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SCREENLAND

'em tell you the streets are paved with gold—good intentions is more like it.

has had a clear enough vision to see the wonderful picture possibilities in Gulliver's Travels. He says that all his life he has wanted to film it, and he is delighted that at last he is to have a chance. As soon as he finishes Wild Oranges, from the novel by Joseph Hergesheimer, he will stamp Gulliver on celluloid. He says,

"I believe there is a crying need for more imaginative and fanciful productions on the screen. Our growth has been retarded by our worship of realism. Most people get their fill of realism in their own lives and they seek escape into the realm of imagination for their entertainment. The cinema is ideally suited to portray fantasy and myth."

Think how the kiddies will love the giants and pigmies—how they will revel in Gulliver's adventures! And how the grownups will enjoy the splendid satire of Swift's fairy tale!



, one of the most interesting figures of the literary world, is to venture again into the motion picture field. Her first experience—not a very happy one—was with the Famous Players-Lasky company. It has never been quite clear just what the trouble was, but Mrs. Glyn returned to England shaking the dust of pictures from her feet.

But when most generous offers were made for the purchase of her dearest brainchild, with every assurance of co-operation on the part of the company, she could not find it in her heart to refuse. And so Three Weeks, which has almost become a classic—so widely has it been read—will become a motion picture the latter part of August.

The cast of the picture will be small, and necessarily Mrs. Glyn is bending all her energies to picking actors and actresses who are ideal types. There are many rumors afloat as to the heroine. Theda Bara and Aileen Pringle seem to be the runners-up so far.

Picking the hero is even harder. The author favors a stalwart Englishman, name so far unknown, who she thinks is the ideal. But insofar a she is unknown to the public, Conrad Nagel—who is also a popular choice for the part—seems more logical.

, who is the lady-villian of George D. Baker's production of Balzac's The Magic Skin, gave a luncheon at the Goldwyn studios in honor of Daniel Frohman, President of the Actors' Fund. Mr. Frohman is in Los Angeles to promote the interests of this charity.

The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lehr, George D. Baker, Conrad Nagel, King Vidor, Rupert Hughes, Josephine Quirk, Carey Wilson, Gilbert E. Gable, June Mathis, Mrs. Myers, Mae Busch, Herbert Howe, George Walsh and Bessie Love.

By the way, Bessie and Carmel used to be chums in high