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

Camera's Weekly Wake-em-up SPECIAL NEWS SECTION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1923 WOULD RATHER BE SURE THAN SORRY Superstition" Has Bright Cast John B. O'Brien is now directr the first of his own producns, "Superstition," for the Creve Films with an all-star cast ded by John Bowers and Marerite De La Motte, who suc;ds June Norton in the leading tninine role. Miss Norton, who was origilly cast for the part, owing to very severe nervous breakdown, s been forced to relinquish the le and go to the mountains to St. The story was written by I. W. ing under the original title "Trapped." Included in the all-star cast esenting "Superstition" are Joe wling, Martha Marshall, Spotiwoode Aitken, Sheldon Lewis, ward Burns, Claire McDowell, sare Gravina, Grace Gordon and hers. Frank Beresford has been proofed to production editor of the ganizacion with W. H. Carr as ~eral production manager. Otto usso will act as business mana;r, with Fred Kusso as auditor, ^uperstition" will be presented f Creative Films as a John B. 'Brien production. A big threeasted schooner has been charged especially for the film and ie company is making a three eek cruise off Catalina Island d Lower California, filming .enes. Miss De La Motte has ored successfully in a number of cent big screen offerings, includes "The Famous Mrs. Fair," When a Man's a Man" and 'chard the Lion Hearted." ACTIVE EDDIE Eddie Phillips has just closed a lonth at the Warner studio with 1 e completion of "George Wash"gton, Jr." in which he carried he leading role with Wesley Bary. The very same day he started Shipping Boss" at the Hollywood tudios. He has been signed for l Metro picture immediately folowing this production. The Cosmopolitan "Daughter of Mother McGinn" company, under he direction of Paul Powell, is n San Francisco on iocation for :he outdoor scenes. This is the >riginal locale of Jack Boyle's Boston Blackie story. This loca:ion will conclude production and che picture will be released at an :arly date. Tom O'Brien, former nationally known boxer and football star, is strangely cast in his present leading character role in "Born of the Cyclone," being produced by Robertson-Cole. Lloyd Hughes, the hero, gives him a sound thrashing and to cap the climax, O'Brien submits caimly to the villagers' taunts of cowardice. To become a star over nght is the dream of every movie girl, and the hundreds of little extras who throng the United Studios in this town are filled with amazement at Mary Louise Hartje Woods, who has such an opportunity within her hand and doesn't care to grasp it. For Mary Louise Hartje Woods is the daughter of the late Augustus Hartje, multi-millionaire paper manufacturer of Pittsburgh and grand-daughter of John L. Scott, former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad; has a magnificent country home at Beverly, California, four automobiles and a retinue of servants. Any wise-acre in the motion picture business will tell you that a star needs experience and that such unfortunates as have been skyrocketed to stardom at the very beginning of their career, either through influence or owning their own companies, have fallen with a sickening thud in nearly every case. This Miss Woods realizes and although she hopes some day to have her own producing unit she very wisely is working her way up from the foot of the ladder. "When I decided to enter pictures," said Miss Woods, when she was interviewed between scenes in the shooting of "Flaming Youth," a First National picture, "I made up my mind to study for the profession of a motion picture actress just as thoroughly as I would have studied for any other profession. Only there are no colleges or schools which teach 'acting for the movies' satisfactorily, so I have to be content with Experience for a teacher. "One of the first things I learned was how to make up. This was much more intricate than I had imagined it. In fact there are a This week-end marks the close of Wanda Hawlcy's work in Vitagraph's special production of George Barr McCutcheon's "The Man From Brcdney's." She was engaged and went to work before the camera within twenty-four hours after her return to Hollywood from a six months' trip abroad, during which time she starred in two pictures — one in Egypt and the other in London — and visited a number of the Continental capitals. Her role in the Vitagraph production is that of a smart English society woman of titled p.isition — just the type with which she hob-nobbed during her stay in England, where they fear the invasion of the American actresses, yet make a great to-do over them. In this forthcoming