Picture Show (Nov 1919-Apr 1920)

The Picture Show, January Zht, 1920. 2! Ttxxjsim ItSaved Trouble. r"HlIE droll humour of Will Rogers, the cowJ[' boy star, is irresistible. In The Strange • ' ■ 13oardor," now in production! Rogers iv Ailed upon to fight a number of Chicago pofflpomeii with his lists. During the filming of thrffi scene, the producer insisted upon the utrfjbst expenditure of vital force upon the part of-^tie participants in the cause of realism. Liio participants, Rogers included, entered upqn the melee with such fury, that thoy were all near the point of exhaustion, and several had received blows that had caused much loss of temper, when Rogers blurted out from the middle of the purring and panting mass : " My, but there's a helluva lot of cops in ( Ihioago ! " This unexpected burst of wit set the crowd in a roar, and would have spoiled the scene if it had not been sufficiently photographed at the time it occurred. It also apparently prevented a couple of serious scraps on the part of men in the mix-up, who thought they had been too roughly handled. He Could Ask. IT takes a lot of patience to get information from slow thinking " hay seeds " along a country road. At least J. Warren Kerrigan thinks so. While his latest picturo, " Thirty Thousand Dollars," was being filmed, Kerrigan went on a hunt through some farming country that lies to (he north of Los Angeles. Finding that he was a little mixed, he stopped his car beside a grizzled old patriarch, who was fitting on a stone just off the roadway. '* Pardon me," said Jack, " but may 1 ask you where this road leads to ? " The person addressed, slowly plucked a straw from his mouth and squinted up quizzically. "To be sure ye can." " Well, where ? " " Duvned if I know," drawled the man. " I'm a Stranger 'round here ! " Anything for a Souvenir. SOUVENIR collectors abound everywhere. Also, they will collect anything. In proof of which, they are telling this story out at the Uoldwyn studios. While Jack pickford and his company were up in the mountains taking scones for " The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Com°," a young boy from one of the mountain shanties followed them around all the time. He wasn't communicative, but he told one of the company that he'd seen Jack Pickford in pictures and it was almost too good to be true, to see him " really and truly alive." One day, the star dropped a cigarette end, when lie was called suddenly before the camera. 3?he boy dashed forward and picked it up. Then with reverent hands, he wrote on the S 'vnp of white paper, still unbnrned : " Jak Pikferd smokd this-here weed." Like the Real Thing. SOME visitors were watching the producer direct several scenes in " Let's be Fashionable," the latest production, starring Douglas MacLean and Doris May in the interior of i B charming little " newly-weds " home, and showed the first quarrel, starting over a trivial thing, the hanging of a picturo. Both Mr. MacLean and Miss May, put lots of spirit into the quarrel, and one of the visitors asked, "Are they really married, off the screen? " " Mr. MacLean is, but not to Miss May," answered tho guide. "Oh," replied tho visitor, "I felt -ore they were, they quarrel so beautifully, together.'' Caused a Lot of Trouble. JACK KERRIGAN was showing a lady around the studios. She was an inquisitive little thing, and wanted to get the facts about everything. "And, Mr. Kerrigan, who is that worn, tired looking man over there ? " H& That fellow," said Jack, " has more enemies than anyone olse in the world, with the possible exception of the Kaiser." " Really 1 Who is he ? " " He's our casting director ! " It Cured Him. HUNGER drove me to it," Bert LyttU explained, when he was arrested for exceeding tho speed limit. " I was starved, and rushing to the hotel to. get a square meal." That there are less expensive ways of getting up an appetite the Metro, star decided after paying his fine. This week he has each day walked three miles to and from the studio, while his motor-car reposes neglected in the garage. A Smart Retort. " I don't like these shoes," complained the film actress, " because the soles are too thick." " Is that the only objection '! " blandly asked the shopkeeper. " Yes," she replied. " Then, madame, if you take the shoes, T can assure you that that objection will gradually wear away." Starting Easily. Pkrcy, the screen pet : " I'm going in for athletics, Miss Loveliness. Doctor lias ordered me some exercise." Miss Loveliness: "I shouldn't do anything too severe at first. Try rolling your own cigarettes '. " — — Helpless. Artiste's Wife : " What ! '£* hey said that about me ! I presume, George, as my husband, you had something to say to it ? " Abtiste : " You seem to forget, my dear, that they were standing the lunch ! " A Difference. Habry : "Did the leading lady entertain your proposal ? " Bert : " On the contrary, my proposal seemed to entertain her." Strategy. Stella : " What did your husband say when he saw the bill for your now gown } " Viola : " I didn't hear, I started to play on the piano ! " — M — ■ She'd Like It. Madgb : " Would £Ou marry a spendthrift, my dear 1 " Maujorie : " It. wouldn't be so bad if ho were just starting on his career." Appearing Shortly. wmmmm HARM. S WORTH S BBnnum UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA //) fortnightly parts, price 1,3 each. 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