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

; AMER A ! Weekly WakeEm-Up— CAMERA'S News Section Page Fifteen CANINES ARE HIS HOBBY *riscilla to Have Her Own Co. After four years as a Univer\\ star. Priscilla Dean is to make ier own productions. Her Uniersal contract has expired and, fter a short vacation, she will egin work with her own unit at le Hollywood Studios, upon the rst of a series of pictures. Laurel Productions is the name hosen by Miss Dean for her oranization and an announcement f her director, cameraman and pry will be made in a short time. Among Miss Dean's best known ictures while with Universal are fThe Virgin of Stamboul," "The Wildcat of Paris," "Outside the [aw," "Under Two Flags," Reputation," "The Two Souled Woman" and "The Exquisite hief." In discussing her new producpn plans, Miss Dean said : "I assume a much larger share I the responsibility of my forthpming pictures, not because of hy mere personal desire to be free rom the limitations necessarily laced upon an artist by a large brporation, but because I am conInced that only by so doing can I meet the demands of my public, Ihich are so clearly expressed in lousands of letters received from ly friends throughout the world. I "It will seem almost like getlig back home to me to work at le Hollywood Studios, where William Sistrom, who for three tars was general manager of Iniversal City, is in charge, beluse I was working for him Ihen he left Universal to become reduction manager for CosmoLlitan Films for William Ranllph Hearst. I "It was William Sistrom who live me my first starring opporInity and it seems to me, as I Jok back, that many of my most ■ccessful pictures were made jider his supervision. I "I will work under his perInal supervision at the Hollywood ludios and will not try to build ly own organization, but will vail myself of the splendid orItnization with which Sistrom lis surrounded himself. In this feel I will have the same careil attention as I would receive I were with the biggest proicing organization in the indusy and will be relieved of a great :al of the tremendous overhead hich seems to be a necessary rt of all large scale production. "This should mean a great savg in both time and money, which spite of all the lavish expendires that the industry has been lilty of in recent months, I still el is an important factor to the hibitors." There has been much comment of late anent Laurence Trimble's forthcoming Strongheart picture, "The Love Master," with Harold Austin in the title role and the general trend of opinion is that it will prove to be the best drama that the noted producer of dog stories has as yet brought to the silversheet. The greater portion of the scenes were shot in Canada, in the mountainous region adjacent to Lake Louise and Banff ,and with these wonderful Dorothy Vernon To Start Soon The official start for "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall" is scheduled for this week. This information comes from the Pick fordFairbanks studios, Hollywood, where Mary Pick ford is now completely surrounded and engulfed in a pile of costumes of the early Elizabethan period. Preparation is 40 per cent complete, according to W. W. Kerrigan, business manager. The first set, a replica of the banquet hall of Haddon, is practically finished and 750 costumes are now being made. Each of the five principals in the cast will wear from five to eight costumes. Four horses are being trained for their parts, and Starrett Ford, production manager, is scouring the country for 400 more, to be used as "extras." The screen version of the story is being prepared by Waldemar Young, loaned to Miss Pickford by B. F. Schulberg, with whom he is under contract. Under supervision of Mary and "Micky" Neilan, who is again directing this goddess of the golden curls, casting is going merrily on. Claire Eames is coming from Italy, where she is traveling with her husband, to play Queen Elizabeth, a role in which she is famous. Mmc. Carrie Daumery has just been engaged to play Lady Vernon, and Eric Mayne has signed as the Earl of Rutland. backgrounds film audiences will be assured of some remarkable scenic effects to harmonize with the action of the picture. Trimble has expressed himself as confident of Austin's possibilities in developing into one of our finest leading men, and the young actor is exerting every effort to substantiate this confidence to the fullest degree. He is shown here in a characteristic pose with two of the dogs from the Trimble kennels, which were used in the film. Lottie Pickford, who has not appeared with her famous sister since the old Biograph days, will be Jenny Faxten, and Allen Forrest will be seen in the dashing role of Sir John Manners, the leading male part. Many of the sets are being built from photographs of Haddon Hall which Edward Knoblock made in England and brought to this country last year. This work is under the direction of H. W. Grieve, while Mitchell Leisen is designing the costumes, undoubtedly the most gorgeous Mary has ever appeared in. Twenty-five different sets will be built for "Dorothy Vernon," three of them castles. The battle of Rutland, to capture Queen Alary, will be repeated for the picture, and the reception of Queen Elizabeth will present one of the most spectacular scenes ever shown. Four coaches are now under construction, one of them a replica of one of the first carriages ever used in England. These and many other features promise to make this photoplay one of the most spectacular in which Mary Pickford has ever appeared. Professor Fred L. Wilson, head of the department of animal husbandry at the University of Nevada, is planning to take a leave of absence and spend several weeks in Hollywood with Laurence Trimble, who directs Strongheart. Trimble and Professor Wilson are carrying on some breeding experiments together, and it is for this reason WiLon will visit Trimble's ranch in the San Fernando Valley. "Yes, I'll Have No Vacation"— Hedda All motion picture actors and actresses have their ups and downs. So thinks Hedda Nova, whose splendid screen offerings have placed her name among the cinema stars of today. Miss No;a had planned a vacation, a real outdoor camp trip to the big trees, the lake and such. But alas, when only having finished her final scenes for the National Studios she was again called back to Colonel Seeling's, and the vacation was very much off. This is the fifth production in which Miss Nova has been featured for Seelig and between pictures she has been loaned to the National Studios for a series of features, the third of which has just been completed by Director Paul Hurst. "Some people complain of too much work," declares Miss Nova, "while others of not enough, all of which means we're none satisfied with our lot, and particularly me, since I've lost all hopes of a vacation this year." Yvonne Pavis returns from Australia, where she has just completed three big feature productions in which she was starred. She is busily engaged in assisting in the re-titling of her pictures in English for the American market. Miss Pavis, who is well remembered as an American cinema star of a few years ago, is delighted in the noticeable growth and wonderful expansion of the industry and though she has enjoyed a long engagement abroad, says. "It's sure good to be back in California." Martha Mattox, eminent character actress, has completed the role of The Wistful Wooer in support of Thomas Meighan in "Woman-Proof" at the Lasky studios. This portrayal is unique, for the fact she does not speak a word throughout the story, and has no name part. As a lovesick old spinster who is madly infatuated with the handsome Tommy, pursuing him wherever he goes in a vain endeavor to attract his earnest attention, she contributes a delineation that is essentially odd and which will undoubtedly go far to further establish her excellence as a versatile artist. She recently completed important roles in Gasnier's "Maytime" at the Mayer-Schulberg studios and with Maurice Tourneur in "Jealous Fools" at the United Studios. A thrilling scene was enacted recently at the Warner Brothers studios in Los Angeles when Johnny Hines leaped from the window of a three story flaming building into a net thirty feet below. Five men held the net, ana when Hines dropped three of them lost their balance. Hines suffered slight injuries, but secured an exceptionally realistic fire scene for his latest picture, 'Conductor, 1492."