Picturegoer (1922)

DECEMBER 1922 Pictures and Pict\jKeQoer 27 Likewise This One. " Me for ;i quiet time this year," Hex Davis 'led. ircd. " I shall not be knocking any villains about before dinner, nor seeing Crimson Cir< les after. Just ourselves, and a lire. No ; no house party. Not 1 his year. As to the New Year, well I'm still an Optimist, you know So we'll leave it at that." Circumventing the Calendar. " Whatever shall I do this Christmas, " wondered Violet Hopson, "if my work takes me to the South of France, winch seems very likely ? And whatever will Nicholas and Jessica do ? Because I've always spent Christmas at home with my loved ones; and it the Riviera is to be my filming ground, it will be the first year my children and 1 have been separated. We shall simply defy the calendar, and keep Christmas when 1 return to England." The Outdoors and the Inner Man. 1 love Christmas in England, though I've spent so many abroad," was Yicto'r McLaglen's mandate. " 1 mean to go skating, if only the weather will oblige. I'm fond of tobogganing, too, though when we tumble— which does happen sometimes it isn't always great fun for the fellow 1 fall upon. But it's great sport. Healthy exercise in the snow gives one a wonderful appetite for Christmas fare and I like turkey and plum-pudding. The charms of a country Christmas attract Gregory Scott, too. " I shall positively play golf,'' said he, " and probably go a-hunting. In any case, I shall have a good time. 1 always do at Christmas." " The Green' Caravan "-ers. " 1," said Valia, the " Vamp." of the Green Caravan, " mean to sit and toast my toes before the largest fire I can build. I shall long for the sunshine and the springtime, and thank goodness I'm not in Russia whilst the snow is on the ground." " And I," said Catherine Calvert, " expect to be appearing on the London stage, so I shall not be able to be at home. But home's wherever little Paul is, and we shall have a tree and a turkey in English fashion." Catherine Calvert is Mrs. Paul Armstrong in private life, and her small son Paul is her one and only hobby. He is a bright little fellow, and last time I saw him could talk of little else but bis " family," as he styles the stray kitten he has adopted. " Holmes' Home Hobby." Eille Norwood, no matter what he may say to the contrary, is certain to spend, part of his Christmas in what he calls his " workshop " at home. For he is playing " Sherlock Holmes " in The Sign ■ >/' Four, and as soon as that's finished, he is to star in another fifteen two-reelers in the Sherlock Holmes series Entirely surrounded by grease paint, hair, gum, and what appear to the uninitiated lo lie nieili.iA.il instruments of torture, Norwood will perfect and plan out the new disguises in which he will be seen on [023 screens. Most, probably he will try I hem out upon his wife and daughter first. Tony and Tod. Undeterred by the painful propress of the character he portrayed in Gamblers III, Ton} Eraser unblushingly replied, " I'm going to gamble," when 1 asked him what he intended to do this Christmas Henry Yibart and his daughter. Myrtle, who play together in " Weavers oj Fortune." Circle : Catherine Calvcrl in The Green Caravan." tide. " Over at Monte Carlo," he declared. " I shall indulge in my favourite indoor pastime until I've lost the wherewith. Unless I win, which does occasionally happen. In that case I shall extend my vacation until I am needed in my next film." Malcolm Tod, who can be seen in The Thief (Quality Plays.) this month, told me that he expected to be in the thick of a new production at Ksher. " Hut, in any case," he said, " on Christmas Day I shall eat, drink, dance, lie in bed, slide down anything 1 can find on a tea tray in the snow, (I hope there's going to be snow), and finish up by going to town to dine with my mother a tiling I've never missed doing yet, and never mean lo Ini identallv. Malcolm is musical, and owns to being able to play almost anything playable, One of his New Year resolutions is to Bromley Davenport hopes his screen latrimonial experiences won't come true in real hie this Christmas. become the owner of a saxophone, and he has procured an extra largesized Christmas stockin g in the hope that someone will deposit one of these instruments of torture therein. A Family Affair. Henry Yibart, the famous "father " in so many Hepworth cesses, has had most of the bestknown British leads for his "children," in one film or another. Just now, he is working at Davidson's ; and, for the first time in his career, his film child is hisown daughter, Myrtle Vibart. Myrtle is not so well known to pic turegoers as her 1 >ad whose silvery hair and benign cast of features make him an ideal exponent of fatherly roles. When they were in the Chiltern Hills on location for this film, which is titled Weavers oj Fortune, the scenario demanded that both should be out in a heavj rainstorm. But, for once, the British climate did not live up to its rainy character, and so pails of cold water were called into requisition. After several drench in us, Myrtle decided that, even film life has its draw-backs. Father should have warned her in advance. Two Busy Players. 1 met Clive Brook and his pretty wife, Mildred Evelyn, dee]) in discussion of the relative makes and values of fur coats. I leave it to you whose coat it was to he and who won. Clive and his lair partner only meet after working hours these days : for he is playing at Elstree, in Gret >.: Island, and she is Doreen " in PaddyIhc-Next-Jiest-Thing, at Islington.