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

CAMERA I "The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry'' Page Nineteen "Phon-O-G rams Edited by Gene Woolway 55 Charles Cruz Juvenile Leads Holly 5146 Alice Day Ingenue Leads Hollv 7111 Marceline Day Ingenue-Comedienne Holly 7111 Charlotte DuPuis Ingenue-Characters Holly 2570 Lorraine Eason Ingenue Leads 575-91 Kenneth Gibson I Juvenile Leads 578-311 Margaret Morris Leads-Ingenues 437-815 Bert Sprotte Characters 741-64 MAY McAVOY DOUBLES FOR HER OWN DOUBLES Doubling for her doubles is the latest feat performed by May McAvoy, the star of "Her Reputation," Thomas H. Ince's latest production, which will be released by First National this fall. While the Ince film company was on location at Yuma, Arizona, where some spectacular scenes of a great river flood were made, Director John Griffith Wray took the precaution of having two doubles for Miss McAvoy— a boy and a girl — for some of the dangerous shots of the flood sequence. For one shot the star was supposed to drive a pair of horses across a narrow neck of land through surging waters. Director Wray arranged to have a flood gate of the Yuma dam opened so that about two feet of water came flooding over the neck of land which had been chosen, the girl double was tried out first and the rush of water made her so dizzy she fainted. The boy was hastily costumed and tried next but he didn't know how to handle the nervous horses which nearly ran away with him. The director was wracking his brains how to make the scrip! complete without that particular shot when Miss McAvoy appeared, costumed and in screen make-up and calmly got into the buggy driving across through the rising waters as nonchalantly as if she had been handling horses all her life. Yes, He Had No Bananas. Antonio Guiseppe Dannaninzio, an Italian peanut vender, enjoyed a prosperous day at the Goldwyn studios, when he worked in Tod Browning's production of "The Day of Faith." The Italian was not content with his salary check alone, for he brought his popcorn ■and peanuts along. Between scenes, he sold popcorn and peanuts to such notables as Eleanor Boardman, Tyrone Power, Raymond Griffith, Ford Sterling, Jane Mercer, Wallace MacDonald, Charles Conklin, Edward Martindel, Winter Hall and Jack Curtis. Dannaninzio said he might have made even more money, but he had no bananas. SUGGESTS MOVIE TEST FOR "TRUTH SERUM" In the interests of science, Edmund Lowe, Goldwyn leading man who is now playing in Emmett Flynn's "In The Palace of The King," suggests that the following tests be made with scopolamin, the "truth serum." He wants injections of the serum made: To all assistant directors when they agree with the chief. To all motion picture "yessers" when they have replied in the affirmative for the nth time. To all actors when they tell the director they are ill just when night work is scheduled. To all visitors who tell the actor they have just met that they "think he's the greatest hero on the screen." To all publicity men when they say "there's nothing to the rumor." His Waiting Wins. John R. Ralesco is one of the strongest believers in that wellknown saying "everything comes to him who waits," so he took things easy hereabouts for about six months before he even tried to get a job at any of the studios. After he learned the ways and means through which juvenile actors were given opportunities to disport their real acting wares, and he became acquainted with directors and producers, alike, he landed his chance at the Principal Pictures studios, with Harry Langdon in a two-reel situation comedy. Eddie Dippy Dennis did one of his funny characters in a Roy Stewart picture at Universal City the other day, and while cutting up, he did a fall down 18 steps and turned his ankle, and is hobbling around now, and funny as it may seem, the next role he had to play was one where he was supposed to be a cripple. Ernest Traxler, production manager, Eric von Stroheim Productions, left for Death Valley, where von Stroheim expects to take some of the very dramatic scenes of "Greed." UNUSUAL PROPOSITION I have a hillside plot of about one acre not far from Grauman's, and in a good section. Its approach is practically level from Hollywood Blvd., but you have a fine view of the city and ocean from the house site. Think of it! an acre plot IN Hollywood, with a grand view and level approach. This is the BEST buy IN Hollywood, not only as to price, but as to site as well. This is your OPPORTUNITY. Grab it. Phone 578-826.