Paramount and Artcraft Press Books (1918)

EXHIBITOR'S PRESS PRESS STORIES Charles Kenmore Ulrich, Editor BOOK AD CUTS and MATS What You Should Know About Cecil B, De Millers ^'The Squaw Man'' CECIL B. DE MILLE, PRODUCER A S a producer of special picture subjects on a massive scale, Cecil B. De Mille is well known. He has produced scores of notable photoplays, not the least of which are “Joan the A'Voman.” “The Wihispering Chorus,” “Old Wives for New” and “Till I come Back to \ oxi,” all .A.rtcraft pictures of extraordinary merit, and all ranking high among the best photoplays ever produced. Mr. De Mille is a director of unrivalled talents and skill, and his reputation for artistry increases with ever\ production he makes. Mi. De Mille directed -the first Lasky picture, “The Squaw Man” four years ago. and its reproduction at this time on a ponderous scale under his person''' “supervision will show the remarkable advance made by cinema science in the last four years. In point of treatment, acting, photography and all the essentials of picture making “The Squaw Man” stands in a class by itself and a monument to the brilliant directorial genius of Cecil B. De Mille. THE AUTHOR pDWIN MILTON ROYLE, ^ author of “The Squaw Man,” one of the most successful plays the American stage has ever known, is a brilliant playwright and novelist who has many successful productions to his credit. He is a college bred man and was for years an actor in the support of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and Louis James. His play “The Squaw Man” was produced in New York in 1906 and its success was remarkable. He is also author of “The Unwritten Law” which was produced in 1912, and “The Silent Call,” a companion play to “The Squaw Man.” THE SCENARIST HE scenarist who translated “The Squaw ^ Man” to the screen, is Beulah Marie Dix, one of the most accomplished photo-playwrights on the Lasky staff. Miss Dix has written innumerable photoplays for Paramount and Artcraft and in every instance she has turned out workable, well conceived stories of flawless continuity. She wrote “The Girl Who Came Back,” and “Women’s Weapons,” both of which were highly successful. A GREAT STORY T IM WYNNEGATE, a young Englishman, J loves Diana, the wife of Henry, Earl of Kerhill, his cousin. The latter embezzles a trust fund and to save Diana from disgrace, Jim assumes responsibility for the crime and vanishes. He goes to Wyoming where he becomes a pariah of the west — a squaw man, when he marries Naturich, a Ute Indian girl after she had saved his life in the desert. Diana and her husband trace Jim to his new habitation and they enter a saloon just as Cash Hawkins, a gun fighter, who is Jim’s deadly enemy, appears with the avowed purpose of killing Jim. The latter drives him off and Diana recognizes Jim and whispers to him her belief in his innocence. Hawkins seeks to kill Jim a second time and is slain by Naturich from ambush. The union of Jim and Naturich is blessed by the birth of little Hal, the favorite of the ranch. The Earl of 'Kerhill is fatally mauled by a lion and before his death h exonerates Jim. Diana returns to Wyoming and their conversation is overheard by Naturich who, when she realizes that she is to lose her husband and son, commits suicide. Jim returns to England with Hal and on the latter’s sixth birthday anniversary, Jim and Diana plight their troth, their love having been strengthened by the fires through which both have passed. SUPERB SUPPORT A N all star cast has been provided by Mr. Dc ^ Mille for “The Squaw Man.” The principals include such well known screen players as Elliott Dexter, .^nn Little, Katherine MacDonald, Theodore Roberts, Jack Llolt, Thurston Hall, Tullv Marshall, Herbert Standing, Edwin Stevens, Helen Dunbar, Winter Hall, Noah Beery and others. THE PBIOTOGRAPHER A LVIN WYCKOFF is recognized as a wizard ^ with the lens, and his superb photography displayed in “The Squaw Man” will add much to his reputation for skill and attention to artistic composition and lighting. TABLE OF CONTENTS Front Cover — Billing Inside Front Cover — Production Cuts and Mats Page Editorial and Contents 1 Special Feature Article 3 All Star Cast for “The Squaw Man” 5 Cast and Story 7 Press Review 9 Advertising Cuts and Mats 10-11-12 Advance Press Stories. ... 13-15 Mail Campaign 17-19 Accessories 20 Inside Back Cover — Paper and Slides Back Cover — Latest Releases