Word: filming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Charles Holz, 40, Philadelphia waiter, markedly resembles President Coolidge. Last week Mr. Holz was asked by a Manhattan cinema concern to "double" for the President in film scenes laid in and around Rutland and Plymouth, Vt., Said Mr. Holz: "I will accept, if Mr. Coolidge does not object...
...hour the statesman-lawyer and the onetime prince laid their heads together. Then M. Paul-Bancour instituted suit for libel in behalf of his new client against the producers of The Merry Widow. To newsgatherers M. Danilo explained passionately: "There is a 'Prince Danilo' in that film. . . . Gentlemen, I am Prince Danilo. There is no other! ... I am unspeakably pained to see myself travestied by a cheap cinema star* as staggering drunk through the Bois de Boulogne and dancing on tables in Maxim's, and at the same time trying to marry a widow for her fortune...
Secrets of the Soul. (Werner Kraus, Ruth Weyler). Another must be added to the triumphs of Ufa, German film creators. It is a dramatic picturization of the knife couple, of one of those who sit at the knee of Herr Freud. Why does nice Mr. Hero want to slit his wife's throat? Follow the dream and find out. Many a Freudian symbol will probably elude the spectator while a scrupulously scientific fantasy of the less definitely conscious mind is revealed on the screen. But the tense climax, the amazing photography cannot escape notice or fail of effect. When...
...King of Kings. The film, ostensibly sacred, is not inspired. Jt presents Christ in terms most commonly understood, most easily loved: a kindly Being Who performed miracles for others yet suffered physical agonies most heart-rending sooner than save Himself, The necessity for the suffering lies in the evil genius of Caiaphas, the high priest. But Producer Cecil B. DeMille's emphasis throughout is upon the pictured Christ's ability to straighten crooked feet, restore sight, raise the dead, upon the horribly graphic depictions of tortures...
...careful consideration of prospective ability, character and apitude of each of the contestants, ten candidates will be chosen who will be given an eight-week try-out in the First National movie school at Burbank, California. Those who prove themselves valuable will be given five-year contracts with the film corporation with a salary of $75 a week for the first six months, gradually increased so that during the last year of the contract they will be receiving $750 a week...