Screenland (Oct 1924–Apr 1925)

SCREEN LAND 81 Heard in Hollywood spiv, By Grace Kmgsley ntonio Moreno's mother is to meet him at the boat when he arrives in Spain, and will be with him until he leaves. He hasn't seen his parents since he left his native land, a stow-away on a steamer, when he was a mere youth. The wife of the star will accompany him ;o Spain. Every one in filmland is mourning the passing of Kate Lester, who played so many grand dames in pictures. • Mrs. Lester was burned in a mysterious explosion occurring in her dressing room at Universal City, following her day's work. From all accounts gas had been left running, and caught fire when she attempted to light it at the end of the day. She was carried to the Universal City Hospital, and tenderly cared for, but died within twenty-four hours. Kathlyn Williams is to take another trip to the Orient, visiting India, Burma and adjacent countries. She will take the trip overland from Singapore to Bankok— the trip which requires the trains to stop at night because elephants and other jungle beasts get on the track. Miss Williams will be in Calcutta for Christmas. She will meet her husband, Charles Eyton, in Colombo (he has been travelling through Europe). She expects to be gone about six months. Seena Owen has come to Hollywood, and says she is going to stay. She has taken a house with her brother, and is sending for her mother, who is in New York, and for her little daughter. Sheila O'Malley, aged three and a half, was a very bad girl. She was severely punished by her illustrious father, Pat O'Malley, when he denied her the daily ice cream cone and put her to bed. "Daddy darling " began Sheila in an effort to win Pat over. "I'm not your daddy any more. Go to sleep," admonished Pat. A few minutes later a tiny voice came to Pat. "Mr. O'Malley," it said, "please give me a drink of milk!" Dangers by flood and fire are always the portion of the film actor. But added to these in the life of Milton Sills is the inevitable fight with the fists. Sills took on Tom Kennedy, former heavyweight contender, in a thirty-two minute bout during the making of "As Man Desires," at United Studios. It was a real set-to, much heavier than would be seen in most boxing rings. During the course of the mill Sills had his jaw dislocated. But what he did to Kennedy was a-plenty. He bruised him up and broke the slugger's thumb. So Sills thinks he isn't so bad, after all. Claire Windsor is back at work for Goldwyn again. She took a short vacation at the milk farm in order to put on some weight. She says that she got a lot of sewing done, because there was nothing else to do. She made some beautiful articles of lingerie besides a couple of shirts for her little boy. Over at United Studios the players are beginning to think that First National has cornered all the riparian rights for pictures. It would seem indeed that before a new player can be starred or featured in First National pictures she must first submit to a baptism by water. First it was Doris Kenyon, whose introduction to "If I Marry Again" was a week's soaking by a hose pipe in order that she might give the illusion of having been through a tropical rainstorm. Then Viola Dana joined the First National outfit, to play the part of a native dancing girl in "As Man Desires," opposite Milton Sills. In her first scene she jumps into the briny at Catalina to swim to a boat anchored off the shore. In subsequent scenes at the studio, she had to submit to the same hose as Miss Kenyon, that she might give the appearance of having swum a considerable distance. But these two players were not the only ones to get drenched, for at the same time that Miss Kenyon and Miss Dana were getting theirs, Corinne Griffith was going through the same experience in "Wilderness," in which she also is thoroughly soaked in a rainstorm scene. Riding a phantom horse over a phantom bridge is all right for a phantom, but when it comes to a real flesh and blood girl doing it — well, that's something else again, as Mr. Potash would say. Mary Philbin has to do it in "The Phantom Opera," and while she has learned to ride horseback, she is a bit scared of the great, beautiful black horse she is supposed to ride in this picture. The pace is a very fast one. "And besides," said Mary wistfully the other day, as we sat looking at her equine partner in the scene, "he does look so slippery!" Hector Sarno. a leading screen character man for fifteen years, has just had his first screen kiss! Viola Dana was the victim — or was it the beneficiary? It happens in a picture in which Miss Dana appears. Hector plays a Tahiti fisherman. Along; came Miss Dana, as DIAMONDS!! Send No Money A f¥a jsi 10 Days9 Free Trial Ull V.IGU11 «i? down and only $2 a month 3> for any of these three rings. 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