Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

Filming "Beau Geste" [Continued from /,'i</>" , which was the dreadful "Mort." Then the commandant drew his pistol, handed n t" Sleeman, said: "Legionnaire, ur dut> '" and Merman put the pistol r drunken man's temple and fired. . . . uorc Much more T "The Katienjammera" HERE is a lighter side of camp lite, "The K»t*enjammers" Neil Hamilton »nd Donald Stewart (Digby and Buddy) —earned their title thus : The fust night in camp, Ronald Colman and William Powell were called outside their tent by an ingenuous Neil Hamilton, who detained them for some five minutes sting starlight walks, a raid on the mess tent (in charge, incidentally, of Holly"< smartest cafe — Brandstatter's Montmartrc). and a visit to the commissary. When the two pals, having refused all lures, re-entered their tent, Ronald's bed :uissing (via Donald Stewart) — not to be recovered until the dunes about the camp had been secretly searched and the east was beginning to brighten. They are all boys in camp, planning snipe hunts for the uninitiated, seasoning >ne another's coffee with olives, toothpicks or cheese, constantly joking. "Childish idea of humor." they scoff, but they all indulge in it, from the enigmatic Ronald Colman leil Hamilton of the "spiritual" face. Until the bugle blows "assembly." . . . The "Beau Geste" cast hits the trail over the sand-dunes eagerly. The picture is something more than a picture to them and to Herbert Brenon, an indefatigable figure in white under a great shade hat, who waits their coming in the shadow of the fort. The song of the legion of Arizona comes ringing back to camp : "Altons, Brenon, void la legion!" The dream is coming true. Hollywood Impressions (Continued from page 39) Kathleen recently married a banker and all of their friends brought presents. There were about sixty present. Mrs. Mix makes a charming hostess and Handsome Tom an interesting host. He was dressed in a double-breasted black-velvet suit, and he took delight it showing me and others the numerous relics, trophies and curios in his gun-room, which is about 20 x 30, with an arched ceiling about twenty-five feet high, filled with guns, pistols, saddles, lariats, steer horns, and so on. There was no entertainment except conversation and occasionally a little dancing. The ladies arrived at seven for dinner, and the men at nine-thirty. At twelve I left and was nearly the last to go. Another one of those famous wild Hollywood parties ! £vf.rybody out here seems to have a joke "* about the international fame and wickedness of Hollywood. And this alleged wickedness is a joke. According to these soothsayers, every sheik on the Desert of Sahara, every potentate in Asia Minor, and every cannibal chief in Central Africa knows more about Hollywood than Hollywood herself knows. Thus the little lies founded on false facts go from place to place, getting bigger and fouler as they go, like a snowball rolling down-hill, which picks up all manner of dirt as it rolls. The June MOVIE MONTHLY The Magazine with the Punch! WHAT is a Habit? A Habit is Something which takes Possession of You. Our plea is for you to get the Habit of buying Movie Monthly every month and reading it from Cover to Cover. You will admit after reading it that it is the leading Magazine of the Screen in youthful ideas. Its pages are crammed with live interviews, live articles on subjects pertaining to the celluloid world, live fiction — and live pictures. Movie Monthly has been setting the most rapid pace of any film publication. Why? Because it gives to you the brightest, livest pages of Romance and Adventure. There is Spirit and Sparkle behind it. The Old West is brought back to you — and the New West lives with you. And you are becoming acquainted with screen people who have never reached you through any other magazine. The June issue of Movie MONTHLY continues to feature the new series, Bandits of the Border. As the May issue gave you the James Boys, the next issue will devote itself to the Younger Brothers. The June number will also offer Chills and Chuckles with Comedy Lions, an article featuring the laughs and thrills incidental to handling the king of the jungle before the camera. The June number will also devote itself to featuring the cameraman's angle on Shooting the Western Stars. There will be highly readable interviews with Myrna Loy, Eileen Sedgwick, Robert Ames and Martha Sleeper. The Cowboy Songs will continue — as will the Special Section and three absorbing novelizations. And to provide the intimate touch, several pages will feature exclusive photographs of bathing girls and the news of the screen world. So get the Habit. Once you have this Habit, you'll never do without Movie Monthly. The Snappiest, Punchiest Magazine of the Screen. Order Your JUNE Issue of MOVIE MONTHLY Now! 73