MOVIE NOTES.

Otaki Mail, 13 March 1922, Page 4

MOVIE NOTES.

(By tho Movie Man). Billie Burke has returned to the stage in “The Intimate Strangers' 1 ’ by Booth Tarkiugton. It is produced by her husband, Flo. Zicgfeld. One firm is filming a song “SecondHand Rose. ” Unless this song has more of a plot in it than most of the modern songs have, the seenerio writer will have to draw on his imagination a good deal.

It is rumoured that an old time favorite. Lillian Walker, may play before the camera again. Alice Brady has obtained a divorce from her husband, James Crane. They had been married about a year, and were in several stage and screen productions.

Betty Compson, who became famous overnight in “The Miracle Man,’’ with Thomas Meighan, lias another splendid role in “The Little Minister.’’ Many of the film colony, besides being clever actors, are also proficient in other arts. For instance, Wallace Reid, besides being a clever violinist, plavs many other instruments ns well. Mae Marsh is a clever sculptor and scene painter. David Powell is a violinist, Wanda Hawley a pianist, Mae Murray a dancer of note, and Charlie Murray, the Sennett comedian, is quite a good poet. There are others too numerous to name.

Doris May lias been starred and her first starring vehicle is “Young Ideas.” Very appropriate too, as Miss May is only 18. She is tho wife of Wallace McDonald. It is said that Fatty Arbuckle recently stated that no matter how his trial resulted, lie would remain in pictures. To which a paper remarks: “What will Mr and Mrs Public say about that

Edna, Purviance’s contract with Charlie Chaplin as his leading lady expires soon. It is probable that no other two persons have acted together as long as they have. In Charlie’s first films, when the public hardly knew him. Edna Purviuuce acted with him.

Lottie Pickford. sister of Mary and jack, has mraried Alan Forrest. Miss Pickford, before her divorce some time ago, was Mrs Rupp; Mr Forrest was married to Ann Little.

Rudyard Kipling is the latest famous author to write for the screen. Elinor Glyn has been writing now for some time, and is spending much of her time at the Lucky studio in America. This is good news, lor we are badly in want of good stories, and the more good authors we have the better. Mary Pickford is remaking “Tess of the Storm Country,” her old success.