picture at least the Britishers who great number of things In acting for the movies that are not so simple as they seem. "Movie make-up is an entirely different thing from street or stage make-up. Almost every face contains numerous imperfections which are invisible to the untrained eye, and which are yet very obvious when enlarged many times on the screen. To conceal these blemishes is an especial art. For instance, if your face is too full, by shading the outline with red, you can make it appear much thinner. If you desire to make your face rounder and fuller reverse the process and lighten the grease paint at its outer edge. "It is necessary to look for imperfections of every sort in pose and expression. Then try to find a make-up which will eradicate them. "Red photographs black, and for this reason rouge is only used for special effects. Rouge on the checks gives the illusion of dark shadows and makes the face look hollow; it deepens the eyes, and is sometimes used on the eyelids for this reason. Light carmine is usually used on the lips. "I was fortunate in getting many valuable tips from Sylvia Breamer, the clever Australian girl who played the title role in 'The Girl of the Golden West,' and before I even applied for a position I made a thorough study of make-up. I was well repaid for among the dozens of flat uninteresting countenances, a well made-up face stands out and attracts the attention of the director at once. This means that, even in a mob scene, there is a 'front row' just as in the chorus of a musical comedy. And once your face becomes known to a director, you have a toe-hold on the ladder of success." always claim they are being maligned on the screen can have nc complaint over Miss Hawley's characterization of one of them, since she knows them as intimately as any foreigner can ever know the inhabitants of the "right little, tight little isle." Before entering on her next role before the camera, Miss Hawley is looking forward to decorating and furnishing the home she has just secured in the heart of Hollywood's lesidential district. "Europ.-an and Egyptian hotels are marvelous and their food is gorgeous," says the blonde star, "but there's nothing in all the world like a Hollywood bungalow of your own and a homecooked meal tastes like nectar and ambrosia after the elaborate eleven-course dinners that are thrust upon the European traveler." Film Chief Is To Return Here Soon Mike Rosenberg, secretary and general manager of Principal Pictures Corporation, notifies the studio director that he has abandoned his intentions of going on to Europe with Sol Lesser, president of the organization. The plans of these two film executives contemplated a tour of the European capitals and a sort of joint vacation during which they would make European connections with particular reference to Principal Pictures representation in London, Paris and Milan. "I shall not go," writes Mr. Rosenberg, "Because so many new enterprises have been opened up since Mr. Lesser and I have been in New York, and production projects outlined, that I shall return to Los Angeles immediately after the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Lesser on the Leviathan. "We expect to complete negotiations for the distribution of Harold Bell Wright's 'When a Man's a Man' and probably for the balance of the Wright series of pictures before leaving New York. The reception accorded our 'The -Mean' est Man in the World' is ample evidence to Mr. Lesser and myself that there is a great public demand for romantic comedies, simple and direct in story and exploiting the homely phases of human nature. The success of the picture in San Francisco was so decided that it rendered the New York introduction easy. "Plan to begin work on 'The Winning of Barbara Worth' shortly after my arrival in Los Angeles." McGOlVAN STARTS The Beverly Productions have leased space at the Hollywood Studios and commenced work on their first feature-length film of the working title "The Whipping Boss." J. P. McGowan will direct and also portray a leading role, combining both his previous cinema activities. The cast is all-star, as announced to date, being headed by Barbara Bedford, most recently in the new "Spoilers," Lloyd Hughes as leading man, and Eddie Phillips in the leading juvenile role. Wade Boteler, Lydia Knott, George Cummings, Andrew Waldron and Billy Elmer are included. Continuity for this picture was done by Phillip Hurn. J. E. MacDonald is assistant director and Walter Griffin, cameraman. This is the first of a series of four pictures scheduled for successive production at the Hollywood Studios by Beverly Productions. WANDA FINISHES VITAGRAPH SPECIAL