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Lily of the Dust. The German. Hermann Sudermann, cornered considerable applause when he wrote The Song of Songs. Later, Edward Sheldon brought it to life behind the footlights. In the natural course of events, its next metamorphosis was into celluloid. Famous Players were the alchemists ; Pola Negri the heroine; and Lily of the Dust the title...
George Eastman, besides his Kodak,* makes a large part of the celluloid film of the cinema...
...Gest in Oh, Lady, Lady of glorious memory. If memory serves, Miss Binney left the comparatively secure precincts of Philadelphia society to become a dancer. After demonstrating her competence as noted above, she took a dip in drama 'with 39 East and has since been distributing her efforts in celluloid form, canned...
...considerable female triumvirate cooperated in the manufacture of this article. Anita Loos (one of the foremost title writers), Neysa McMein (illustrator, author), and Madge Kennedy. Since the latter was allowed to contribute her features as well as her brains she seemed the cornerstone. Many and far flimsier celluloid structures have been reared on less substantial bases. The pictorial narrative concerns itself with bootlegging, love and a woman's wit. It is more than moderately entertaining. When Miss Kennedy is on, it is decidedly exciting...
...Mine. Behind this ghastly title, there lurks a film of gold. It is another of Booth Tarkington's yarns of youth. He has somehow managed to preserve his peculiar humorous charm in strips of celluloid. Ben Alexander makes the various boyhood adventures pathetic, amusing, sincere...