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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
3
A light column riffing on plays writers and movies. The writer jokes about scenarioists failing to write while awake, Archie the comedy star and Dearie, and a sleep-inducing film. A pun filled piece ends with a Julius Caesar quip about dates and words.
Viola Dana stars in Sorrentina a Metro production where ten men are paid to be shaved and given haircuts. A fully equipped modern barber shop stands on a Metro studio stage with running hot water and a colored porter. Four expert barbers work under director Dallas Fitzgerald on this episode of Donn Byrne's story.
Polls screens Dead Men Tell No Tales with an all star cast and a vivid tale of gold fever, sea battles and danger. An unusual vaudeville bill led by Franklin Charles and Co. features Ridiculousness Lucie and Harris in four spot, Hilda’s Budd dance and more, plus a Pathe News segment.
Jane Novak and Mouse Peters lead in Isanel with James Oliver Curwood. Hebe Danteln and Harrison Ford in Oh Lady Lady. Gareth Hughes stars in The Lure of Youth as a country boy turned playwright. Metro touts extravagantly titled specials. Marion Davies plans a Christmas party for neighborhood kids. Hearts Are Trumps, The Missesdting Lady, Cinderella’s Twin among Metro releases. Mae Murray busy with The Gilded Lily and home renovations. Scrap Iron stars Charles Ray as a fighter seeking revenge. Alice Lake and company face a heavy snowstorm in Big Bear while filming Mother Love. Mts Wobly ends state expansion funding in Hollywood.
Colleen Moore, once a Chicago schoolgirl, now a film star in Hollywood, reveals how intensive study and sacrifices propelled her from a ten year old dreamer to a nineteen year old actress under D. W. Griffith’s early guidance. She discusses career choices, work with leading studios, and the demanding path to success in film.
The Park Theatre presents Your Old Pal and Joy at the Park running Thursday through Saturday. James E. Cooper directs the production with Williams writing and Dan Boddy arranging the dance numbers. Notable cast includes Harry Choinney Cooper Snitz Moore Lew Christy Millia Valeska Risa Huber Pauline Harris Sapine and the famed Al Reeves Beauty Chorus of twenty four. The program also features Seeds of Vengeance at the Plaza and West End’s Leopard Woman with House Peters, plus The Price of Redemption at the Empire and Buster Keaton’s The Scarecrow two reel comedy.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah toured the Goldwyn Studios at Culver City last week and was impressed by the busy production. He viewed the studio with H E Wdington and Arthur F Slauer, learning how the wheels of film making turn as Lionel Belmore, famed from The Great Lover, recalled his fifteen years alongside Sir Henry Irving.
Madame Rose Dion discusses Bessie Love's new western Penny produced by Goldwyns. The film lacks a traditional villain yet offers gripping situations. It features a dance hall scene and a western backdrop shot around Tucson Arizona with performances influenced by Sarah Bernhardt.
John Drew plans a revival of Rip Van Walkie with himself in the title role Maude Adams signs with Shubert for Winter Garden Lillian Russell will perform Shakespearean roles including Desdemona Ophelia and Lady Macbeth Mary Preford to play vampiric roles Theda Bara to abandon vampire parts in Gutter Wouldn t Melt In Her Mouth Eva Tanguay joins David Belasco in I Don t Care William Faversham to star in Little Lord Fauntleroy with Maxine Elliott as mother William S Hart to debut as a society lad in a film adaptation Douglas Fairbanks to portray an invalid in his next picture
The cast of The Girl From Nowhere includes Elaine Hammerstein William Davidson Huntley Gordon Louise Prussing Colin Campbell and Al H Stewart. Jimmie Harrison is loaned to Constance Talmadge for a major role. Catherine Emmet joins Georg Fitemaurice Paying the Piper, marking a bit of screen and stage history as she reunites with John Barrymore’s Anatol co stars Marguerite Clark Gail Kane and Doris Keane.
At a New York theater Mary Carr met admirers after a performance of Over the Hill. A well dressed stranger thanked her for the film and presented a costly handkerchief, saying tears of laughter inspired its dampness.
The American actress Pearl White, hailed as extremely wealthy in German and Austrian press, receives thousands of appeals for food drafts via Austrian relief efforts. She notes responding to all such requests would require a Rockefeller fortune, given the widespread claims of her wealth.
William Faversham stars in a dramatic tale where a man trying to do right is misjudged. A gambling scene with a drunken boy sparks accusations of crime, yet the motive is to teach a warning against drinking and gambling.
Frank Berzase heads to New York with Chester Lyons to launch a Cosmopolitan project while D W Grimm plans a five reel Dorothy Gish comedy series. The Girl in the Taxi, written by Anthony Mars, features an all star cast including King Vidor, Grace Gunard, Otis Harlan, and Lina Plummer. William S Hart nears Paramount retirement with Indian stories for boys as several celebs report appendicitis outbreaks. Martha Mansfield debuts a daring black lace evening gown with voluminous draperies and a long train.
J G Hawks, newly signed head of Goldwyn's editorial department, learned from a single article that he has "absolutely no affections." He was shocked and wondered if a writer sought revenge. A follow up note clarified the sentence should have read "no affectation," yet he chose not to read further stories to avoid the trap of the "shack" of publicity.
Elaine Hammerstein notes modern women seek jade and colorfully beaded necklaces with oblong beads and circular ones every fifth. Beadwork designs vary from uniform to graduated sizes with tassels and ribbons. curio shops brim with original pieces. During Ruth Roland filming Edward Hearn, her leading man, was seriously injured after a fall from his horse.
More than 26000 dollars was realized at the sale of the late Olive Thomas’s personal effects in Paris. The auction included jewelry furs and automobiles. Prominent film stars attended and purchased keepsakes of their departed friend.
Word from Warrenton Virginia describes Eugene O'Brien and the company filming Worlds Apart in the fox hunting country. Leading the cast was Courtland Smith with society guests including Mr and Mrs Drexel Riddle Philadelphia Mrs Robert Hill daughter of Senator Bikins Virginia Mr and Mrs Allen Potts New York Mira Madoxe Stone New York and Sterling Larrabee The Warrenton Hunt headquarters at the Green Hotel hosted the production party.
Richards undoing exposed as a man named Rishard Dix known in Goldwen street area. He faced scrutiny after two years of parking his flower, then abandoning it for long periods. His wife witnessed the pattern, and police noted in district traffic court records that the magistrate would see him next.
Bert Lytell completes The Misleading Lady adapted from Goddara and Dickey with Lucy Cotton opposite. Daisy Robinson to star in Irvin Willar’s Partners of the Tide. Trail of the Axe scenic Rockies shoot. A new two-story tenement set to burn in A Message from Mars. Henry King to direct The Mistress 1 Shenstone. Martha Mansfield joins Selznick slate.
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