in leading roles since that time have
been "Held by the Enemy," "Crooked
Streets" and "The Sins of Rozanne,"
in each of which he supported Ethel
Clayton, and "Midsummer Madness'"
and "The Lost Romance," William
,de Mille productions, and ' "North
of the Rio Grande."
He is to be starred in two of the
productions on the next six months'
Mi
MABEL NORMAND RISES FROM
. ARTIST MODEL TO FILM STAR
Alice Joyce, Also Picture Star, Then Posing in Studios, Is One Who
Prompted Future Screen Light to Enter Movies. . "
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Paramount schedule, "While Satan
Sleeps" and "Making a Man," and
is to be featured with Dorotny
Dalton In "On the High Seas."
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Forrest Robinson, the character
actor, is a close student of tne psy
chology entering into true human
greatness. During his 47 years of
active endeavor .in the theatrical
profession he has met and studied
practically all player Ioik 01 nis
time and he most emphatically de
clares it is his opinion that Mary
Pickford is by far .the greatest ac
tress the world has- produced in
many years. "There will never be
another Mary pickford," he asserts.
"She is the most remarkable combi
nation of all the1 elements of great
ness I have ever met."
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To avoid the midday effects of
the widely advertised California
sun, John M. Stahlhas inaugurated
a system of working morning and
evenings that has met with the
hearty approbation of the cast and
staff engaged in the filming of "The
Dangerous Age," his latest Louis
B. Mayer-First National attraction
After watching makeups run and
collars wilt under the persuasion of
the intense midday heat, the direc
tor suggested deferring work dur
ing the hot five-hour stretcn rro
11 to 4 and making up the scenes in
ther late afternoon and evening. A
rousing cheer from the perspiring
actors and electricians put the idea
into effect immediately Instead of
following, the tropical custom of a
siesta, members of the company
usually take a long motor ride in
the afternoon and return to the
studio refreshed and capable of
their best efforts.
Mabel Normand, who fought way up from comedy bits with Keystone
company to stellar role In big production of "SuaanM."
BY LINTON WELLS. i
ON NOVEMBER 10, back in the
middle 90s, Mabel 'Normand
got her first glimpse of this
terrestrial sphere in New York city.
Mabel didn't grow up as most
girls do. Her early years until
she was 13 were spent in the se
clusion of St. Mary's convent at
Northwest Port, Mass. "It was all
arranged that I was to become a
nun," Mabel admits, "but somehow
It didn't take."
At 14 Mabel Normand became a
model. She was then in what cor
responds today to the "flapperish
age," and her unusual beauty at
tracted the attention of Charles
Dana Gibson, for whom she first
posed in Carnegie hall. Other fa
mous artists, such as James Mont-1
gomery Flagg, Henry Hutt, C. Colen
Phillips, Hamilton King, Alonzo
Kimball, F. X. and, J. C. Leyden
detfker, sought her services until
she became one of the best-known
models in New York.
It was during these years in the
artists' studios that she became
acquainted with Alice Joyce, the
screen star, then also a model,
wnich has resulted in a friendship
likened only to that of Damon for
Pythias. And it was Alice Joyce
that prompted Mabel, to enter the
film world.
In August, 1910, Mabel appeared
at the Biograph studio and there
met D.' WV Griffith. About six
weeks later Mabel encountered
Mack Sennett and Henry Walthall,
oth of the Biograph company, on
the street.
. Mabel .was immediately cast in
picture In support of Mary Pickr
ford. The title was "The Mender
of Nets," and for her valued serv
ices Mabel received the munificent
salary of $5 a day when she
worked.
A part in "Her Awakening," in
which the late Bobby Harron
Personal Feelings Retard
Love Scene Work.
Dislike for One Playing Opposite
Makes Things Difficult.
"IAN you play a
played the lead, followed, and then
came a better role in support of
Clare MacDowell in "The Squaw's
Heart."
Several months passed. Then one
day Mack Sennett came to her and
said: "Mabel, how'd you like to
make a hundred a week?"
"I nearly dropped dead on the
spot," Mabel says when recalling
that incident. "I thought he was
ioshiner me. and told him so. He
denied the accusation and , asked
me to accompany him around to
the offices of the newly formed but
now historic Keystone company. I
went," v
Mabel remained with the Key
stone company until 1916, during
which time she played with Charlie
Chaplin, Roscoe ' Arbuckle, Fred
Mace, Ford Sterling and even Mack
Sennett, who had by. that time ac-
ouired a national reputation as a
comedy director and producer of
Mack- Sennett comedies.
