Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

Lewis Cody, who has been playing leading parts in Paramount pictures, was to the colors and was ready to entrain army camp when the war ended. This lirn an opportunity to play in Cecil e's latest production. So far as can be learned at this time, Bill Hart's new picture is a story of a land development scheme in Arizona, and the unprincipled methods of a land shark are exhibited in all their bald and heartless details. Bill appears as a bad man who becomes sheriff and finally rounds up the individual who has swindled all kinds of people out of their money. Of course we all know that screen stars — especially feminine ones — are in the habit of having perfumes and hats and all the little girlish folderols named after them. But have you heard the latest? A young thorobred colt has been named after Douglas Fairbanks. Also a snow-capped peak in the Yosemite Valley was recently officially given the name of the "Douglas Fairbanks Peak." Charles Ray has begun work on a baseball picture which will be released soon and which, it is assured, will help to revive interest in the national sport for the boys who are coming home. Wallace Reid fans will be glad to know that Ann Little has again been chosen as his leading lady. Rex Beach evidently thinks the Follies an excellent preliminary training for picture stars. He has already picked Ruby DeRemer and Will Rogers for his pictures, and now he has chosen Kay Laurell to play in his newest picture, "The Brand." Peggy Pearce, who has been appearing with the Sennett comedies, has become a member of Henry Lehrman's Sunshine Comedies. Peggy will be the fair foil of Jack Cooper and Leo White. Clara Kimball Young has just finished the famous stage play, "Cheating Cheaters," and, as she is ahead of her schedule, she will take a flying trip East to do a little shopping preparatory to her next picture. The International Film Service Company, Inc., has sent two expert camera men abroad to take pictures of the President's trip to Europe. This film will have an unusual historic value and every true, loyalhearted American will watch for it with interest. Ethel Clayton is doing the Saturday Evening Post stoiy, "Private Pettigrew's Girl," and staged several of the scenes at Fort MacArthur. Monte Blue is her leading man. Dorothy Gish is now working on her next story, which will bear the humble title of "Boots." Now that the moving picture theaters are all open and Dorothy is out of the sanitarium, she and her continual pal, Constance Talmadge, planned on a round of picture shows, but what does Constance do but come down with the "flu" and is now confined to her home, while her director cools his heels at the Morosco studio waiting for her to recover. Rex Beach has arrived in Los Angeles to start the supervision of one of his pictures which is to be done at the Goldwyn studios, where he will occupy the stage next to that being used by Maurice Tourneur in the filming of one of his special productions. LITTLE WHISPERINGS EJR.OM EVERYWHERE-, IN^PLAYEBDO Mae Marsh has not yet recovered from the "flu" sufficiently to return to work, so little Mabel Normand is practic; at the Goldwyn end. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle has decided to drop his first name, Roscoe. He says it is simply in the way, and, anyway, everybody calls him Fatty. Altho he has put Roscoe in big type, it is continually ignored. Therefore, in order to Hooverize and conserve, he will henceforth be known as Fatty Arbuckle — that is, providing he keeps his health. The clever cartoonist, Bud Fisher (he is a captain now), has turned his fertile imagination to the screen and makes his debut as an author of "The Adventure Shop," in which Corinne Griffith is starred. The plot of "The Highest Trump" required that Earle Williams embark in an airplane several times. Earle made these scenes at San Diego, Cal., and was so enthusiastic about flying that he threatens to buy a tame little flyer in place of one of his many automobiles. Milton Sills has been engaged to play the lead with Viola Dana in "Diana Ardway" at Metro's West Coast studios. Both Margery Wilson and Anna Q. Nilsson are cast with Bryant Washburn in "Venus in the East." Miss Nilsson writes us that she played the lead. Pat O'Malley has been engaged to play opposite Marie Walcamp in her next serial, whose story is taken from a book by Douglas Grant, called "The Fifth Ace." In response to scores of requests from exhibitors for more of the Paula Blackton Country Life stories, Mrs. Blackton has decided to make a second series of these delightful pictures. "The Littlest Scout," starring Charles Stuart Blackton, has been completed under the supervision of J. Stuart Blackton. Mrs. Sidney Drew will be glad to look over original ideas J for comedy scenarios for the new series of Drew Paramount Comedies. But they should be and exceptionally unusual \ THEDA BARA original ideas. Charlotte Walker is starring in R. A. Walsh's special production, called "Every Mother's Son." It will be released by Fox. A Russian star, a French director, an American scenario writer, an Italian camera man cind a Chinese story are the chief factors in the Nazimova production, "The. Red Lantern." Altogether the Metro studio on the coast resembles a Tower of Babel. Marie Doro intends to go to Europe to do two pictures under the direction of Herbert Brenon. And speaking of Europe, Alice Brady contemplates making pictures independently in Ireland, France, England, Italy and Germany at the completion of her all-season run in her stage-play, "Forever After." Blanche Sweet paid a flying visit to New York recently in search of clothes, but has again returned to California. John Bowers is playing the leading part opposite Mabel Normand in "Sis Hopkins." Kenneth Harlan and George Cheseboro returned from Europe on the Baltic, having served at the front. Harlan was Dorothy Dalton's leading man and George Cheseboro was last featured with Ruth Roland in "Hands Up." ^96