Paramount Press Books (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
Paramount Press Books
Date:
1918
Volume:
Paramount Press Books (Jan 1918)
Leaf #:
00043
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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To an actress less accomplished than Elsie Ferguson, the role of Rosamond, the principal character in ”Rose of the World,” the Artcraft picture now at the .......... theatre, would have been difficult of interpretation. Miss Ferguson’s transition from happiness to grief is very natural, and splendidly done. There is a very human role in "Rose of the World," the Artcraft picture being present at the theatre, in which Elsie Ferguson is starred. Wyndham Standing, as Capt. Harry English, is the husband of Miss Ferguson, as Rosamond. He is reported killed in battle, but instead is captured and held prisoner. In the meantime his beautiful wife marries again, and to save her pain and embarrassment he hides his identity and poses as a native. When he discovers that Rosamond still loves him and that she is being driven to madness by her second husband he reveals himself and is reimited with his wife. SPECIAL INTERVIEW. "A great many stage stars have been flat failures as screen artists, says Walter E. Greene, president of the Artcraft Pictures Corporation, which distributes the pictures of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Elsie Ferguson, Wm. S. Hart, Geraldine Farrar and George M. Cohan. "There are various reasons for this," continues Mr. Greene, "the main one being the lack of photographic qualities of the subject. The eyes of the camera are searching, and the lights in the studio are pitiless. Oentinued over 18