Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

agr hour 'I'hf ninest of thr \1n$jrn I'u tur, fndustrv' CAMER Morosco 'Dulcy' Mason Dark Egans "Getting Gertie's Garter' Hippodrome Vaudeville and "Alias Hill Kennedy" Orpheum Vaudeville Pantages Vaudeville and "The Critical Age' Hillstreet Vaudeville and "Slippy McGee" Burbank Musical Comedy Majestic Holbrook Blinn in "The Bad Man" Mission Play with Monroe Salisbury Exposition Motion Picture Revue Tally's Broadway "What a Wife Learned' FOR BOOTLEGGING SCREEN COMEDIAN CRABS, HE'S SCORES HIT IN ARRESTED DRAMA ECREKA. CALIF, July 4.— One of the strangest cases in the history of California law developed today when James Cruze was arrested for bootlegging crabs. Cruze is on localion at Eureka shooting the famous Harry Leon Wilson story, "Ruggles of Red Gap." The locations for this Paramount Picture are far between; consequently when he finishes work each day he is tired and hungry. He loves crabs — especially the giant crabs caught off Eureka. These crabs were so delicious that he decided to let his friends in on the feast and so several hundred of the sea delicacies were packed for shipment to the Lasky studio in Hollywood. Right here was where Jimmy Cruze crashed head-on against the most unique law in California. Humboldt County law does not permit crabs being taken across the line. To ship them In large quantities would soon deplete the supply. Mr. Cruze did not know that such a law existed until Acting Police Chief, Frank Cloney, arrested hini for bootlegging — bootlegging crabs. It was some little time before Mr. Cruze was able to obtain his release. In the meanwhile production was at a standstill. Tonight Crust was conspicuous by his absence in the hotel dining room. He was extremely crabby over the fact that Edward Kerton, Ernest Torrence, Lois Wilson, Fritzi Ridgeway, Charles Ogle and Louise Dresser, featured players in this forthcoming Paramount Picture, continually phoned his room to inquire if they should have some crabs sent up. The police chief made Cruze eat most of the intended shipment as a lesson that Humboldt County crabs are to stay in Humboldt County. "OLD SOL WILL SUPPLY MAKE-UP FOR PLAYERS Consternation reigns amongst candidates for the cast now being chosen for Douglas Fairbatiks' forthcoming production, "The Thief of Bagdad," owing to the fact that the parts call for a light brown skin, the color of the natives of the Orient. It is expected that each member so far chosen will hie to some secluded beach or a very private island and procure a coat of tan which must needs carry further than the face and arms on account of the style of the costumes. A bathing suit cannot be worn as the tan must be an even blend all over. Realism! Realism! That's the cry of the public, and Douglas Fairbanks is going to give it to them, which is why Raoul Walsh demands this genuine "make-up" Jumping from work as a comedian to the portrayal of strong emotional roles in dramatic features is a task that Is not always successfully accomplished by the average motion picture actor. There have been many who have attempted to make the grade but their lack of expression and emotion have forced them, for the present at least, to abandon all thought of becoming a dramatic actor. One of the latest artists from the old school of comedy to try his hand at dramatic work is Garry Odell. who made his screen debut with Mack Sennet t back in the old Keystone days and who later played the "heavy" for a number of the screen's foremost comedians. Laying aside his comedy wardrobe, false mustaches, et cetra, he undertook to find an engagement with a dramatic company. His first opportunity came in the Richard Thomas production of "Phantom Justice," in which he was given the part of "Spike Louis," a grewsome underworld character, to portray. As a result of the engagement, Richard Thomas, the director and producer, declares the actor's performance is one of the high lights of the entire production and so impressed is he with his work that he has already engaged the actor for one of the principal roles in his forthcoming picture. Having made such an auspicious start in dramatic pictures it is doubtful if Odell will ever return to comedy roles, unless it is to play the comedy relief in dramatic features. $7,500,000 WORTH OF TALENT GETS TOGETHER Over Seven and One-Half Million Dollars worth of theatrical and movie talent celebrated one of the biggest All-Star Nights ever given at the Ambassador Summer Grove last Tuesday evening. Seldom in the history of Los Angeles have so many famous stars danced under one root, and movie fans from out of town were busy during the evening securing autographs on menus of the hotel. Among those present were: Lenore rjlrich, Mae Busch, Ruth Chatterton, Lew Cody, Fannie Rrice, Tom Mix, Carmel Meyers, Larry Semon, Ray Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes, Lew Price, Harold Goodwin, Clara Horton, Mme. Balzac, Sylvia Breamer, Herbert Rawlinson, May McAvoy, Blanche Sweet, Henry Miller, Bessie Love, Alice Lake, Claire Windsor, Earle Williams. John Steele, Billy Dove, Sophie Tucker, Eileen Percy, Bennie Fields, Ford Sterling, Art Hickman, Carlos Sebastian, Julanne Johnson. California Anita Stewart in "The Love Piker' Mill er s Harold Lloyd in "Safety Last" Metropolitan Dorothy Dalton in "Fog Bound" Loew's State Richard Barthlemess "The Bright Showl" Rialto Mrs. Wallace Reidli in "Human Wreckage" Kinema Dorothy Phillips j in "The White Frontier" Million Dollar Miriam Cooper in "Her Accidental Husbanr Alhambra Norma Talmadge in "Within the Law" Hollywood Egyptia "The Covered Wagon with Lois Wilson and J. Warren Kerrigan Mission Douglas Fairbanks in "Robin Hood" Chine's Broadway Jackie Coogan in "Daddy" Symphony Rudolph Valentino in "The Shiek"