Early in 1917 Mabel Normand
completed her last picture under
the Mack Sennett banner. It was
that great success, "Mickey."
Four years under the Goldwyn
banner ensued, during which she
appeared in many photoplays well
remembered by fans. There was
"Sis Hopkins" and "The Slim Prin
cess" and many others. Last year
she left Goldwyn to rejoin the Sen
nett forces. Her first picture was
"Molly O," pronounced by many to
be one of the greatest pictures of
1921. Her second is "Suzanna," now
nearing . completion, and is sched
uled for release in the early fall.
"Suzanna" will be Mabel Nor
mand's greatest screen effort. She
admits it, and so does Mr. Sennett,
F. Richard Jones, again her direc
tor, and everyone connected, with
the production. Historical in theme,
"Suzanna" has for its basis many
incidents which occurred in Call
fornia about 1835. , Historic Mon
terey, with its reminiscent memo
ries of the devout Padre Junipero
Serra, is the background for this
beautiful story.
love scene with
some one you dislike very much?
This question is often asked of
actors on stage and screen. The
answer is, of course, yes. But there
are several very interesting phases
of this question of, the personal
feelings -of the actors and actresses
in intimate scenes. For example,
Wanda Hawley , and Jacqueline
Logan played a very emotional
scene in George Melford's produc
tion of "Burning Sands," in which
Jacqueline dies, having saved . the
life of the man whom Wanda loves,
in the story. It is a beautiful and
affecting scene, of a young life
passing, and the genuine sorrow
and sympathy of another girl. So
true and sincere was the work of
the two girls that hardened stage
hands ' surrendered themselves to
illusion, and wiped away tears from
their eyes.
What is the answer? . These two
girls are "pals"; they love each
other dearly, and Wanda had only
to make herself believe that the
stain on "Jackie's" blouse was
blood, and that her gasping breath
and staring eyes really meant that
life was passing. The tears came
of themselves freely, and from the
heart. If they had been enemies,
they could have played the scene,
of course, but notlso perfectly, per
haps. .
On the other hand, Bebe Daniels,
Paramount star now appearing in
Penrhyn Stanlaws' production of
"Pink Gods," says that her personal
feeling toward the. actor opposite
her in a scene doesn t make any dif
ference. "Unless," she adds signify
icantly, "I dislike him. In that case
a scene in which I must show af
fection is harder to-do."
So, despite statements to- the con
triry, the personal feelings of the
actors do have an effect on their
work, which may be helped or hlr
dered by friendship or friction.
Qko-upofni'mrofk
'Hunting the Big Silence"
Film Is Lauded. ,
Picture' Features Irvin S. Cobb on
His Trip Through Central Ore
gon. - .
Jack Holt. Paramount star, la an enthusiastic horseman, owning four
prize winners. Evidently one of his three children inherits his liking.
SOMEBODY has said of Jack Holt
that his great ambition is not
to leave footprints on the sands
of time, but to leave hoofprints. Of
course, he denies it; he will tell you
any time that the movies furnish
the inspiration of his life,' but the
fact remains that when he isn't in
the studio working he is either on
location working with a horse un
der him or close by, or he is play
ing some place also on a horse.
He was born In' Winchester, Va.,
subsequently spent a large part of
his life in the open, rugged places
where the only practical means of
locomotion was horses, or several
years he searched for gold in
Uaska. Later fte neia an engi
neering job on an immense Oregon
ranch. From there he drifted to
San Francisco, and it was not long
after that that -his magnetic per
sonality, athletic figure and circum
stances drew him into a motion pic
ture studio.
As soon as it was discovered that
he was a clever horseman he landed
a position-. Therefore, It is small
f5i
S-i,-
wonder that he now owns four
horses Robin Hood, a jumper with
a record; Lady Barbara and Tim
Tucker, polo ponies; and Silver, a
blue-ribbon winner.
But Jack'-Holt is a family man.
He was married in 1918 . and has
three children, all of whom bid
fair to develop into sturdy athletes
like their father. That the paternal
love of horsemanship has been
handed down to a new generation
of Holts Is apparent from the pic
ture, for the youngest Holt is about
to take a gallop across the front
lawn on pa's sturdy back. . ,
Mr. Holt began his screen career
after four years' apprenticeship in
stock companies. His first bit was
with Reliance-Majestic films, fol
lowing which he went to Universal,
then Select and finally to Para
mount. -He played a prominent part
in "The Woman Thou Gavest Me,"
a screen version of Hall Caine's
famous novel. . He also was - seen
in a number of Maurice Tourneur
productions, including "The -Life
Lines" and "Victory."
