Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1920)

^ms^** In Pu^v&R/Doav Peggy Hyland is again associated with the Samuelson Film Company with whom she did her first motion picture work in England. Immediately _ upon Mr. Samuelson's arrival in California and the expiration of her Fox contract, she signed with him and already has completed her first production under this new banner, "At the Mercy of Tiberius," by Augusta Evans Wilson. She is now at work on a new offering, the title of which has not yet been announced. Anita Booth, one of the winners of the Fame and Fortune contest, plays a leading role in "The Law Bringers," a Ralph Ince production. "Hop o' My Thumb" will be Mary Pickford's next contribution to the United Artists' program. Waldemar Young is putting the story into continuity form. The nondescript community in New York City known as Greenwich Village, has broken into several pictures recently, the latest being a Hope Hammond production of "A Modern Salome," based on Oscar Wilde's famous poem, "Salome." Alice Lake is now a Metro star in her own right, her first starring vehicle being a picturization of the great American play "Shore Acres." Marjorie Rambeau, whose interest in things psychic has been stimulated by her work in "The Fortune Hunter," her latest picture, decided to buy a ouija board. The proprietor recognized her and insisted upon making her a present of the board. Later he was rewarded by an autographed photograph of Miss Rambeau. Sidney Olcott, who started directing pictures with the Kalem Company, has been placed under contract by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and has been assigned to the making of one of Goldwyn's big feature productions. Josephine Hill, whose latest work was with Frank Mayo in "Burnt Wings," says that she landed her first picture because of a pug nose, and has become popular with playgoers in spite of it. Dorothy Davenport returns to the screen in the Paramount-Artcraft picture "The Fighting Chance," from Robert W. Chambers' novel by that name. The cast is headed by Conrad Nagel and Anna Q. Nilsson. Ellen Cassity, another erstwhile Follies girl, co-stars with Herbert Rawlinson in J. Stuart Blackton's production, "Passers-By." Gloria Sw nson was married recently to Herbert Sonborn, president of the Equity Pictures Corporation. Antrim Short and Winifred Westover furnish the touch of youthful romance in "Old Lady 31," in which Emma Dunn plays the role created by her on the speaking stage. George Stewart, brother of Anita and Lucille Stewart, supports William Russell in "Shod with Fire," with Helen Ferguson playing opposite. Mrs. De La Motte, mother of Marguerite De La Motte, the young screen actress, died in Los Angeles as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in which her daughter also suffered hurt. Mabel Julienne Scott plays the feminine role in "The f\ Round-Up" with Roscoe Arbuckle. Cj82 ,.A6£ ytfsfa 1 ! Photo by Evans, L, VIOLA Walter McGrail, favorite of both stage and screen, will be seen in the future in important roles with Selznick Pictures. Gaston Glass, the young French avi w, ator, well-known on the speaking stage, p appears in the film version of Fanny \ Hurst's story "Humoresque," in which Alma Rubens is starred. Metro Pictures will produce "The Gorgeous Girl," the serial story by Nalbro Bartley which recently appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. Frances Haskell, daughter of the first Governor of the state of Oklahoma, makes her screen debut in support of William Farnum in "The Adventurer." Norma Talmadge spent a three weeks' vacation at Havana, Cuba, and was so delighted with the climate that she would like a permanent studio there with a colony of bungalows so that she and her entire company could make pictures there every winter. Zazu Pitts' newest support in "Bright Skies" is a pet monkey of the ring-tail variety, claimed by the studio crowd to be the most intelligent small monkey in captivity. Earl Metcalfe will be Corinne Griffith's leading man in her next Vitagraph production, "The Memento." Eddie Polo has attached his signature to a four-year contract with Universal and will continue to make serial pictures. Marian Davies and her company went to Palm Beach recently to film exteriors for "The Restless Sex," a Cosmopolitan Production, after the novel by Robert W. Chambers. Mrs. Mildred Dempster, mother of Carol Dempster, of D. W. Griffith productions, died at her home in Los Angeles recently. Elliot Dexter has not yet recovered from his long illness, but will make his reappearance in Cecil B. de Mille's next picture in a part that was written especially for him. Earle Williams, who came East to make the interiors for "Captain Swift" in New York, will make the exterior scenes in California under the direction of Chester Bennett. A strong addition to the scenario staff of Selznick pictures is Charles Belmont Davis, wellknown author, traveller and contributor to the stage. Rubye De Remer will be Eugene O'Brien's leading woman in "A Fool and his Money." Virginia Faire, one of the four winners of the Fame and Fortune Contest, will be supported by David Butler in a Universal production. Fritzie Brunette, the raven-haired heroine of many J. Warren Kerrigan productions, will be seen opposite the star in another Brunton picture, "One Week-End." Blanche Davenport, sister of Fanny Davenport, great tragedienne of the stage, and of Harry Davenport, well known on stage and screen, supports Pearl White in "The White Moll." Priscilla Dean, star of "The Virgin of Stamboul," the Turkish photodrama written by Henry Van Loan, is to be featured in a Hawaiian story also by Mr. Van Loan. MM*