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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
8
The Oak hosts Fred Stone in a two day Western thriller The Duke of Chimney Butte beginning Sunday. Also showing Nobody's Fool by Marie Prevost closes at the Oak at Eight.
In Washington Indiana an exhibitor showed Bakers Millions to large crowds raising prices for a second night. In Bellingham Washington a Fatty picture was dropped after public protest. Tulare County WCTU protests against Arbuckle films while Hays action targets producers and distributors.
Mary Pickford has built a full fishing village along Chatsworth Lake in California to shoot many scenes for Tess a new form of Times of the Storm Country. The film resumes on an elaborate scale with the new title Tess.
IOMAS MEIGHAN stars in The Bachelor Day ay at the Coliseum about a father of twins trying to tell Charlies and Raymond De Briac apart both six years old. The only distinguisher is who has a missing tooth in front with Raymond identified by the gap.
Priate Potter Helen Jerome Eddyta to star in A Slice of Life. Alan Forest to play heavy in Shirley Mason Lights of the Desert. Maurice Flynn and Charles Le Moyne support Charles Jones in West. Pat Moore nephew of Tom Moore in Kentucky Days. Doug Fairbanks buys screen rights to Monsieur Heaucaire. Pauline Garon leads in The Man From Glengarry filmed in Canada. Marjorie Daw to lead in Robinson Crusoe by Owen Moore. serial complete and ready for exhibitors. Broken Chains to be directed by Allen Holubar.
A lighthearted survey of how many acting siblings populate early cinema. The piece notes families such as the Barrymores, Pickfords, Talmadges, Fairbanks Chaplin and Farnum clans, plus Walsh and related stars, weaving portraits of rising generations and shared stage and screen talent.
Anita Stewart, the film star, has reportedly bobbed her hair after completing The Woman He Married for First National. Fans may have mixed feelings as her iconic Titian curls drop under the clipping shears.
Louisa KB Mayer signals a shift as star system influence wanes with her partial 64. Anita Stewart remains central and Mayer plans to stress story and production quality by engaging three top directors Reginald Barker Fred Niblo and John M Stahl to lead forthcoming work.
William Russell star of Fox productions was bitten on the arm by a young bear from the studio zoo while filming a scene. The wound was cauterized and no serious results are anticipated.
Elaborate court of King James I and Jamestown 1620 recreations create a lavish backdrop for the Paramount production To Have and to Hold. Colorful communes will populate the film's historic scenes.
Talilan Gish, once relinquishing directing duties as a burden, will return to the helm to stage the romantic comedy Three Wise Fools. The production marks a return to directing for the Griffith star.
Kenneth Harlan and Flo Hart are divorced. Norma Talmadge is in The Eternal Flame as the Duchesse of Langeais with Lon Chaney and Gladys Brockwell in support. Denise Pola Negri is 28, new to America. Rodolph Valentino, 28, has a divorce from Jean Acker.
J. J. Johnston, formerly exploitation director for 67 theater of Southern Enterprises, is named exploitation manager for the Seattle Portland and Hutte exchanges of Associated First National Pictures. He arrived from Dallas and will base at 2023 Third Ave. Johnston previously directed advertising for major theaters, worked in Eastern and Western studios, and spent seven years in newspapers in St. Paul and New York as writer and cartoonist.
Phyllis Haver, among the latest bathing beauties in comedy films, rises to a prominent dramatic role in Goldwyn's The Christian. Giorgia Swanson and Hetty Compson are noted as former cinema mermaids in industry lore.
A new children's fairy film series will be produced at the Thomas H. Ince studio starting with The Pied Piper of Hamelin Frances Fi on is among the promoters and a woman founder.
Jackie Coogan will not travel to Europe until the situation is resolved. His current picture Oliver Twist is nearly completed and he continues to be in demand for film work.
A Goldwyn film titled His Back Against the Wall offers an unusual hero, a coward who can reveal courage with the right stimuli. The plot follows a despised tailor’s helper who is saved from contempt by his moment of bravery at the Liberty screening.
Theodore Roberts is elevated to star rank to play Josiah Whitcomb in Paramount’s film of The Old Homestead. The production will be mounted on a tremendous scale with one of the record prices paid for the stage classic.
Richard Dix receives a top cinema prize and travels to England to star in Goldwyn's The Christian, directed under the supervision of author Hall Calne. The casting underscores Dix’s status as a leading man in the era.
After a long absence May Allison appears in Porto Rico making scenes for an Associated Exhibitors picture marking her return to the screen.
The Show is a new Larry Lemon comedy featuring a collision between a locomotive and a box loaded with high explosives. The action centers in a theater setting and the production took more than three months to craft, aiming for both thrills and laughs.
Liberty News previews on screen include the Apple Blossom Festival in Wenatchee and a Seattle couple starting a bicycle trip to Mexico. The county coroner investigates the wreckage of a deadly explosion killing a Seattle girl. Gen Charles J Morton reviews ROTC camp men at the university. The Brookdale sails from Lake Union to enter service. World happenings are also included.
The film Open Your Eyes prepared under the U S Public Health Service begins a engagement at the Union Sunday. Medical authorities public officials Y M C A secretaries educators social workers and army and navy officers have strongly endorsed this feature.
A fishing village at Balboa California was built for the Monte Cristo production and later donated to the city by producer William Fox. The project cost about $200,000.
Marshall Nelsan presents a startling scene in Fools First where a murdered man plays poker with criminals, fooling detectives seeking evidence. The director’s staging promises a striking sequence. Coliseum schedule places the film for near-future showings.
Canada faces contrasts as Ottawa bans the film "De ception" while Hull censors allow it. An exhibitor in Hull booked the picture and advertised in Ottawa, drawing hundreds of Ottawans to cross the river to view it.
Cameraman Al Gilks spent two hours filming a scene for Her Gilded Cage as snails refused to move from their shells. The stubborn creatures delayed the shot and tested crew patience.
BSeastic Hayakawa, a Japanese star, has brought suit against the R. C. Film corporation for 92000 alleging breach of contract. The dispute arose after a change in production policy and a breakdown in relations between parties.
The Universal company dispatched Mirke DOAY the actor and a men to Kentucky to shoot The urban, an old-time stage drama set in the Bluegrass state. The project aims to bring the production to life on local soil with actors and crew.
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