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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
8
The feature presentation The Child Thou Gavest Me is praised for its dramatic climax. Barbara Castleton is highlighted for beauty and emotional acting in the lead role at the Strand theater.
The Texan opening today features Tom Mix as the star in the Fox production. The plot includes Mix hurling a lariat to introduce himself to a woman, described as one of the film’s best bits. Tom Santschi is reported on leave from Pathe to a California mountains area for hunting and fishing.
Mrs J Dikes sister to Mabel Nor a popular screen comedienne and wife of Capt Dikes of the 21st Infantry who has been stationed in Alaska visited the city this week. They left aboard the Admiral Schley for Los Angeles to visit Miss Normand.
The Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles hosts a cafe scene for Paramount's Exit the Vamp directed by Frank Orson with Ethel Clayton starring. The hotel orchestra and waiter props stay, lights powered by a generator, and T Roy Barnes co stars as leading man.
Lila Lee again supports Wallace Reid in his new Paramount feature Rent Free at the Lasky studio. She returns to lead female roles after The Charm School and appears alongside Roscoe Arbuckle in two projects and in William de Mille's After the Show.
Anita Stewart’s star ring vehicle at Louis B Mayer First National has been renamed from The Price of Happiness to Her Mad Bargain The script was written for the screen by Josephine Quirk Edwin Carewe directed Miss Stewart in Her Mad Bargain with Walter McGrail Arthur Edmund Carewe Gertrude Aster Adele Farrington Ernest Butterworth Margaret Mc Wade and William Badger in the supporting cast.
Louis B. Sayer presents The Song of Life directed by John M. Stahl. Stars Gaston Glass Grace Darmond Richard Headrick and Georgia Woodthorpe. The story is by Stahl with a second aria by Bess Meredith. Ernest Palmer handles photography.
Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker headline the comedy Buddies at the Met in Over the Hill era entertainment. The two stars headline a lighthearted film project described as a friendly on screen pairing.
Western star Jack Hoxie visited the Children's Orthopedic hospital and the Mother Butler home delivering candy and cheer. He walked wards and yards in a cowboy costume feeding every child and posing as a friend to the youngsters before heading to the Colonial theatre for screenings. He will depart Seattle Monday for Los Angeles to begin a new production.
Constance Talmadge completes Good for Nothing from John Emerson and Anita Loos and plans a Canadian vacation. Kenneth Harlan supports her in the picture with Frank Lalor George Fawcet Nita Naldi Theresa Marwell Conover and Thomas Carr in the cast.
Colleen Moore suffered a deep cut on the arm from broken glass while in a scene at Goldwyn. The injury was not serious and she continued her acting duties.
Actors like others need rest and Eugene O'Brien has swum in Long Island Sound golfed and motored near New York awaiting his call He has begun work on Chival rous Charlie a story from May Tully Robert Milian directing at Selznick studios in Fort Lee
Marjorie Prevost, sister of Marie Prevost, was arrested for speeding and ignored a court summons. A bench warrant was issued as she became among the first film luminaries caught in Los Angeles new police dragnet for motor vehicle speeding.
Leatrice Joy, seen in Bunty Pullea the Strings, has been engaged by Cecil B. DeMille for a prominent role in his new Paramount production, scheduled to begin about September 1. DeMille aims to set an example by producing a big picture in record speed.
A large blaze struck pioneer studio facilities in Los Angeles causing $100,000 in losses to the Selig Company. The fire consumed completed prints of "The Ros ary" while the negative was saved, preserving potential future work.
Agnes Ayres speaks of empathy with American soldiers in border camps where sandstorms are common. For a week she has endured a large sandstorm stirred by airplane motors, to feature in The Sheik movie adaptation directed by George Melford for Paramount.
Emily W Prorence Vidtor has become a star in Bits of Life. Harriet Hammond, formerly a Mack Sennett bathing beauty, has a key role. Dorothy J Mary Thurman debuts bobbed hair while in Should a Man Marry. Betty Doris May co stars with Douglas McLean and married Wallace MacDonald. Augie Billie Burke has red hair. Lila Lee in Daisy Os born from Midsummer Madhews. Eric Von Stroheim married Valerie de Germanprest. Loris Keane tours with Romance on stage. Banl Sydney is married to Priscilla Wheeler Oakman.
Martha Mansfield is recalled from vaudeville to support Conway Tearle in A Man of Stone. She previously supported Tearle in Society Snobs and led opposite Eugene O Brien in several Selznick pictures.
Arrangements have been made for the presentation in London of the big film success Over the Hill which will finish a five week run at the Metropolitan next Saturday. The picture is drawing demand from all quarters and may set a world record for response. Mary Carr stars as Ma Benton delivering a strong portrayal of Will Carleton’s Farm Ballads character.
The Paramount film A Prince There Was stars Lois Wilson Nigel Barrie Sylvia Ashton Little Charlotte Jackson Arthur Hull Guy Oliver and Fred Huntley in the screen adaptation of George M. Cohan's stage hit.
Lila Lee stars in Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle’s Paramount picture Freight Prepaid playing a dual role a country girl and a city girl showcasing her range in the comedy drama.
The star inspected the evolving sets this week for her upcoming production The Infidel. Casting is set to begin in a few days as preparations move forward in Los Angeles.
Mary Pickford completes Little Lord Fauntleroy in a long production cycle and plans a rest before another tale. Mary Miles Minter tours Europe, visiting Flanders and meeting celebrities. John Griffith Wray buys yachts and writes a stage play. Grace Darmond tours Pacific Grove by motor with friends. The Daughter of Brahma will star Grace Darmond, with George Periolat returning from Chicago. Charles Ray’s A Midnight Bell is the first to pass New York censorship with no deletions.
Norma and Constance Talmadge take critic roles for each other while each works on films like The Sign on the Door. Norma praises their long friendship and differing styles that offer fresh director perspectives.
Maude Adams and Charlie Ray share similar traits and dislike for notoriety as their stage and screen premiers of A Midnight Bell draw crowds at The Liberty. The play in picture form is a hit this week.
Elaine Hammerstein, famed screen star, will headline the film Bachelors Blush. The drama, written by George Weston, will be directed by Alan Crosland for Selznick staff and was first published as a story in the Saturday Evening Post.
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