Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1924)

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On the Camera Coast (Continued from page 63) has been seen thus far is "Flaming Passion," which was a film version of "Lucretia Lombard." In which connection, a bit of gossip. It happens that, at the minute, the star scenario writers of Hollywood are Sada Cowan and Howard Higgins, who work in collaboration. Their artistic cj'es having been offended by "Flaming Passion," I am told that they insisted on having their names taken off the screen. Whereupon the picture staggered on without them and got some of the best newspaper notices of the year. The truth is, the picture merited neither the soul agitation of Miss Cowan for its faults nor the good notices. I saw a wonderful picture the other day — that no one else will ever see. It was tlie unslaughtered version of Eric von Stroheim's "Greed." It was a magnificent piece of work, but it was forty-five reels long. We went into the projecting-room at 10.30 in the morning; we staggered (vut at 8.00 that night. I cant imagine what they are going to do with it. It is like "Les Miserables." Episodes come along that you think have no bearing on the story, then twelve or fourteen reels later. it hits you with a crash. For stark, terrible realism and marvelous artistry, it is the greatest picture I have ever seen. But I dont know what it will be like when it shrinks from forty-five to eight reels. Von Stroheim is imploring the Goldwyn people to make two instalments of it and run it on two different nights. Could any other director in the world have gotten away with this? One of the best love scenes in the picture is played with the lovers sitting on an outfall sewer pipe down which the body of a dead cat has just drifted. .And I give you my word, it is a tender, beautiful and romantic love scene. The other Teuton is fiddling around, trying to get started. Lubitsch wants to make a screen version of "Manon Lescaut," but he cant seem to find an actress for the heroine or get started. I saw him out at a Hollywood party the other night and he was liiting his nails and walking up and down like a caged tiger. Herr Kraely, his imported scenario writer, was there with his wife who spoke no English but seemed to find glee in the occasion. She giggled back of her handkerchief until Mrs. Lubitsch apologized by sa3'ing, "E.xcuse her, please ; but she has never before seen an American social gathering." Which seemed further to complicate the case. We couldn't understand why we were so funny. Victor Seastrom is also going after imported talent. Johan Bojer, the Norwegian novelist, is in Hollywood, studj^ing the screen, presumably at Seastrom's invitation. One cannot but sympathize with Seastrom's desire to send somewhere for an author. For his first American picture, the\' set the task of making something intelligible out of one of Sir Hall Caine's maudlin melodramas. "Name the Man," is a beautifully directed picture in spite of their handicap. For the past week the home of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford has resembled a fort. It has been under armed guard on account of the threats of the most desperate bandit to infest California since the days of Joaquin Murietta, who, Iw the wa\', was the hero of Doug's picture "The Mark of Zorro." This fellow is an ex-convict named Dunlap. During the past few months he has assaulted thirtytwo women in Hollywood and committed at least two murders. Doug recognized him as a man who applied to him for a job in a bandit part, frankly confessing that he was a crook and gunman. He left vowing vengeance and, upon his recent return to Hollywood renewed the threat in a letter to Doug. June Mathis and other members of the Goldwyn technical stafif are, by now, on the way to Italy to begin "Ben Hur." This picture will be the means of bringing Francis X. Bushman back to the screen, as well as giving George Walsh the big chance of his life. Some jester in Hollywood commenting upon the selection of Charles Brabin as director said that Goldwyn was probably afraid to ask Mickie N^eilan to direct, for fear that, in the midst (Con finned on page 78) The Hollywood Fashion P.nrade — presenting Conrad Nagel. William Haines, Edmund Lowe, Raymond Griffith, George Walsh and Hobart Bosworth in a humorous moment 76