Paramount Press Books (1917)

Having recently established himself as a real • comedian by his portrayal of "Togo/' the Japanese schoolboy in the screen version of Wallace Irwin's famous stories, Sessue Hayakawa, the popular Paramount Japanese actor, has turned to serious drama and will appear in "The Gall of the East," on of .... week at the Theatre. "The Gall of the East" is filled with all the exotic mystery of the East and with a witchery known only to himself. Director George H. Melford, who has been Mr. Hayakawa's director for some time, has imparted the true charm and lure of the Orient. FAMOUS AUTHOR WRITES PLAY FOR JAPANESE ACTOR A graduate of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., Beulah Marie Dix, author of "The Call of the East," in which Sessue Hayakawa is starring at the Theatre on has also written many famous stories and stage productions as well as many contributions to popular magazines. "The Call of the East," which Miss Dix wrote especially for the famous Japanese actor and his talented wife, Tsuru Aoki, is a potent drama of East and West, and the clear call of the race which rings through and around all human relationships. » » V ) J V J l > J ft . ' i J ' C i L'. J( O O J V > ' » / C C * l » ■ I I. I l « . Many of the exterior scenes in "The Call of the East," in which Sessue Hayakawa, the famous Japanese actor is starring at the Theatre on were taken at Bear Valley, the famous beauty spot of California. Others were filmed in the crowded streets of Chinatown, San Francisco, and a few at the huge Paramount studios at Hollywood, California. "The Call of the East" promises to be one of the most popular of the Japanese star's repertoire . Demure Tsuru Aoki, tiny wife of Sessue Hayakawa and who has costarred with him in many of his most famous Paramount productions, appears again in support of her husband in "The Call of the East," a thrilling drama of the Orient and America in which that star is to be seen at the Theatre on 14