Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1924)

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36 Pictures and Pict\jre$uer JANUARY 1924 Above : Eileen Dennes, Shayle Gardner, and Ralph Forbes in " Comin' Through the Rye." A British Bright-Idea. When Comin' Through the Rye was trade shown, all the principal characters introduced themselves in person in a cleverly contrived prologue. Not a word was spoken, but after appropriate sub-titles had been flashed upon a black gauze screen, each character in a few characteristic little gestures, gave the onlookers a clear conception of his role. After that a nutshell version of the story itself was enacted, still in silence, by all of them together. This last, was to my thinking, the perfect prologue. It was the first time Alma Taylor had faced a visible audience, and if she was as pleased to see them as they undoubtedly were to see her in the flesh, I guess everybody was happy. The costumes were particularly charming, Alma Taylor's blue and Eileen Dennes' rose pink flounces evoking many admiring ejaculations from the ladies. I understand the film is to be presented at the Palace, complete with prologue, which should mean a rush of Alma Taylor " fans " to the box office. Below ; Nina Vanna. Piccadilly visits Paris. Betty Balfour has been to Paris for scenes in Squib's Honeymoon and brought back some amusing experiences and a very bad flu' cold. They spent three weeks in France, with scarcely one fine day and poor Betty shivered and shrank in the icy embraces of the fierce winter gales. " We had an interesting trip," she told me, " except for that one ' September Morn ' scene, which was too chilly by half for yours truly. We rushed all over France between the showers, you know. There was one dear old lady of about ninety, whose house at Montmorency we photographed. She took a great fancy to Mr. Pearson, whom she insisted upon kissing and blessing every morning before we started for work. She was very sweet to me too, bringing me beautiful fruit and things." Betty's Three Weeks. " We worked several days at the Pre Catalan, too, which is a real old French farm-inn, a showplace beloved of Parisians as well as tourists. We made the place our headquarters, and all the villagers used to come up there and wait for us in the evenings. They sang ' God Save the King ' in French for Left : Betty Balfour in " Squib s' Honeymoon." Blood." our delectation, and when we said ' Goodbye,' I was surprised to find that they had nearly all seen one or other of the Squibs' films. They call her ' La Petite Marchandc de Fleurs de Piccadilly,' and she seems to be well-known even in the tiny villages. We filmed our motor smash scenes near there, and on the way we were in a real one ourselves and the front of our car was absolutely smashed to pieces. No one was hurt much, though." Here, There and Everywhere. "On the Calais platform, whilst we were making boat-train scenes. Rex Ingram and Alice Terry came and introduced themselves to us, saying they were on their way to Paris, and could not possibly pas< on without wishing