Paramount Press Books (1918)

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Press stories to be sent out a week or ten days in advance of th< showing of ‘‘ THE WIDOW’S MIGHT ” »NEW METHOD OF FOOD CONSERVATION IN FILMS BY PARAMOUNT. The producers of Paramount pictures are complying with Food Administrator f Hoover's request to conserve edibles and even at the sacrifice of time have without exception observed the custom of serving imitation food in pictures. The notable exception occurs in "The Widow's Might,” a new Paramount picture starring Julian Eltinge. In this picture an important scene occurs around a dinner table while the characters are eating. What to do was a problem, for the scene was too important to omit. Director William C. De Mille however, found a pleasant and profitable way out of the difficulty. This was to have the scenes taken at just about dinner time in the Maryland Hotel at Pasadena where the company was staying, and allow the entire company to enjoy th meal with not a cent nor a mouthful wasted while the camera man stored up the seen in his "little old box, ” "The Widow' s Might” will be shown at the Theatre on JULIAN ELTINGE AGAIN A WOMAN IN "THE WIDOW' S MIGHT. " Julian Eltinge, the famous Paramount feminine impersonator, who is ; appearing at the Theatre on is again taking the role of '■ 1 a woman in "The Widow's Might." This is a charmingly humorous story of the adventures of young Dick Tavish who sets himself up as a rancher, only to learn that an older hand at the game is going to beat him. How he wins out, with th help of a wig, a baby and an exceedingly pretty girl, makes an unexpectedly refreshing and original picture, which was directed by William C. de Mille. | I The remarkable impersonator of fair women, Julian Eltinge whose third Paramount picture, "The Widow's Might" will be shown at the Theatr I on has been mingling sight seeing with work while at the Paramount || studios in the west. He has been to San Diego, Catalina Island, San ^rancisco I I t Big Trees and Lake Tahoe, 15 ! !