Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

Pacific 4 Atlantic Alma Rubens and Ricardo Cortez arrive in New York on their honeymoon. They were married in California Pauline Starke is playing the leading role in Elinor Glyn's "Love's Blindness." Here they are having tea between scenes. Quite English, y' know! Miss Haver outslicked a retired Omaha business man in a real-estate deal so badly that the speculator from the hinterland is crawfishing on his deal. He has brought suit against the bathing beauty for the aforementioned sum. Miss Haver, having long since laid aside the one-piece suit, is struggling towards stardom in dramatic roles and investing her earnings in shrewd realty transactions. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is proud of her. There is another indication that movie beauties are developing intellectually. One of them recently appeared on the speaking stage in a very advanced drama. Leatrice Joy it was who made her stage debut in a production of Karl Schoenherr's play, "The Children's Tragedy," which, for bedtime reasons, was retitled "The Candle." It was shown with some success at the Potboilers' Theater. Miss Joy is under contract to Cecil De Mille and the press-agent took due notice of her excursion into the realms of art for art's sake. I hope that Your Majesty will visit us soon and see for yourself the wonders of Hollywood. Hollywood. Your Majesty : Corinne Griffith is in line for a big contract when her existing one with E. M. Ascher, releasing thru First National, expires in October, and it is known that she has been approached already with several big offers. An executive of the Paramount organization offered her a cash bonus of fifty thousand dollars if she would permit him to buy up the existing contract, provided it could be negotiated with Ascher, and the signing of her services for a period of years. Miss Griffith rejected this because she does not want to sign for more than one or two years. Had it gone thru, she would have had her own unit releasing probably thru Paramount. Warner Brothers made her an offer some time ago of ten thousand a week on a contract to start upon the expiration of the present one. As Miss Griffith's husband, Walter Morosco, has been made a director by Warners recently, it is thought that company has a good chance of interesting, altho it is said the star favors an independent unit and that Joseph Schenck is interested in her as an acquisition for United Artists. Miss Griffith's pulling power has steadily developed in about as bad pictures as any star has had. With "Classified," a real box-office attraction, she has shown what she can do with good material. She has completed work in "Mile. Modiste" for First National and is starting soon on a Russian story, "Into Her Kingdom." She has two besides this to make before the termination of her contract. New York. Dear King: Doug and Mary arrived in town in time for the opening of "The Black Pirate." The usual mob surged about the Selwyn theater to watch the stars enter, while policemen shoved, pushed and punched the crowd back. Patrons with first night tickets literally had to fight their way into the theater. The New York police department seems unable to handle a screen opening. When Cecil De Mille had to jam his way thru the struggling coppers andfilm fans, he said: "We do this much better in Los Angeles." "Well," snarled one of Manhattan's finest, "why don't you go back there then!" Hollywood, /ornia. Your Majesty . I know your regal interest in Constance Talmadge. Consequently, I know you will be interested in details of her sudden marriage to Alastair Mackintosh, late captain in the British army. I hear reports that Connie had a quarrel with Willie Collie. Jr. Willie and Connie, you know, wen considered to be hovering on the edge of matrimom for a long time. Then came the quarrel. Connie had met the Honorable Alastair but a week before. She married him abruptly. And now she says that she's going to give up motion pictures after her next two pictures and that she's going to dear old Lunnon to live. We shall see. we shall see. (Continued on page 70) 61