Paramount Press Books (1919)

ADVANCE PRESS STORIES To Be Sent to the Newspapers Prior to and During the Display of Marguerite Clark’s New Photoplay “Three Men and a Girl” A PARAMOUNT PICTURE WOULD YOU MARRY RICH OLD MAN IF YOU DESPISED HIM? This Question is Answered by Marguerite Clark in Picture “Three Men and a Girl” T F you were a young woman A about to be married to an old man whom you detested, what would you do to prevent the ceremony from being performed ? Would you make your escape, arrayed in your wedding finery, and hide in the woods ? This was the course adopted by Sylvia Weston in the new Paramount photoplay, “Three Men and a Girl,” starring beautiful Marguerite Clark, which will be shown at the Theatre next When Sylvia found refuge in a summer camp owned by her wealthy father and which he had leased to three woman haters for the summer, she caused a commotion. These men were Christopher Kent, who' is being pursued by a woman he does not care for ; Julius Vanneman, a violinist who has been jilted, and Dr. Henry Forsyth, the self-constituted guardian of the others. They are greatly annoyed to find their retreat invaded bv a fascinating girl and they manifest their displeasure so forcibly that she takes refuge in an adjoininghouse with her old nurse. The woman haters then establish a dead line between the two habitations, but it develops that one by one they go to the dead line to talk with the girl whom they find most attractive. Sylvia calls them her “big, middle-sized and little bears,” and gradually she learns to love the latter, who is Kent. The cast is excellent, Miss Clark’s leading man being Richard Barthelmess. Others in the support include Percy Marmont, Jerome Patrick, Ida Darling, Charles Craig and Betty Bouton. CARPENTER’S PLAY IS PICTURIZED FOR MARGUERITE CLARK “Three Men and a Girl” Made Hit in New York a Year Ago /t DELIGHTFUL story in every respect, “Three Men and a Girl,” Marguerite Clark’s latest Paramount picture which will be shown at the Theatre next is based upon Edward Childs Carpenter’s stage success, “The Three Bears,” which was produced af the Em pire Theatre, New York, in October, 1917. The theme deals with three men, all of them woman haters, and a vivacious girl who, to escape an odious marriage, finds refuge in the summer camp where the men had gone to escape women. One of these, Christopher Kent, is pursued by a woman, while Julius Vanneman, a violinist hates womenkind because he was jilted. Dr. Henry Forsyth, the third of the bears, as Sylvia Weston, the girl, calls them, is the self-constituted guardian of the others. When Sylvia escapes from her home to avoid wedding an old man she despised, she flees to the woods and finds refuge in a summer camp where the three woman haters are living. When they return, they find her asleep curled up on a couch. They are extremely annoyed and Sylvia terms them bears and leaves them to take up her residence in a nearby house, with her nurse. A dead line is established between the two habitations, but strangely enough, the haters of women seek to cross the dead line continually to talk to Sylvia whose beauty charms them. So it happens that she falls in love with Kent, the “little bear.” The support is excellent. MARGUERITE CLARK AS BRIDE AND STAR REIGNING FAVORITE Beautiful Paramount Star to be Seen Here in “Three Men and a Girl.” "NH INETY days before Marguerite Clark, the dainty Paramount star, widely known as the “sweetest girl in motion pictures,” became the bride of Lieut. H. iPalmerson Williams-, she declared in an interview that she “never was in love in her life and that she believed love such an enormous waste of time.” Since her marriage, her admirers refuse to accept her as a “Mrs.” and she is still, and ever shall be, Marguerite Clark, best beloved of screen stars. Miss Clark, will be seen at the Theatre next in her latest photoplay, “Three Men and a Girl,” a picturization of Edward Childs Carpenter’s play of “The Three Bears,” which scored a decisive hit in New York in October, 1917. In this charming picture Miss Clark appears as Sylvia Weston, a young woman who rebels against her proposed wedding with a rich old man whom she hated, and who later comes in contact with three bearlike men who hate womankind. She subsequently brings them to her feet by the magic of her personality and charm. The photoplay is one of exceptional interest and it affords Miss Clark another delightful role. She has few if any superiors in her presentation of delightful girl characterizations, and her admirers have another pleasing hour in prospect, which her characterization in “Three Men and a Girl” insures them. Richard Barthelmess is her leading man. The picture was directed by Marshall Neilan and Eve Unsell wrote the scenario. 13