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Shirk’s Gossip of the Studio
By Adam Hull Shirk
The strenuous scene in “The Cheat” between Pola Negri, the star and Charles deRoche, in support, wherein the latter brands the lovely Pola with his signet — a tiger’s head, and calls her a “cheat,” is the one which occupied the attention of George Fitzmaurice during the last week. Numerous rehearsals were necessary and finally it was made. After it was over both players were exhausted. In the struggle both sustained numerous bruises but the realism of the episode is said to exceed almost anything that has been attempted. Jack Holt is featured as the husband in this picture which Ouida Bergere adapted from the picture play by Hector Turnbull.
Herbert Brenon is in San Francisco with his company making “The Woman with Four Faces” featuring Betty Compson and Richard Dix. There they are getting a number of prison scenes and will return shortly to make more interiors. George Hopkins adapted this Bayard Veiller play and Julia Crawford Overs is to edit it. One of the interesting studio sets was Osgood’s office — Osgood, the villain, being played by Joseph Kilgour. This scene was a replica of the Woolworth office in the famous New York building.
James Cruze has had a lot of notables lately in “Hollywood,” which the producer of “The Covered Wagon” is making and which was adapted by Tom Geraghty from Frank Condon’s story, with Walter Woods as Production Editor. Among the well-known people recently “shot” were Charlie Chaplin, Baby Peggy, Wm. de Mille, Owen Moore, Elliot Dexter, Eileen Percy, etc. A set representing the lobby of Hollywood Hotel was used.
Sam Wood is back from a week at Catalina Island with his company starring Gloria Swanson, making “Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife,” adapted by Sada Cowan from the Charlton Andrews adaptation of the play by Alfred Savoir. A French beach resort was the supposed scene. Gloria Swanson did a fifteen foot dive into icy water during the scene. Julia Crawford Ivers is Production Editor.
“Fair Week” is to return from Pleasanton in a day or so to go to Pomona, Cal., in all probability, for a carnival scene. This is Rob Wagner’s unit with Walter Hiers as star and Constance Wilson, sister of Lois, as leading woman. It is a story by Walter Woods who is also to edit it.
“Only Thirty-Eight” has been completed by William de Mille.
“Children of Jazz,” directed by Jerome Storm, is now underway and bids fair to be as jazzy as ( Continued on page 15)
The New Game
Mah Jongg, the celebrated Chinese game which has become the pastime in social circles is being introduced in Allan Dwan’s production “Lawful Larceny.”
The above photo shows Allan Dwan showing three girls from the Ziegfeld Follies how to play the game while Lew Cody looks on.
It developed however, that these girls were the only ones out of a group of fifty-five extra people who had any idea about the game at all.
It did not take them long to play so the camera could record the movements of the game.