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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1921
Page
8
Mary Alden plays the mother in The Old Nest a Goldwyn production described as a troubled tale. The cast includes Asthon and Ned with Dwight Crittenden and Nick Cogley also listed. Laure Lavaguie is mentioned in connection with the production.
The stage film Life's Funny plays this week with Gareth Hughes star of Senti mental Tommy opposite Miss Dana. The action unfolds in a New York Bohemia setting with unexpected twists.
Lois Weber production The Biot opens at Liberty theatre this morning. Claire Windsor stars with Louis Calhern opposite, Philip Hubbard as the underpaid college professor. The film portrays realistic struggles of school teachers and clergymen.
Metro special presents May Allison in Extravagance adapted from Ben Ames Williams story More Stately Mansions. The production dramatizes social malady with a striking portrayal of an extravagant society girl.
Fragmentary OCR lists names William Davidson Smith Kenneth Harlan Brith Jewel Carmen Falion Florence Billings Moongold Warren Tole Barthett Dudley Walker. The jumbled text resembles a period-era roster or notice card with scattered proper nouns and possible family or organization references.
Pearl White, famed star of Know Your Men, endured a challenging moment at the William Fox studio in New York as a cameraman aligned film to achieve a triple exposure. Wilfred Lytell co stars opposite Miss White in the picture at the Colonial Theatre.
Paramount Artcraft release adapts Sir James Barrie for the screen. Cecil B. De Mille reshapes The Admirable Crichton into Male and Female and presents it as one of the screen's most lavish productions at the Class A theatre.
A New York East Side girl, member of a crooked gang, is caught shoplifting. A wealthy witness intervenes, offering influence for a second chance. Eaith Storey plays the East Side girl in the story titled The Greater Profit.
Gloria Swanson's next Paramount picture will be The Husband's Trademark an original Clara Beranger story. Sam Wood will direct and Swanson will begin filming upon return from New York at the Lasky studio in Hollywood.
The Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual for 1921 has been published and arrived in Seattle. It lists names addresses and brief biographies of actors actresses directors producers and writers in the film industry. Published by the Motion Picture News of New York City.
Picture Patters describe Sir Poss at Wythe Fox K, a Connecticut inventor turning ventures into an automobile air on the Yangtze River. William Fox releases Russell with Vola Vale as leading woman, praised as a foil to Russell. Arthur Carewe, engaged by Fox, to co star in a Western with Eli Jones. Four independent producers in Los Angeles moving photoplays for Associated First National. Keaton works on The Village Blacksmith. Eddie Cline directs Joe with Virginia Fox and Joe Roberts. Weale Ruggles nears final scenes of Slippy McGee. John Stahl’s Song of Life in fifth week at Mayer studio. Gaston Glass and others in mother-love drama. Gas Oil and Water melodrama on the Mexican border.
Conway Tearle appears with a changing lineup of leading ladies in his Selznick series. Winifred Westover stars opposite Tearle in Bucking the Tiger The Fighter and Love's Masquerade. Doris Kenyon Zena Keefe Betty Howe and Faire Binney are also noted stars in various unreleased pictures.
Betty Compson completes her second Paramount film directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws. An adaptation of Clyde Fitch's The Woman in the Case features Cleo Ridgely returning to the screen as the other woman with William P. Carleton as Compson's leading man. Preparations begin for Sir J. M. Barrie's The Little Minister directed by Stanlaws.
The Seattle Bathing Girl contest begins today at the Colonial theatre and runs all week. Contestants will appear on stage during the week and winners are decided by popular vote of theatre patrons. The top prize is a diamond ring plus other prizes. Performances are at 4 15 p m daily with two evening shows.
Harold Lloyd and his Catalina based crew staged a practical joke on director Fred Newmeyer. Lloyd arranged a faux earthquake scare while touring a tent colony and had assistant Red Golden hide under Newmeyer’s bed to topple it. Newmeyer awoke terrified and sought comfort only after being let in on the gag.
Eugene O’Brien headlines a Selznick production titled Chivalrous Charney with Nancy Deaver as the leading woman. May Tully crafts the work as plans move toward release in a few weeks. Deaver, a rising actress, earns her first major role.
Antonio Moreno, Vitagraph's romantic young star, rests a few days before starting a new film. His latest production is The Secret of the Hills, adapted from William Garrett's novel published by Jarrold's of London.
The column notes Irene in a fall Vaudeville appearance and a new film The Young Diana. It lists Alice Terry Tex Ingram and Rudolph Valentino linked to projects, Colleen Moore's brown eyes, Virginia Faire in Without Benefit of Clergy, Omar the Tentmaker, Disraeli on screen, and other star updates including Miriam Cooper and Julian Eltinge.
The Dempsey Carpentier boxing match films were shown at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Greenwood Lake New York on September 3 to raise funds to pay church debts. Fred C Quimby distributed the films free and a letter from Rector John Welling Areson thanked him and noted the proceeds would strengthen the church’s finances.
Margaret Loomis and Fontaine La Rue join George Melford's Paramount production The Sheik with Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino. Loomis, an expert dancer linked to Ruth St Denis, will perform an Arabian dance. La Rue plays a small but important character role.
Passengers aboard the White Star Adriatic could view The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse weeks before New York audiences as the movie premieres aboard the Olympic. The private pre showing occurred after stewards removed revenue bar limits during the voyage, with John Macrae of E. P. Dutton & Co. involved.
The actor Charles Ray has a shipment of motorcycles at his studio and plans for their use in his next First National release. The comedy melodrama titled Gas, Oil and Water centers on the Mexican border with autos and gas bikes playing key roles.
Vitagraph star William Duncan bought a flea-bitten bronco at auction and plans to ride it in his new western film Steelheart. The accidental purchase recalled his cow punching days and proved to be a bargain for the production.
The Son of Wallingford, written and directed by Mr. and Mrs. George Randolph Chester, will appear soon on the local screen. Chester also wrote Get Rich Quick Wallingford, a big success on stage, screen and in books.
Wesley Barry, a popular boy screen star, appears in the new Warner Brothers production School Days directed by William S. Nigh. After the show, patrons may visit Boldt's.
Vitagraph advances The Prodigal Judge a special production now filming. The tale features queer characters and bi oddities led by Yancey and Mac Gaffy with Edward Jose directing. Actress Jean Paige stars as Betty Mayrow as the study of Tennessee hill country shapes the cast.
George Fawcett appears prominently in the Colosseum program opening today. He plays the judge in the film Moongold and is seen in the Hiram Swa role, showcasing his character acting.
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