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

)Ci\™ral Camera! ISews Section Page 1 . IS AUTO FIEND ie million dollars' worth of mobiles are revolving in futic display in Jacqueline LogJs mind. hen the screen actress visited Automobile Show, she was led with the new models on ili|lay. Each booth found her enthusiastic. Her escort asthat she exclaimed no less thirty-one times: "That's the car I will buy." ss Logan staggered home undda heavy load of literature and glogues. Estimated time that Id be necessary to read them is approximately 356 hours out stops for sleep, rest or fo ILL GO ON CAMPING TRIP joyd Hughes has completed his ch acterization of the leading Era in "The Heritage of the Dprt," a Zane Grey story for P amount and is engaged in pi arations for a well earned vacs in. b ughes, accompanied by his w , Gloria Hope, will leave HolIJylod shortly on a motor camprhjtrip and expect to cover conjirable ground in Northern CalSjfjiia, Oregon and Washington bjre they return. Siring the past six months the lar young actor has been one e busiest leading men in Holod. Among his recent charairizations are those in "Her Rjutation," "The Huntress" and "Jrn of the Cyclones." The Zane iCly story marks Hughes' initial abearance under the Paramount flJSHES FROM ARENA TO ALTAR J isn't very often that prizerflts and weddings are included tclther when social affairs are rrltioned in the best of social circll but Louise Lorraine, charming lejing woman in the "Fighting Bid" stories, had to jump from tlij prize ring into the wedding ci'mony with hardly time to draw aiull breath in the episode now 'big filmed. jliss Lorraine, clad in sport dries, was sitting in the press r'\ of the prize ring with two pjilists enthusiastically pummelii each other, when, with one of tl fighters knocked out, the direct( decided to lose no time and si;e the wedding ceremony. Miss L raine rushed to her dressingr ti, changed to a wedding gown a an hour later had changed fin a rabid fight fan to a sweet, ihing and demure bride, who i promising George O'Hara at church altar, for the camera's e, to take him for better or se until — the final fade-out. Good pictures for the great ues of common people and at a ( t within the reach of all" is the t ct to all the producing units sut vised by the United Producers ll Distributors, and W. F. Wood t vice-president and general man>, is the promulgator of it. CUTTING HIS 425TH PICTURE Lloyd Nosier, film editor for Fred Niblo has started cutting his four hundred and twenty-fifth picture for the screen. Mr. Nosier is one of the veteran film cutters am! for the past seven years has been identified with the film editing end of many of the super-productions. He joined the Niblo troupe of the Louis B. Mayer company when the director started "The Famous Mrs. Fair." Next he cut "Strangers of the Night" for Mr. Niblo and is now engrossed upon "Thy Name is Woman." Cutting is a business of its own. There is something mighty fascinating about the hand that controls the entire making or breaking of a picture. And the cutter's hand comes very near doing that. Knowing the proper tempo — putting the right scene in just where it belongs and cutting at the right instant is an art indeed. Mr. Nosler's work starts with the very first shots of the picture. He is engaged in compiling each day's work — goes over it with the director and by the time the last shots are filmed the skeleton outline put together by Mr. Noslet is an excellent guide for the work which is to follow. The cutter and director then work together, putting the right piece in or taking out as the case may be, until the production reaches the stage for the public to view. SLUMP GIVES BELVA BOOST "No, the rumored studio depression doesn't refer to a wave of gloomy pictures," says Belva French, the little blonde actress, who is playing an important role in Victor Hugo Halperin's new production, "Souvenir," at the Hollywood studios. "It just means giving some of us a better chance "It was a slump that pushed me out of pictures, and now another slump is giving me a boost back into screen work." Belva was a kid star appearing in Kilroy Britten's "O Daddy'^_in_ Dolly Rich and Robert Ramsay are being featured in "Unarmed," a new type of Western written especially for Stuart Mack Productions by L. V. Jefferson, and being filmed under Clayton Grandin's direction at the Mack studio. A series of six similar to this will be made. It is an interesting coincidence that the grandfather, and other ancestors before him, of Coy W atson, Jr., who is playing one of the principal roles in support of Mary Pickford in "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall," were born and reared on the old Haddon Hall estate in Derbyshire , England. Coy's makeup of blue eyes, long blonde hair, his pea-gum leather jacket, pointed soft shoes and knitted pants are typical of that country at that time. Lois Zellner, who is completing the editing and titling of the Lawson Harris production, "Then