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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1921
Page
8
The piece lists films and stars with upcoming appearances and productions. The 40 reel Bible is cut to 10 reels for U S audiences while The Young Diana features Marion Davies as an aged man restored by a scientist. Theda Bara virally touring for pin money and Corinne Griffith plays piano in The Single Track.
Gloria Swanson, tied up at the Lasky studio in Hollywood for a year on Cecil B. DeMille’s The Affairs of Anatol The Great Moment and Don’t Tell Everything, will vacation in New York watching other people act.
Rumor says Mary Pickford and Doug Fairbanks will not co star in a single film under United Artists contract. Each was slated for three pictures a year, with Pickford already on her second and unable to finish a third within the year. A dual appearance would likely draw less audience than separate releases.
Dorothy Davenport once known as Mrs. Wallace Reid begins work on Behind the Masks with Lester Cuneo. She will use Mrs. Wallace Reid as her screen name in the new production.
Paramount star Betty Compson appears in The Woman In the Case at Hollywood Paramount studios wearing a blonde wig to disguise her chestnut curls. Even fellow players fail to recognize her off set in the new production directed by Penrhyn Stanislaus.
On a location trip actor Tom Santschi bet director Ronald Bradbury that the first deer bagged would grant ownership of all venison shot. The loser would face a punishment of a fish diet.
Henry King directs with Richard Barthelmess as star recreating West Virginia mountain characters from Hergesheimer tale Tolble David. Filming captures exact locations and the principal figures from the novel in a faithful adaptation.
Edwin Kimball father of Clara Kimball Young rises as a featured player in a Harry Garson film. He has often supported his daughter on screen and worked as a stock actor, with several seasons at the Lois theatre.
Charlotte Greenwood heads to Los Angeles to star in the film adaptation of Linger Longer Letty. She originated the title role on stage. George Chesbro, famed leading man for Olive Thomas Juanita Hansen and Ruth Roland, will headline a Northwest Mounted Police series with The Recall as the first installment.
A compiled update lists actors in Europe filming prospects and pending projects. Mentions Clarence In a Claire, Grace Darmond in The Song of Life with Gaston Glass, Dinnie Wallie Reid's next vehicle The Champion, Julian Eltinge address in New York, and the claim that William Jennings Bryan’s daughter has not appeared on film.
Bessie Beasle Love treated summer as a vacation touring Catalina Island with the Hobart Boneworth company then returned from a Sierra location shoot with Tom Santachi Ruth Stonehouse and other Santech cast members for additional engagements.
Jack Holt begins his first Paramount starring role in The Call of the North, adapting Stewart E. White’s Alaska novel Conjurer's House. Jack Cunningham wrote the screen adaptation and Joseph Henaberg will direct at the Lasky studio in Hollywood.
Gloria Swanson, recovered from a minor operation at a Los Angeles hospital, plans to leave Hollywood for a short vacation in New York. Five Tarzan film actors were mauled by lions during a major scene and are now recovering at a Hollywood hospital.
Louise Fazenda, the eccentric comedienne, temporarily deserts comedy for cosmopolitan drama and has departed from the Pacific coast.
The Inside of the Cup was presented as a Sunday sermon at the First Universalist church in Birmingham Alabama. The message drew from the novel to explore faith and moral themes within a local religious setting.
Harry Meyers will star opposite Marie Prevost in the screen production The Girl Who Knew All About Men. The cast centers on Meyers and Prevost with the film continuing at local studios.
Elinor Glyn's first photoplay The Great Moment continues its Broadway run in its third week, drawing ladies and crowds to the presentation.
A survey of how music accompanies film acting shows varied use by stars and directors. Mary Pickford prefers mellow strings, Cecil DeMille employs a violinist for sobby airs, and George Melford leans on jazz to lift spirits.
Harry Myers and Raymond Hatton will play the chief crooks in the film version of Turn to the Right. Metro plans to spend about 700000 dollars for the purchase. Rex Ingram will direct and Jack Mulhall will play the juvenile lead.
Myrtle Reed story The Sign of the Jack o Lantern is to be filmed with Lloyd Ingraham directing after recent success on Lavender and Old Lace. Ralph Graves has joined the cast for Peter B Kyne’s Kindred of the Dust at First National.
The Earl Carroll theatre in New York is nearing completion as the actress expresses plans to head her own stock company next winter, signaling a major artistic venture and long-term stage ambition.
Agnes Ayres will headline her first starring vehicle in The Lane That Has No Turning, an adaptation announced as the film marks a new era for the actress with Sir Gilbert Parker credited as the source author.
California reports Elinor Glyn will organize a personal production company and produce a first film titled Six Days. The move signals her continued influence in cinema and creative control over forthcoming projects.
The Italian ex-wrestler Bull Montana, famed for ugliness as his attribute, stars as a criminal in Crazy to Marry at the Liberty. Despite lacking beauty, he ranks among the era’s popular performers, rivaling Fatty Arbuckle in appeal.
An extra accuses Paramount star Thomas Meighan of injuring him during a fight scene in Cappy Ricks. The alleged incident occurred in a saloon brawl on set, with the extra claiming his jaw was fractured by Meighan's powerful punch.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford to star in a ten reel feature with 94 scenes. The film opens at the Lyric Theatre in New York with both stars expected to appear. Pauline Frederick returns from Cheyenne as Frontier Week honors guest. Priscilla Dean’s next project is Wild Honey directed by Colin.
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