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Gossip of the Eastern Studios
Easti:kn screen interests now seem to center in David Wark Griffith's forthcoming film repertoire season at a New York playhouse to be named later. Mr. Griffith's .seasons are now annual events — and things to be looked forward to. Recall that his last season at Cohan's Theater produced "Broken Blossoms."
This year Mr. Griffith will start, some time late in .August ijrobably, with " 'Way Down Kast," which he has been shooting since before last Christmas. The total footage ran to between 600,000 and 700,000 feet, and, at this writing, the cutting has brought it down to 26,000 feet, or 26 reels. As the production will, it is e.xpected, be released in eight reels. Mr. Cjriffith still has quite a task ahead of him. Prominent in tlie cast are Lillian Gish, Dick Barthelmess, Mary Hay, Creighton Hale. Burr Mcintosh, Kate Bruce and others of prominence.
Another feature of Mr. Griffith's repertoire season will be "The Love Flower," originally produced as "Black Beach" and the production which the director bought back from First National to elaborate and enlarge. Carol Demp.ster has the leading rule. Bobbie Harron is doing nicely with his individual productions, made at the Griffith Mamaroneck studios and which are to be released thru Metro. The first of the star series is "Coincidence," directed by Chet Withey. June Walker, who scored last season on the stage in "My Lady Friends," with the late Clifton Crawford, is leading woman.
Film fans will be interested to know that Betty Compson's new pictures, beginning with "Prisoners of Love," will be released thru Goldwyn channels. Miss Compson is the young actress who scored so sensationally in "The Miracle Man." Bessie Love has been visiting in New York. Ethel Clayton has been in the metropolis, too, prior to departing for Ei'rope.
By the way, nearly every American star will be on the Continent or in the Orient before the year is over, it .seems. Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Theda Bara are in England, The Talmadges and Dorothy Gish plan to tour Europe. Elsie Ferguson has gone to Japan.
The first seal of the new Motion Picture-Theatrical Association of the World was awarded to "Suds," Mary Pickford's latest vehicle. The presentation was made on the stage of the Strand Theater, New York, on June 27th, by Frank Bacon, secretary of the organization. As Mary was absent in London, the gift of the replica in gold of the seal was accepted on her behalf bv her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Pickford.
Rcalart announces its newest star to be Justine Johnson, well known to the stage. Her first picture will be (ieorge Scarborough's "Moonlight and Honey■suckle."
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