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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1922
Page
8
Paramount presents the production Behold My Wife featuring Tail Julienne Scott Frank Armour Milton Sills as cast members. This item notes the film lineup and participating actors in a brief entertainment blurb.
Child actor Jackie Coogan travels to England to film Oliver Twist under the direction of Frank Lloyd. Lloyd previously directed A Tale of Two Cities, one of his notable achievements in Dicken's stories.
The Liberty News shows a Seattle crowd opening track training at the University of Washington. It features a Seattle built lumber stacking machine creating 75 foot piles and images of the Seattle Bicycle Club on an all day ride. News of the nation and world also appear in this edition.
Leena Owen filed for divorce from actor George Walsh in Los Angeles courts. Estelle Taylor named as corespondent. Owen seeks custody of her 5 year old daughter and a share of community property valued at $50,000. Walsh and Owen wed in Chicago in January 1916.
Conrad Nagel is shown as an oif driller and later a member of parliament a New York millionaire and a lawyer in The Ordeal a Paramount picture directed by Paul Powell Agnes Ayres stars in the film and Nagel takes a respectable family man role in the story
King Vidor has completed filming The Real Adventure by Henry Kitchell Webster and is now cutting the production. The title of his next picture has not yet been announced.
Wallace Reid shoots The Dictator in San Francisco with Lila Lee as leading lady. Gloria Swanson awaits The Gilded Cage signal. George Fitzmaurice finished The Man from Home shot in Italy and London. Mary Winnie, Eddie Polo’s niece, stars in The Man Who Smiled. Betty Compson born in Beaver City Utah. A Guilty Cause first Tom Santechi two reelers is done. Tom Meighan to star in Manslaughter Cecil DeMille’s next. A stork visits Alfred Green’s home.
Rex Ingram argues American women tire of bright young businessmen and seek subtly brilliant lovers. He cites The Prisoner of Zenda as proof that scintillating heroes captivate women, citing Rudolph Valentino and Ramon Samaniros as rising screen icons and noting The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse boosted Valentino’s fame.
Hebe Daniels camps in Arizona for three weeks filming outdoor sequences in the Paramount picture War of Paradise. She co stars with Jack Holt and her lily white nose is noted to be dotted with brown beauty spots, a feature usually associated with juveniles.
Dorothy Phillips dons bobbed hair for The Soul Seeker produced by Allen Holubar for First National, joining parallel release A Bachelor Daddy with Thomas Meighan. A son weighing seven and a half pounds arrives as Meighan and Frances Ring met on The College Widow. Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels and Wanda Hawley headline the DeMille film Nice People.
A contest invites readers to assemble a photo puzzle and submit the completed picture with the name The Star. Ten best entries win two tickets to a top photoplay, with a short description not exceeding ten words. Submissions are due by noon Monday March 20.
The piece catalogs actors and connections in early cinema. It mentions Rozedra Richta and George Chesebro in mounted police films by Morante Company, Fraide played by Herbert Standing, Elaie-Virginia Vallie born 1895, Walter Coogan debuting at 16 months, Chaplin'.s The Kid link, and Harold Lloyd'.s horn rim glasses as makeup. It notes Miriam Battista in Smilin Through and Lilyan Barrymore near 40 with Doris Rankin as leading lady.
Portly actress Sylvia Ashton says she lost 26 pounds after finishing her part in the George Ade story Our Leading Citizen made into a Thomas Meighan Paramount picture. She fears another 26 pounds could end her career and jokes about losing weight.
The Selznick organization and Warner Brothers withdraw to Hollywood, concentrating nearly all motion picture production there. Only D. W. Griffith and a few smaller units remain near New York, thinning the distribution of production centers.
Voters are asked to settle censorship of films in Obio next November. The Obio censorship board, nine years old, faces verdict inconsistencies and member disagreements. Distributing companies plan court action to abolish the board, or, failing that, seek a public referendum.
The Federation of Art crews including writers, cameramen, actors and directors forms to boycott undesirables in Hollywood studios. It aims to prove movie personnel maintain a high moral standard comparable to other industries.
Charitie Chaplin sues actor Charles Amador for imitating Chaplin’s vagabond attire and releasing films under the name Charles Aplin. She seeks an injunction to halt the imitator. Fox plans scenes for A Fool There Was on the steamer Yale along the Pacific coast, an origin of Theda Bara’s stardom.
Mack Sennett presents Teddy the dog on a 10 minute solo personal appearance tour of the vaudeville stage. The canine act showcases the popular performer without a human handler guiding the routine.
Clarence Burton, once battered in 179 screen battles, plays a villain who unexpectedly wins in The Ordeal. His foe is the battered victim Little Eddie Sutherland as the plot pivots from punishment to an improbable victory.
First National exhibitors adopt the banner Smiles Let’s Go Smilin Through 1922 inspired by Norma Talmaidge’s new production Smilin’ Through described as the most ambitious colorful and dramatic of her cinema career.
Description notes South American soldiers in the film The Dictator wear pink trousers. The pink shade softens the white garments and reduces glare in the photograph.
Shannon Day formerly in the Ziegfeld Follies is signed to play a little Spanish dancer in the Paramount picture War of Paradise starring Jack Hoist and Bebe Daniels.
Norma Talmadge costuming department purchased two hundred pounds of moth balls to pack the 1,100 costumes used in the photodrama The Duchess of Langeais. The costumes are stored at United Studios in Los Angeles.
The new Charlie Chaplin comedy Pay Day for First National made a strong impression, drawing praise for its humor and Chaplin's performance. The film showcases Chaplin's signature mix of silent gags and social satire, signaling a successful release.
Thomas Meighan will play the lead male in Cecil B De Mille’s Paramount production Manslaughter adapted from Alice Duer Miller. Meighan portrays Dan O Bannon a fearless district attorney who wooes and marries the girl he loves as she faces prison. Leatrice Joy to portray the female lead Jeanie Macpherson wrote the scenario and filming is expected to start soon.
Harry Myers known as The Yankee is described as taking a tougher job with more gear and risk than his lighter fare in The Adventures of Crusoe. He swaps riding, motorcycles, and a soft world for heavy boots weapons and dramatic demands. Rudolph Valentino is noted as training to be a landscape gardener in Italy.
Margaret Livingston, who directed Florence Vidtor, has accepted a principal role with Harry My in the stage adaptation Robinson Crusoe. The casting signals a notable collaboration and raises expectations for the production.
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