Picture Show (Oct 1920 - Apr 1921)

c Picture Show, January 29<A, 1821. " PICTURE SHOW" CHAT. How Doraldina Received Her Name. DO you know how Madatno Doraldina, the originator of tho Hula Hula dance, and probably the most famous dancer of America, came into possession of her name ? Years ago she journeyed to Madrid to see a famous daneiog instructor. At a railway station en route, a baggage-man produced a piece of paper, and indicated that sly; nas to write her name thereon. " Dora L. Dina/' ■wrote the girl. Some hours later the trunk arrived at her hotel, with a great red label affixed to every yiecc of baggage. " Doraldina '' was the name ihe railway employee had written. When the dancinf student showed tho ejyjl to her instructor, as an evidence of the many trialfl of the traveller, he smiled at first, theh uttered an exclamation of triumph. " Just the thing for you ! " he said. " Willi that as your professional name, you cannot but succeed. The name alone will attract the public/' Can You Wonder? GEORGE FISHER wants to take a hero part. In a coming film with William , Russel!, Brute McGuiro," he is again cast for the villain, and he and " Big Bill :' have n regular all-round fight, from which George; on account of the script, emerges beaten, owing to Bill's sledge-hammer blows. Just for once-, he says, he would love to be a hero, so that he could give the villain a good hiding. — A Unique Holiday. LOUISE FAZENDA, the well-known comedienne, is having a Unique holiday. She has left for a tour of all the principal cities of America, where she will be the guest of honour at various luncheons, banquets, receptions, and dances. I hear New York Motion Picture Colony -.nc planning an elaborate reception for her, and Lafayette, Indiana, the birthplace of the little 'omedienne, has declared tho day of her visit a holiday, and a Fazenda fair will be staged in her honour. — ♦■♦ — Good News From Fritzi Brunette. FRITZ I BRUNETTE, 1 am pleased to say, tells me that she is now convalescing after a severe attack of influenza, and will shortly begin work .on a new photo-play. When the Devil Was Cold. WITH all due respect to tho climate of California, Philo McCullough confesses that after sundown it becomes decidedly and refreshingly cool, and tho thermometer sinks down until the rising sun starts it on tho upward course again. This confession follows an account of Mr. McCullough £ experience tho other njgbt when taking a part in a Fox picture. He was requested to dress in tho .costume of Mephistophcles for a masked ball scene. It was an outdoor scene Ojf) the deck of a boat, and in order to get the right lighting effecjt., * the gecnes had to bo taken at night. At 2 a.m. l'hilo says that ljo declared in a chattering voico that long before dawn tho .f devil '* would be frozen past any thawing. Hawaii Pictures, Music, and Dances. ONE of the most entertaining shows in London, which is now being held at tho Philharmonic Hell, and which will shortly travel to all tho principal halls in Great Britain,' is " Happy Hawaii.'' By coloured photographs and thrilling moving pictures of volcanoes in eruption, surf ridinc. anil tho visit of our own Prince of Wales to tho islands in April last, Mildred Leo Clemens, u cousin of Mai y Twain, tells us about these beautiful islands in tho South Pacific. A band of Hawaiian dancers and singers in native dress sing their native songs, play their primitive music, and dance their native dances. GWYN STRATFORD, the heroine in the Stoll version of Nat Gould's famous novel " A Rank Outsider," is a.Camdian by birth, and is, among other things, an excellent swimmer and horsewoman. Try to see this interesting entertainment when it comes to your town. How Dorothy Keeps Fit. DOROTHY DALTON, who is recognised as one of the most physically perfect actresses, has this to say about keeping lit under such a strain. " All actresses who work simultaneously on stiige and screen have certain definite health rules they have adopted from experience. " I have always taken the greatest care of myself, and havo taken part in as many outdoor sports as possible. -So I suppose I naturally had an unusually strong constitution to begin with. However, when I accepted the heavy role of Aphrodite, which I knew would entail eight performances a week, I realised that it woUld mean giving up social activities, end buckle down to nothing but work and rest. Practically the only exercise I could ever get was walking, and I assert that even ten minutes of honest -to-goodness. walking will do moro than several hours of languid rambling. •Some walking enthusiasts claim that, if properly done, a man needs no other form of exereise. Perhaps they are right, but I am too fond of other forms of exercise to agrcv' More Marguerite Clark Films. MARGUERITE CLARKE is producing with her own company now, and is hard at work on the screen version of tho wellknown stage play, " Scrambled Wives.