A dozen bloody battles could have been fought, which appear in Maurice Tourneur's picture version of the familiar novel, 'Lorna Doone,' which is coming to the Queen's Theatre. For weeks during the production of this story, the scenes of which are laid in rural England and the…
Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., tomorrow (Sunday) at 6.00, 7.30 and 9.15 p.m., Maurice Tourneur's 'Lorna Doone,' by R. D. Blackmore, produced at the Thomas H. Ince studios. Illustration included.
Probably the most widely read novel ever written in English is William Makepeace Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair.' Many plays have been made from 'Vanity Fair,' notably, in America, Langdon Mitchell's adaptation under the title of 'Becky Sharp,' which served Mrs…
The development of the cinematograph industry makes it imperative to protect the children employed in it by special provisions. Recently, according to Industrial and Labour Information, published by the International Labour Office, the city of Berlin issued a police order protecting children…
According to an announcement made in financial circles, Shanghai is now to have a motion picture enterprise of real magnitude. The company, known as Oriental Films Ltd., will have a capital of $50,000, a staff of Hollywood technical experts, and complete modern studio facilities. It proposes to…
The presence of D. W. Griffith in Miami, Florida, where he finished scenes for his presentation of 'The White Rose,' resulted in a motion picture boom in that town. Other directors and producers have worked in Miami, but none awakened the widespread enthusiasm among the solid…
Miss Gish is magnificent! No actress of this generation on stage or screen has carried the flame of sheer genius into her acting as does the frail little star of 'The White Sister,' now showing at the Queen's Theatre. In filming F. Marion Crawford's story, Director King took…
World Theatre is screening 'Slave of Desire' which was made at Goldwyn studio for distribution by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan. The film is Charles Whittaker's adaptation of Honore de Balzac's story 'Magic Skin.' Gilbert E. Gable, president of Achievement Films, Inc., and…
(By David Worrall for the S. C. M. Post) Hollywood is like Mark Twain's conception of Heaven, and Los Angeles gets the profits. I couldn't see Bill Hart, Charlie Chaplin, or anyone around, and then I read in a paper that all Los Angeles had paid big sums to attend a charity affair.…
Keble Howard is interested in plays and films. His new farce, 'Lord Bass,' had a splendid reception in the provinces recently, with the author in the name part. If the right theatre can be obtained, the farce will be seen in London this side of Christmas. A film version of his novel…
Dickens, Balzac, and other poets of bricks and mortar have suggested that souls of persons and actions have a way of soaking into the buildings that house them. Arrived at the Mack Sennett Studio, I became persuaded that these poets have made no mistake. Mack Sennett is a big man with a fine…
The great trouble with the films today is that they are made mostly in Hollywood and mostly for Monkeyville,' said Mr. T. C. Elder, managing director of the Stoll Film Studios, Cricklewood, who presided at a luncheon given at the Connaught Rooms by representatives of the staff of the studio…
The increasing interest which is being taken in the employment of children in the cinematograph industry has led the International Labour Office to make enquiries in certain countries as to the regulations which govern such employment. The Labour Commissioner of the State of California informs…
A gigantic film scheme, designed to make a British Hollywood, has been launched in England, and actual building operations may be commenced in the early spring. At the head of the scheme is the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association. One of the chief aims of the association recently has been…