Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

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1042 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 22 Paramount Signs Up John Barrymore First Picture Will Be "On the Quiet," Willie Collier's Famous Play From the Pen of Augustus Thomas JESSE L. LASKY, vice president of the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation in charge of productions, last week announced a notable addition to the list of stars appearing in Paramount pictures in the person of John Barrymore, whose dramatic work on the stage and screen John Barrymore, who has been engaged to appear in Paramount pictures. has placed him in the very foremost rank of leading actors of to-day. Mr. Barrymore has signed for a series of pictures, work on the first of which will shortly be commenced in one of the eastern studios of the corporation. This engagement marks Mr. Barrymore's return to the screen as a Paramount star. Several years ago he made his motion picture debut under this banner, among his initial film hits being "The Man From Mexico" and "Are You a Mason?" His work before the camera immediately proved his adaptability to motion picture acting and he rapidly became popular among followers of the photoplay. After a triumphant season in the silent drama for Famous Players, Mr. Barrymore returned to the stage to take up engagements which resulted in several other big successes on Broadway. In his announcement, Mr. Lasky said: "Inheriting exceptional dramatic talent from both paternal and maternal branches of his family, 'Jack' Barrymore fairly leaped into stardom, becoming a popular idol practically from his first appearance, and in the fifteen years he has devoted to the stage he has scored some of the most sensational successes in the history of American drama. He has proven equally popular in England and Australia. Among his starring vehicles which became most prominent are 'A Stubborn Cinderella,' 'The Fortune Hunter,' 'Uncle Sam,' 'Half a Husband,' and 'A Thief for a Night' "A forecast of his talent for pantomimic acting was perhaps first given in his portrayal of Mac, the prince in 'A Stubborn Cinderella,' in which he held the audience for five or six minutes without a word being spoken in a tense scene, a novel and daring performance on the legitimate stage and which won unstinted commendation from critics throughout the country. "Mr. Barrymore's initial picture will be an adaptation by Charles E. Whittaker, from Willie Collier's famous play, 'On the Quiet,' in which Mr. Collier toured America twice and presented for a long run in London. It was written by Augustus Thomas and was acclaimed everywhere as a well conceived and genuinely humorous farce. "The first presentation was made at the Madison Square Theatre, New York, where it ran for a whole season and went on tour the following year. Mr. Collier then took the play to London and upon his return to America in December, 1905, revived it for another run at the Criterion Theatre. Thomas W. Ross has also toured with 'On the Quiet,' with notable success. "The story deals with Robert Ridgway (the stellar role), who is in love with Agnes Colt, an heiress whose guardian is her brother, who desires his sister to wed a nobleman and frowns upon her attachment for Ridgway. By the ternis of the will the girl must marry a man approved by her guardian or lose $16,000,000. Amusing complications result in which the brother is cleverly trapped into giving his consent to the marriage. "To direct this picture, Chester Withey, associated for some time with D. W. Griffith, has been engaged and is now on his way from California to start work in the East." Metro Gets Veteran Actors Three veterans of the "palmy days" of the spoken drama are in the cast supporting Edith Storey in her forthcoming Metro play, "As the Sun went Down." They are George W. Berrell, Alfred Hollingsworth and F. E. Spooner. The picture is a screen adaptation by George D. Baker, manager of productions at Metro's west coast studios, of his own play, written fifteen years ago. "Movie" Romance in "Speakies" A ROMANCE that developed in two days is one of the interesting sidelights of the latest Douglas Fairbanks Artcraft picture, "Say, Young Fellow." Ventura, California, was the scene of the Fairbanks story. Director Joseph Henaberry obtained permission from Miss Mae Nolan there to use the family estate. It was really a case of love at first sight, just like it often happens in the "movies," but this time it was in the "speakies." Mr. and Mrs. Henaberry are spending their honeymoon touring California in an auto that, was a gift from Fairbanks. Canadian Manager Conies to u. s. The announcement, important to moving picture men throughout Canada, was made recently that William Griffith Mitchell, Manager of the Regent Theatre, Toronto, has been appointed manager of the Strand Theatre, White Plains, N. Y. Mr. Mitchell was formerly assistant manager of the Strand Theatre, Toronto. The new manager of the Regent will be Roland Roberts, manager of the St. Denis Theatre, Montreal, since last August. Mr. Roberts was manager of the Toronto Regent before. Both men are widely known in theatrical circles. Hugh Thompson, who has been engaged as leading man for Emmy Wehlen in her new Metro picture, "For Revenue Only."