-' Fay Filmer. FROM " OVER THERE/* Notes and News From New York. Jack Pickford Wants to Direct. JACK PICKFORD has expressed himself as being unwilling to return to tho screen for some time. The death of his young wife was a shock in spite of tho many accusations of indifference levelled in his direction by tho Olive Thomas admirers. He is eager to "direct a picture, and has spent a great deal of time with Marshall Neilan, tho youthful Irish genius who used to direct his sister Mary, It is said he may be given a chance to try his skill at the directorial end one of these days. — — «!( » Bringing Back the Orient. ELSIE FERGUSON, than whom there is no one with more exquisite taste, has brought back enough curios and antiques to fill a room. She gathered all theso Chinese jade, Ming, and bits of rare ivory and brass on her trip to the Orient. Her home is one of tho most beautiful houses 1 have ever seen, and will havo to havo an addition built to hold all theso treasures she has carried homo with her. Elsie's house looks as though some ono who loves hi? home lives there — there are plenty of books) and magazines scattered about, and a genuine air of occupancy that somehow is missing ih many American houses. HENRY EDWARDS snapped at a London coffee stall while appearing for scenes in "The Amazing Quest ol Mr. Ernest Bliss." Switching the Plot. IF you think it is easy to act in a motion picture with a French director and an entire French company, ask Fanny Ward. She had her, troubles. True, there was an interpreter, and she does speak a little French, but not enough to cause any anxiety in Paris. Tho interpreter grew bored with his job, and only reported when there was nothing else to occupy his time. When tho picture was about half finished, " Jack Dean, Fanny's husband, came to her ono day. and said dramatically : " Something is wrong ! They havo changed the plot ! It doesn't look right ! " • . . , '] Fanny, who had a dim suspicion that she was being too vampish for an ingenue, was in a panic. She brought two English-speaking friends to tho studio, and found to her horror her worst fears were confirmed. The villain grew weary of his thankless role, and switched parts. Fanny was supposed to bo lured into his room and to fall into his toils, instead of this little secno the tables were turned, and she was tho sinner instead of tho victim. In other words she did tho lurking. Then there was a sceno acted, that will not soon bo forgotten, according to Fanny herself, who told me tho story when 1 was in Paris. In her best French, generously interposed with a sprinkling nf strons; English, sho told tho director what she thought of the whole blank'etyblank plot. The director protended to bo aggrieved at her accusations, bnt tho villain came forth and admitted tho truth. " How dared you I " gasped Fanny. " Well," he explained, " my public likes me. and I did not like to play a character so devoid of moral sense." " What about me ? " shrieked Fanny. " I didn't think you [would care,", was his naive answer., „ After having exhausted her vocabulary and her temper, Fanny's well-known sense of humour asserted itself, and sho laughixl until sho cried. Thinking he hod a . crazy woman to deal with, tho French nctor wrung his hands, and said: J. • ~" Oh, those Anierienns, those. Americans ! " One on Marguerite Clark. OH, look ! There goes Marr guerite Clark," said a girl watching tho tiny actress* disappear into a milliner store tho other day. " No, ft i "n't she," was the answer. " Well, if it isn't, it is someone tryinn to look exactly like her," was the reply. Mis* Clark made no sign of having heard tho remark ; but sho heard it all right — at least, «ho says sho did. Louella O. Parsons.