Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1924)

(T^mTo^a^isi^^e: ^!i:^j:iSsss:^^K''%s^^'^J2^-jEE:<''r:^'T'.^:iP':g^^}j-, ^ , ■^d'r-j^v£'-^S£'g2^-yg5»lfirv^^^-x:-A Scene from the film "Omar The Tentmaker" Produced by Richard Walton Tullv" A Fascinating Gem TDAOE MMK REA U.S. IMT. OFK ♦ j\0 one who has seen Vthe admiration in a woman's eyes, as she views a necklace of Omar Pearls, can doubt the appeal of its beauty^ — the eager desire to clasp it about her throat. For, Omar Pearls have a fascination equalled only by the deep sea gemi itself. Their sheen and color, their orient and fire, the fugitive play of warmth and light, are the secret ofthe little group of Spanish artisans who create them for you in far off Barcelona. oAt better shops everywhere.!} you cannot find the genuine write direct to us and we will inform you where to obtain them. Send 10c for a copy of the RUBAlY AT illustrated with pictures from the film of Omar and -tur catalog. INDRA PEARL CO. inc. 392 Fifth Avanue New York Barcelona Paris Look for this head on the tag The EMIR ^o $15 according to length and clasp. Inheari shapedvelvetcose /""^ The CALIPH . $15 to $25 according to length and clasp. In sqiit'tred veh-cC case. The SULTAN . $25 9 to $100 according to length andclasp.Themagnificent l^earl in a magiiificeni jewel case. HollyvCood Meeds More Like Him {Continued from page 35) Without bothering to explain how he escaped a watery grave, he picked up the narrative in Australia, and continued from there ! Old London D.ws Dear old London itself was his birthplace, and he was educated there and in Surrey, at St. Anne's College. The theater claimed him when he was quite young, and he received his theatrical schooling under such artists as Sir George Alexander and Sir Beerbohm Tree. With Tree, at His Alajesty's Theater in London, he appeared for four years in Shakespearean repertoire and modern plays. Later he was with Cyril Maude for two years at the Haymarket, and at famous old Drury Lane he appeared for several seasons in those jolly little Shaw and Ibsen ilramas so dear to the elect. He created the leading male role in "The Eternal City." When not appearing in London, he was touring around in all .sorts of odd and interesting places. Sydney and Algiers are as well known to him as Hollywood Boulevard and Times Square. It was his quaint fancy to enter our country by the back door, landing at San I""rancisco five years ago with the intention of remaining among us for just three weeks. He was having a short vacation from Shakespeare and the rest of the boys. He dashed across the continent to New York, but right then and there America, in the form of Miss Elise Ferguson (may she pardon the figure of speech), grabbed hold of his coat tails and refused to let him continue on his way back to London. She needed a leading man for "Rose of the ^^'orld" and, tho Mr. Marmont knew little of the mysteries of the silver screen, he agreed to an initiation. He was not, as he expresses it, "too awful" in that picture, and did the following Ferguson picture, "The Lie." Frohman then decided to lure Mr. Marmont back to the legitimate stage. This he did, giving him a leading role in "Three Bears," a play later filmed under the title "Three Men and a Girl," in which Alarmont also appeared. Following came a season with Ethel Barrymore in "Camille," after which he again returned to the screen, appearing with Geraldine Farrar, Marguerite Clark and since then, goodness knows, almost everybody else. "I like America," he said it sincerely, not in an effort to please. "Why shouldn't I? You have been wonderful to me here. I wish I had come out twenty years ago." He is not very enthusiastic over picturemaking abroad. "The European studios lack the equipment you have here. It is possible to make good pictures there, with .\merican directors and technical men, but without them it is almost impossible. The British people, I know, will not go to see a film advertised as an 'All British Production.' They prefer American pictures, every time. "I enjoyed going back home to make 'If Winter Comes.' I hope to be able to do a picture over there occasionally, but this country has become my real home. I'm building, in Hollywood." After which we talked real estate as do all good Californians, be they from London, England, or Spokane, Washington. Mr. Marmont, I might add, is married and has two little daughters. 80