Moving Picture World (Jul - Aug 1918)

570 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 27, 1918 Scene from "The Girl from Bohemia" (Pathe). Local Color Rampant in Pathe's "Girl from Bohemia' SINCE newspapers of genera] circulation and the nationally sold magaslnea h,iv< been verj In the past two or thi ratultoua publicity to the alleged Bohemians who Inhabit Washington Bquare, McDougall Alley, West Fourth st i rldan Square, anil many other parts of old WlCh Villag< in New York the inlay, "The Girl from Bohemia," will be by no means local. Now Yorkers who know their New York are Inclined to scoff at I of the peculiar "painters, poets, and posturers who live in old Pourti stre. U it may th • rtain glamour still hovering o\ men and women who propose to live the life idyllic in tin neighborhood described as Amen I In" qua' "The Girl from Bohemia" la laid In the neighborhood of Greenwich vlll plcturlses the adventur. i regular woman in sp fads and foibles. "The Girl from Bohemia" will follow Mrs. Castle's "The First Law." Further inten ■ is about both these plc for they are the last to be taken in which the widow of the dancer-aviator app< . Coombs to Support Catherine Calvert. Ou3 Coombs, formerly leading man for Madame Petrova and other stellar lumen, «iii appear opposite Catherine Calvert in "The Olrl with a by Paul Armstrong, non being proi by the Prank A BZeenej Pictures Corporation Miss Calverl is Mr. Armi st .hi ed In some of ins ■ni di amaa, Including Roman ol the Underworld." she is now i s.re, ii a, la ptal ii his plaj ah of the Interiors of "The Olrl with i ta ken i ii t be i llo graph si b the Brona Some plcl un been Rimed in the last fortnight In th northern pari oi New Jersey. The story la a romantic one. • with thrills and dramatic incident. Paramount Issues Five Productions in August FIVE feature productions, in nearly all of which comedy la the dominant eli ment, are embodied In the Paramount release schedule for the month of August. Three of them are Thomas H. Inee productions starring Charles Ray, Dorothy Dalton and Enid Bennett, while Pauline Frederick and P.illic Burke will be seen as the respective stars of the two others. "A Nine o'clock Town," issued August ,r>, in which Thomas H. Inee presents (liailis Ray, was both written and directed by Victor U Schertzinger. Jane Novak again appears as Mr. Kay's leading woman, and the supporting cast includes Otto Hoffman, Gertrude t'laire, Catherine Young and Dorcas Mathews. Victorien Sardou's famous play, "Fedora." ins t played by Mme, Bernhardt la Paris and later in this country by Fanny Davenport and in grand opera bj Mme. Cavalieri, will be found to be admirably suited to the dramatic talents of Pauline Frederick. This August 1 release wag directed by Edward .lose Alfred Hickman. Jere Austin, w. L. Abingdon and Wtlmuth Merkyll comprise the cast. Btllie Burke's starring vehicle is "In Pursuit of Polly." l/.oia Forrester and Mann Page wrote the story from which Eve 1'iiseii prepared the scenario ban appears as Miss Burke's leading and in the cast are Alfred Hickman, i \ .i i [erbert, Will and Ben Deely. Chester Wlthey dlr< Under the supervision of Thomai H. lnce. R. William Neill directed Dorothy i lalton in "i ii en B3j is." w hlch \\ i 1 1 be released August 2<i. Ill the cast are .lack Holt, Emory Johnson, Doris Lee, Hobert \i i K mi and Clj de I lenson. In "Coals of Fire," also set for release August 2l'i, in which Thomas It Inee pre lan.i Bennett, Fred Nlblo maki 0 how m the leading male role Ylc tor L, Bchertslnger directed. Melbourne Ma. i low eii. Billy Elmer, Virginia southern. John P. Locknej and Donald MacDonald are in the cast. "Smiling Sammy" a Near-Star. Bmlling Bammy, the colored Lad who has been so prominent in recent Bab] Marls ae pictures made in i dando, a ttalna almost stellar Importance In "Winning Grandma," the Baby Mane picture to be • .i lis Pathe August 18. To see this little tike beating up the beautiful grand square piano In the i le of a wealthy randdame is a circus in itself. Julius Stern Engages \verg to Direct L-Ko's Julius Stern, president of the L-Ko Comedy Company, announces that CI Avery has been engaged to d of the forthcoming pictun by that organisation Avery is o the industry's veti and comes to L-Ko with B long siring t iginal opportunity by I' W. Griffith Mr. Stern's new producer later bl affiliated with the Keystone organization. No less than thirty-one of thin which were directed by Avery. He a] o produced the Hogan series, In which Charlie Murray was starred. Probably thi notable comedy for which this d was responsible was "The Submarine Pirate." in which was featured Sid Chaplin, brother of the famous Charlie. Sid Chaplin appeared in six other A verydirected plctui Immediately prior to his L-Ko connection Avery was affiliated with Mack Sennet. The name of his first picture, which is now In course of production, has not as yet been announced by the head of the L-Ko company. Scene from "A Wife's Conscience" (Paralta).