Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

d,Gladys Cooper and her two children at a British watering place. Miss Cooper, who was recently voted the most popular actress in Great Britain, recently paid a visit to Ivor Novello, her reported fiance, in this country. rope and so the diamonds in the audience exceeded the cost of the production on the screen, which means that there was a lot of cash in the house. Miss Davies, herself, was present with her mother and sisters and so were innumerable members of New York City's government. It must have been the happiest evening in Miss Davies' career because the ovation she received was a real one and no adjective seemed good enough for her. The critics, who have been panning her for years, took it all back, graciously apologized and even the sedate New York Times nearly broke into poetry over her performance. Ashes of Vengeance, with the Talmadges absent in Hollywood, wasn't nearly so brilliantly launched. Again Miss Davies received most of the attention because she was easily the most popular star in the audience. New York's movie fans always line up in the lobby of the theatre to watch the celebrities go in and it is a proud ingenue who enjoys the thrill of being spotted by the crowd. Several cameras stationed in front of the theatre where The Green Goddess opened took pictures of the first-night crowd. Alice Joyce, accompanied, of course, by her husband, gave the fans a treat and so did Jetta Goudal, the only other feminine member of the cast. Little Jetta is a regular first-nighter for the wise child knows that it is well to be seen by the directors who attend. And she is by far the most striking member of the younger set of film actresses in the East. Bebe Daniels Unhappy Iebe Daniels used to be conspicuous in all the social events in Hollywood but her stay in New York has been a quiet one. It is no particular secret that Bebe is dissatisfied with the new policy of Famous Players-Lasky to place all their former' stars in all-star casts. And you cannot exactly blame Bebe. Of all the old Realart group, Bebe was the only one who made good. She received a small salary, she seldom complained and she worked hard. But now she is obliged to suffer for the sins of the others and step down from her position as a star. Bebe is still too good a sport to complain and her mother, a former actress and newspaper woman, is too much of a regular person to step into the disagreeable role of a typical movie mother. But a lot of Bebe's fellow-workers feel that she deserves better treatment. begun work on a modern story, adapted by Josephine Lovett from a novel called Wild Apples. John S. Robertson is directing it, of course. Wild Apples, naturally, won't be the releasing title of the picture. Dorothy Mackaill, whom you will see in The Fighting Blade, rushed through her work in His Children's Children in time to play opposite Barthelmess again. If Jetta Goudal is the most striking of the younger actresses, Dorothy is certainly the most charming. Both girls have profited enormously by the training of Mr. Robertson, who has a gift for helping young actresses to find themselves. Colleen Moore Married 'inally and at last, Colleen Moore has gone and done it. She has married John McCormick, western representative of First National, and now poor John can breathe easy. Colleen, whose real name is Kathleen Morrison, is militantly Irish and kept John waiting for two years before she made up her mind. What can you expect of a girl who has one green eye and one blue eye? Together with Mildred Davis and Helen Ferguson, Colleen was an active member of the "Denying Their Engagement Club." Colleen nearly wore the third finger off her left hand removing John's handsome engagement ring. But, encouraged by Mildred's marriage to Harold Lloyd, Colleen took the leap. And now won't Helen Ferguson please marry William Russell? "X'he opening of the Greater Movie Season in New York was marked by one important event. A matinee audience actually laughed openly and loudly at the big scene in Pola Negri's picture The Cheat. The Greater Movie Season will start all over the country when audiences begin to get critical about pictures. T. Barthelmess' New Picture T. 'Anna Christie" Started he big sets of The Fighting Blade have been removed from the Fort Lee studio and Richard Barthelmess has he movies may not be art with a capital A, but they do succeed in making the accepted arts bow down before the mighty power of the dollar. A highly successful play and 71