Photoplay (Feb 1923)

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In other words, Cecil de Mille talks over the details of “Adam’s Rib," with his players, Pauline Gar on, Elliott Dexter, Milton Sills and Theodore Koslojf, together with Jennie MacPherson, who wrote the story [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 82 ] 1839! What’s more, Thackeray put whiskers on his soldiers — and there was a rule against ’em in the British army at that time. VX THAT will probably be the last act of the W Carlyle Blackwell matrimonial drama is being rehearsed in California. Ruth Hartman Blackwell, sister of Gretchen Hartman (Mrs. Alan Hale), has filed suit for divorce on the grounds of desertion. The wife of the erstwhile idol of the films first sued her husband for separation. Then she brought an alienation suit, naming a cabaret dancer. The Blackwells have two children. npHE death of that lovable old actor, Frank Bacon, in Chicago during the fourth year of “Lightnin’ ” reminds us of how close Bacon and his superb characterization of Lightnin ’ B ill ' Jones came to being enmeshed in celluloid. D. W. Griffith was very much interested in Bacon two years ago and did his best to secure the play and the star for films. But, somehow, nothing came of it. A FTER playing a mistreated child of ill ■‘'•fortune for years and years, Jane Novak, in her latest starring vehicle, Marie Corelli’s “Thelma”, appears in some real Paris gowns that cost thousands of dollars. Silver cloth, real lace and clinging satins are very becoming to Miss Novak’s blond loveliness. In fact, she is more beautiful than she ever was in her ginghams and calicoes. The frocks were designed by some of the most famous artists in the world’s fashion center, and they’re certainly worth seeing. You will see them in the next issue of Photoplay in rotogravure. A/fRS. RUDIE VALENTINO danced in ’'■‘■public long before she joined the Russian Ballet. Under the name of Winifred O’Shaunessy or Winifred De Wolf she was taken by her mother — in fantastic little costumes— to the afternoon tea dances at the Hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles. In stiff silk frocks, with puffed sleeves, poke bonnets and pantalettes, she would do odd, self-created rhythms. She was talked of, then, as a coming dancer, though she was a mere child. And then, at sixteen, she went to Paris with Elsie De Wolf to study interior decoration. And it was not until some years later, when she appeared with Kosloff as Natacha Rambova, that folk remembered her strange first appearances. TT IS told — in low tones, however — that ■‘-Lionel Barrymore and his wife, Doris Rankin, have separated. The news comes as something of a shock, for the Lionel Barrymores have long been pointed out as models of domestic happiness. IN the Pyramid picture, “When the Desert Calls,” a strange phenomena is apparent. We have heard of the magic of the desert — perhaps this is one of its manifestations. The tents, occupied by the wandering bands of Arabs, are so small and shallow, from the outside, that a man has to stoop to enter. They resemble the tents that we made, as children, with a rug or a shawl draped across two chairs. But, wonder of wonders, when an interior is shown the tent has assumed proportions to make the Grand Central terminal ashamed of itself. Peace conventions and public adenoid unveilings could be held in it without either crowding or confusion. TEAN FORD, the daughter of Hugh Ford, I motion picture and stage director, has made good on the stage. She graduated from Vassar last year, where she gave much of her time to college dramatics; and blossomed forth as the second feminine lead in A. A. Milne’s comedy, “The Romantic Age.” Now she is acclaimed as one of the most charming ingenues on the New York boards. Just because Jean’s father is well known in the theater, and her mother a former actress, doesn’t mean it was easy sailing for her. She had wanted to be an actress ever since she was old enough to walk; but her parents, not over-enthusiastic about the idea, told her she must finish college first — and then have her chance. She did. ANY number of young women will tell you that they Went into pictures for the very love of it. that they felt the call of art, and Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.