Categoria: Personaggi

Shorts January 1920

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Malbel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle
Malbel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle

Hollywood. Mabel Normand’s favourite colour is blue, and she is very emphatic in her conciviction that ii is the only possible shade for cute little brunettes – in short, for girls like Mabel.

She detests narrow skirts, and refuses to wear them as a concession to the tyranny of Dame Fashion, for she says they restrict her freedom of movement, and Mabel, being a bit of a tomboy, needs a lot of room to “move around”.

London. The filming of the Shackleton Antartic Expedition, which is being shown at the Albert Hall, is another proof how the cinema will help to gain knowledge of the wonders of the world. Capt. Frank Hurley, who, by the way, was also the photographer of the other successful film, “With Allenby in Palestine,” has had more than one narrow escape from death whilesecuring these pictures.

During the Antartic Expedition he was standing on the ice turning the crank of the camera, when a last effort was made to break through. The “Endurance” struck the ice in front of him bows on with terrific force, and he and the camera were both knocked over. The picture gained, however, and shows the “Endurance” coming right out the screen towards the audience. A wonderful piece of photography.

Smart Sayings of Screen Folk:

Miriam Cooper: My ideal man is 5 ft. 10 inches in height, with dark hair and eyes, fearless, successful and ambitious, I am jealous, and would not want him to associate with any other woman – even during business hours. I want him all to myself. I am not very partial to titles, but I would want a man I could call my King.”

Monroe Salisbury: “Brides and bridegrooms are the only ones who look upon the high prices of  leather as rather a blessing, old shoes are too precious to be thrown away.”

Jack Perrin: “Overcoats are again being worn this winter by those who can afford them.”

Marie Walcamp: “If we were living in the Garden of Eden, some profiteer would raise the prince of fig-leaves.”

A Picture Pioneer

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William A. Brady is the husband of Grace George, the famous actress of the legitimate stage, and father of Alice Brady, who needs no introduction. But he is also something far more than that.

For twenty-five years Mr. Brady has been a dominant factor in American theatricals as a pre-eminent stage manager and discovered of wonderful histrionic gifts, as a promoter of both the popular and higher-class drama, a patron of American authors, and as a builder of theatres. And though it does not concern us here, it may be remarked in passing that he is also an authority on pugilism, a national political force, and throughout the war the close and confidential personal friend of President Wilson. But what does practically concern us is his prominence as a motion-picture manufacturer and director — a prominence which gained his appointment by the President in 1917 as organiser of the motion-picture industry, and a fighting arm of the American Government.

In a word, Mr. Brady knows the whole art of production — both on stage and screen — from A to Z, and it was only to be expected that he would have some very interesting and illuminating things to say upon films and film players, so during his visit to England I begged Mr. Brady for an interview, which he very kindly granted.

An Very Early Motion Picture.

“I was connected with practically the first motion picture ever shown,” began Mr. Brady, – “which appeared in 1891, after Jim Corbett, my protege and find, beat Sullivan. It was made by Edison, and featured Corbett, in a fight — not a real fight, however. But he had made such a success that Edison persuaded him to go through some of his pugilistic poses before the camera.”

“And your recent productions, Mr. Brady ?” “Well, of course, I’ve produced all the World-Brady productions — the Select pictures have come under my direction, too — but if you want me to mention particular plays, here are a few: Rasputin, The Whip — yes, Maurice Tourneur was the director, but I was responsible for the racecourse scenes— Sealed Orders, and Little Women, of which I belive you already have a version by an English Company, Mr. Samuelson’s.”

MHC (The Picture Show, July 5th, 1919)