Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

1048 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIX, No. 22 Fine Cast in Anita Stewart Feature Conway Tearle and Vernon Steele Especially Engaged to Play in "The 'Mind-the-Paint' GirT' ANITA STEWART, with a cast of exceptional strength, is hard at work at the Vitagraph studio in Brooklyn on "The 'Mind-the-Paint' Girl," the play by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero which is to be the first in the special series of Anita Stewart features planned by Albert E. Smith, president of the Vitagraph company. In announcing the cast for this production, Mr. Smith says that he has tried to give Miss Stewart the finest talent obtainable, and. a glance over the list of players indicates that he has succeeded admirably. Miss Stewart, of course, will play the role of "Lily Parradell," the piquant musical comedy girl, and opposite her, in the part of "Viscount Farncombe," will be Vernon Steele, who created the role in the original London production of the play. Mr. Steele is one of the talented English players who have won favor in this country both on the stage and screen. One of his best successes was in the role of the parson in "Polly of the Circus," with Mae Marsh. Conway Tearle, recently with Ethel Barrymore in her Broadway production of "The Lady of the Camelias," returns to the screen in Miss Stewart's company, playing the role of "Captain Nicholas Joyce." Mr. Tearle is too well known to exhibitors and fans to need an introduction. His work in "The Fall of the Romanoffs," "The Foolish Virgin" and "The Common Law" with Clara Kimball Young, "Stella Maris" with Mary Pickford, and other notable productions, has given him front rank among film players. In addition to these, many of Vitagraph's most popular favorites will be seen. Evart Overton, star of many Blue Ribbon Features, will appear as "Morris Cooling." Templar Saxe has been cast for the part of "Lionel Roper," Denton Vane will portray "Sam De Castro," Arthur Donaldson, last seen in "Over the Top," as von Emden, chief of the German spy system, will play "Vincent Bland," Virginia Norden, who appeared in support of Miss Stewart in "The Combat," "His Wife's Good Name," and other pictures, will have an important role, and in addition there will be thirteen other feminine players. In the original production on the legitimate stage, Billie Burke had a company of thirty-two persons, and the same number of players will be seen in support of Miss Stewart. This is one of the largest casts, from the standpoint of name parts, that has ever been put on the screen. President Smith states that "The 'Mind-the-Paint' Girl" will be given an elaborate production in the matter of settings and that the wardrobe of the star and the supporting women will constitute a fashion show in itself. Miss Stewart, for several weeks before she started work on the play, divided her time between the Vitagraph studio and her modiste, with the result that she will be seen in a variety of gowns and frocks. Mr. Smith says he is now considering several of the plays which have been selected tentatively for Miss Stewart's other features and he expects to be in a position to announce the titles within a few days. News Reel Pictures Derby Pictures taken during the running of the Kentucky Derby at historic Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, are contained in Screen Telegram No. 23, released by Mutual May 19. Exterminator is shown winning the classic, which carried with it a purse of $20,000. A tremendous crowd, estimated at 40,000, including the governor of Kentucky and many notable army men and civil officials, witnessed the race. Miss Dalton Takes Strange Part In the new Thomas H. Ince picture starring Dorothy Dalton, "The Mating of Marcella," released via Paramount May 20, will be found a plot at once odd and convincing. It is a story by Joseph Franklin Poland and was directed by R. William Neill, who has directed all the Paramount pictures starring Miss Dalton under Mr. Ince's supervision. Marcella is an American girl, pretty and refined, and in straitened circumstances. Her father is a musician, but ill, and so Marcella is forced to be the provider. Escoba, whom her father wishes her to wed, is not to her liking. Marcella is a model in a modiste's shop and envies the women who may own the gowns she displays. One of these is Lois Underwood, a show girl who has married Robert Underwood for his money. She has one child, Bobbie. Underwood nearly runs down Marcella in his car and drives her home, being attracted by her beauty. Her father needs a specialist to cure his ailment. To get money for this Marcella agrees to a plan on the part of Mrs. Underwood, who wishes to take a yachting trip with a count, to live in the west for a time under her name so that divorce proceedings may be established. Marcella is found by Underwood, who discovers his wife's scheme. Bobbie falls ill and Marcella nurses him back to health. Lois brings her suit and names Marcella as correspondent. Escoba has followed Marcella to Underwood's office, making threats. A jilted lover of Mrs. Underwood dons chauffeur's garb and with the woman and the count in the car drives it into a lake and sacrifices three lives, but frees Underwood, who marries Marcella. Stately Dorothy Dalton in "The Mating of Marcella," an Ince-Paramount picture.