by Mr. Neilan, and the fact that the boy today is conceded one of the best actors by actors proves that the director's method has been correct. Wesley Barry, with the good judgment of Marshall Neilan, has, in short, arrived. J* : Face Powder ^ A^ SK her, with the adorable complexion, what magic charms away the tell-tales of time and 1 aves her fair face so free from blemish. A! She will tell 'Lablache' ; will tell you VLablacti — a word you so often hear among discerning women. 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