Among those he has appeared In
i TTJNTING the Big Silence," the
Xi five-reel picture featuring
Irvin S. Cobb in his ihunting trip
through central Oregon two years
ago, received, unqualified praise
from the large audience of Ad club
members and their friends who were
invited to the private showing of
the film at the Heilig theater.
The picture is one . of the most
elaborate scenics ever rumea in tn
west, belng staged along the route
the Cobb party , took through tn
Cascades and central Oregon, and is
wholly devoid of interior, eets and
staged action. In addition to being
scenic it portrays- vividly th
pleasing features audi vlscissitudes
of the outer's life. A number of
campnre scenes prove uodo a pasi
master in eating venison steaks and
fish and make the audience hunger
for the mountains and streams
well as the food that disappear
with gusto. '
The film naturally divides itself
into three parts, the Journey into
the wilds over central Oregon
Bage lands and big grades, the fish
ing experiences In Odell, East and
Crater lakes and the bear hunt on
Paulina mountain. -
"Jack Moseby," who titled the pic
ture for the American LIfograph
company, the producers, nas euc
seeded in writing a series of sub
titles that carry humor in every
line. . .'- -
- Viola Dana is thinking pf asking
some of her neighbors In Hollywood i
to move in order that she may buy
adjoining property. The reason for
Miss Dana's desire to increase her
Hollywood holdings is plural one
dog, five litters of rabbits, a flock
of ducks and a drove of turkeys.
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. Who will be the: next screen hero
the girls may rave over? Most
everybody who Is well informed on
affairs in the inner circles of f iim--dom
say Lloyd Hughes, Mary Pick
ford's present leading man, will be
the "big boy" ere long. He is mighty
close to his goal of stardom right
now and it is said one of the big
gest producers in the field will pilot
him in his initial starring ventures.
Jack Giddings, who has braved
death many times in motion pic
tures, has been engaged for another
thriller. He will play the part of
Slade in Rodolph Valentino's new
Paramount picture, "The Young
Rajah," and will have a 40-foot fall
out of a window as one of his things
to do. . .
Although more than three months
have passed' since Maurice Tourneur
directed the final scenes for "Lorna
Doone," he will see his screen ver
sion of the historical and fictional
classic for the first time this week
upon his return from England.
Tourneur, the producer and director
of "Lorna Doone," has been abroad
filming portions of Hall Caine's
"The Christian," and left here be
fore the old classic had been assem
bled jt the Thomas H. Ince studios.
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on ve
een Anytning
ore:
TODAY
AT
12:30
KEATES' CONCERT
SINGING
CONTEST
Selection, "King: Dodo"
.Fixley ana Luders
2. "A Little Bit 0' Scotch. ...
..Arr. by Henri A. Keates
3. "Swanee Bluebird," Song. .
...... .Friend and Conrad
4. Keates Contest. .
5. Hits of Then and Nowdays
..Arr. by Henri A. Keates
FIVE DOLLARS IN CASH TO
EACH WINNING SONGSTER
AS A ST0P-'EM-DEAD,KN0CK-'EM-DOWN,
' DRAG-'EM-IN,
HOLD'EM, TtfRILL-'EM, GRIP
'EM, GO-GET-'EM PICTURE
THERE'S NOTHING MADE
THIS SEASON THAT CAN
HOLD A CANDLE TO THIS
ONE!
Sizzling Action!
Brother Against , Brother!
Blood Kinship Turned to Frenzied
Hatred!
The Fury of the Northland's Blind
ing Gale! '
The Indomitable Courage of the
Northwest Moonted Canada's
"Redcoats!"
The Snow Tracks
A Northland Gale
The Great White Sickness!
The Honor of the "Mounted" the
Man the Woman and Retribu
tion! OH! BOY, WHAT A PLOT! And
All from the Pen of
James Oliver
Curwood
Adapted From
"The Poetic Justice of
Uko Sam." .
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Come Early Get Comfortable And Be Prepared to See
ALICE LAKE, KENNETH HARLAN, ROSEMARY THEBY, NOAH
BEERY, WALLACE BEERY, HECTOR SARNO, GASTON GLASS
All Here in the Best Roles of Their Careers
ALSO
O ' ATT I ItiwHlj 1
lvfflP V STARTING NEXT . SATURDAY 1 k .fa
VQjgj MACK &ENNETTS SUCCESSOR TO "MOLLY-O" p" "l;
Jy kj, - ' "The Crossroads of New .York" , ; Jr .JhB-O IS
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