Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

PHOTOPLAY iVlAGAZINE — ADVERTISING ;5ECTION lOI Plays and Players {Contmued) ALICE JOYCE is married. James Regan, son of the proprietor of the Kniclcerboclier Hotel, is the lucky man. The ceremony took place March sixth. Mr. Regan is a handsome chap with a splendid army record, and his father having signified his intention of retiring it is understood that his son will succeed him in the management of his many interests. Miss Joyce will continue her screen work. Yes, she was Mrs. Tom Moore. A SUCCESSFUL '-free lance" director has refused at least ten different offers to direct pictures since his last production was made, because he does not want to produce pictures which he considers mediocre, questionable or below his standard. The other day he was summoned into the office of the president of a large producing concern who talks loudly about his determination to produce only very high-class pictures, and offered a salary of $20,000 for four weeks' work to make a picture out of a story by a very well-known writer. He turned it down, pointing out to the producer that a picture of the character which the story called for would go exactly in the face of all the fine high sounding ideals the man talked about. The motion picture business needs more honest persons who live up to their convictions. CHIC SALE, the young man who counterfeits old age so admirably in the Winter Garden entertainments, and in vaudeville, will give some of his impersonations on the screen. Irvin S. Cobb wrote a story, "A Smart Aleck," built around the old man character that Sale plays; and it will be seen soon. ELSIE FERGUSON returned to the speaking stage, in February, in an Arnold Bennett play, "Sacred and Profane Love," which, by the way some undignified critic presumed to call "Sacred and Cocaine Love" — the hero, as played by Jose Ruben, husband of Mary Nash, being a dope-fiend. Miss Ferguson in a recent magazine article gave utterance to a chant of joy upon once more trodding the boards. She said in part: "The ecstasy which surged through me impeded my breath, I closed my eyes to shut out the vision of the motion picture studio which has been my obsession for two years. The peace and quiet of the theatre, after the constant din. ... of the movie studio was like a rest-cure for shattered nerves. . . . An audience is not so critical as the camera, which registers everything with merciless accuracy." Yet the Manhattan critics, in remarking upon an added depth and power in Miss Ferguson's acting, credited the improvement, beyond a shadow of doubt, to her experience in the silent drama. MARY PICKFORD MOORE was granted a divorce from Owen Moore in Minden, Nevada, about the first of March. Miss Pickford was freed on the grounds of desertion. She appeared on the witness stand and told her story— once during its course she broke down and wept bitterly. Her mother was with her. Owen Moore was represented, but made no defense, although he was in town when the case came up. The suit was pursued with as little publicity as possible, Miss Pickford living on a ranch near Minden for several days until a decision was reached. She married Moore when she was seventeen, and when both were members of the old Imp company. DIAMOND OPERA PEARLS A Roman quality necklace in the Opera or 24-inch length with o-val shaped while-gold clasp set tiiiih one diamond. In beautiful grey velvet cabinet, $j2. usca isecmace of Enduring Joy THE assortment of La Tausca necklaces, of French origin, that your jeweler can show you, assures you, madame or mademoiselle, of obtain' ing an article of adornment which in beauty and appropriateness will stand supreme. At your jeweler's select the necklaces that please you from his La Tausca Department and try them on. Their lovely grace and scintillant lustre will enhance the dress you are wearing and will give you a thrill of pleasure on whatever occasion you lift them from your jewel box and fasten them about your throat. At your jeiiueler's. ^^ LAT#'.f.=* When you write to advertisers please mention PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE.