Picturegoer (1922)

34 ricrvres ana ricrurevuer ocr i E.iviDcr\ i^z/ u y w of less Above : Tess's home on Chatswnrth Lake. Left: Lunch -time on location. T~""V are-legged, bare-armed, 1 bare headed, ex( ept I— <^ for a tangled mane of \ sunny < urls, a small, 1 • energetic figure has I been haunting Chats^^m worth Lake, Cali^r fornia, for the past few weeks. A re-incarnation, i hough anything but os1 With a big company la vers, mi luding a dozen delightful children, Mary Pickford has made ( hatsworth her headquarters for the exteriors of l lie new version of her old success, Tessibel of the Storm " I shall surely re-film I said Mary, when " Picturegoer " interviewed her in England last winter. " 1 can'1 say just when, because the rights .neii i mine yet, though they soon will be, I hope." Thai she meant what she said, these pid ures plainly prove. Rack in i'H(. over eight years ago, in Famous Lasky studios, the first screen -urn of "' ressibel " was made; and little Mary, a comparative newcomer to the fold, roamed about in a pair oi fisher woman's hoots, many times too large for nd a dilapidated rag of a gown. I(ss," with her ud her impulsive ways, was the biggest character-role that had, so far, fallen to Mary's lot, and she revelled in it. So did the rest of the world when the feature was finished. In more or less abbreviated form, the old five-reeler has been re-issued and re-issued again, to meet public demands, which proves that the new film will receive a rapturous welcome. Many scenes, hitherto omitted, are 10 be included in this second filming, and the Grace Miller White story is to have eight reels (three more than previously) devoted to its unfoldment. All the world liked Mary's work in Tessibel ; but Mary herself finds many faults with it, and means to make the new " Tess " an improvement on the old. Photography and settings, etc., have naturally advanced much since the initial production came into being. The village scenes then were probably made in the studios, for Famous at that time prided themselves on the fact that they could (and did) make " exteriors " in their big studios. To-day, however, squatters' huts were submitted in model form to the star and her director (John Robertson), and, after being approved, were erected in sufficient quantities to form a complete fishing village by Chatsworth Lake. The burning of these by the stern old landowner will be a more spectacular affair this time than formerly. Left : Inspecting ■ »'•— ,/ model with her — director and i-' camera-man. if ~ f& t* On location at Chat Lake.