You'll Remember Me," has received an offer to co-direct a series of her own photoplays to be made by Chinese capital in the Orient. The brilliant scenarist expects to sail with a Hollywood staff and cast in about six months. It is expected that Robert Ober, brilliant screen and stage player who is now playing in "Punchenello" at the Columbia in San Francisco, will join the cast of "The Waning Sex" at Egan's before he contracts for his next screen appearance. Helen Gilmore and Lyle Tayo play with Hal Roach's "Our Gang" in the picture they are now making. They have both appeared in a number of these comedies. Chicago at nine years old. After its successful run she was taken back to her home in Louisville, Ky., and put into the Conservatory of Music." She was with Raymond Hitchcock in his famous "Hichy Koo," featured as an eccentric dancer and "blue" singer. Then came the lure of the camera, but before Miss French was firmly established along came the slump and sent her back to singing. Now, however, she declares she is in to stay — with stardom as her goal. Since no member of the Wampas came forward to play the publicity man and do the fall off the roof, in Jack White's "Film Foolish," the part was given to an actor, Jimmy Hertz. (He says it does, too — where he hit the ground!) Trench mud has its compensations— in peace time. At least, so say forty overseas veterans who worked this week in support of Lloyd Hamilton in his new comedy, directed by Fred Hibbard. The boys had to do scenes in the mud, and although mud can't do much harm to regulation olivedrab, Mr. Hamilton made it the excuse to add to each "Buddy's" check the price of a cleaning bill! MAKES COMIC RACE PICTURE In his new melodramatic comedy of feature length, Monty Banks is suddenly called upon to drive a racing auto and practices hard on a Ford. To his surprise, when he climbs into the racing car it is altogether different and to make matters worse, the villian has locked the gears and sealed the gas supply so that he cannot stop the machine. How he wins out in spite of handicaps forms a thrilling climax. The picture is called "Racing Luck" and is directed by Herman C. Raymaker. HELENE HAS SCENARIO AMBITIONS Helene Chadwick, popular Goldwyn star, is about to shine in a new firmament. Her activities during her recent vacation have just been disclosed. Miss Chadwick has not been horseback riding or boating during her absence from Hollywood, but has been busily engaged in writing her first scenario. Not content with her achievements as an actress, Miss Chadwick has ambitions to create stories for the silver sheet during her spare time and is now placing the finishing touches to what her friends declare to be one of the most novel plots yet conceived for motion pictures. Collaborating with Helene in writing the story is her mother, who accompanied the actress on her "vacation." Miss Chadwick has written vari ous essays and poems in the past which have attracted much attention among her friends. She is of the belief that original stories, especially written for the screen, are at las t coming into their own. "The original story is bound to come into its own sooner or later, and I think the time is now at hand when the limited supply of stories that can be screened effectively is smaller than the demand," says Miss Chadwick. "The folly of paying fabulous amounts for stories that mean nothing as far as motion pictures are concerned is appreciated by producers, and good original stories must fill the gap. Players and others in pictures are in a better position to create ideal screen stories than the layman, and I think the time will come when many players will be writing as well as acting for the silent drama." CREIGHTON HALE IN VAUDEVILLE and the audience." Mr. Hale is preparing for the two-a-day in a short vaudeville tour and says it will be a real pleasure to have the direct con tact again with the public. Creighton Hale says the value put on the exclusiveness of the actor is entirely fictitous. "Formerly the actor on the speaking stage left the foot lights and the earth swallowed him up. To be seen with the naked eye was unseemly. Only with the opera glass could he be viewed," he declares. "Screen actors have always been otherwise. Limitless in the roles they portray, it behooves them to have the widest contacts, for in this way they are bound to extend their knowledge of life. 'iM ingle and learn something is a good axion. When an actor has something to offer, the best thing in the world is a personal appearance for it means a connecting link between him Eugenie Besserer, prominent character artist, has become a serious "real estater." She now possesses three beautiful homes in the Edendale hills. These are grouped about a remarkable terraced garden which is one of the show places of that district. Theodor von Eltz completed his last scenes last week in Universal's "The Turmoil," an engagement of eight weeks in a leading role as a captain of industry.