Frank Currier - affectionately
known as Metro's grand old man be
cause of his long association with
Metro in parts of old men, but who is
not so old, was tjiarried to Miss Mabel
Olms, a famous English dancer. Miss
Olms and her sister were trained from
their childhood by . a celebrated
French dancer, and both had appear
ed before Queen Victoria. For many
years Miss Mabel Olms had made
her home in America, and she and
Frank Currier were friends. Then
Mr. Currier was stricken with a dan
gerous illness and Miss Olms had him
brought to her home, where she
nursed him back to health.
At that time Frank Currier- had
been the organ grinder in the stage
production of "The Poor Little Rich
Girl," with Viola Dana but on his
convalescence he came to Ca'I'ornia.
After he became established in mo
tion pictures, and a nationally known
figure in his dramatic delineations
on the screen, he sent East for Miss
Olms to come to Los Angeles, and
when she arrived, he persuaded her
to marry him.
'THE MINTS OF HELL"
"The Mints of Hell," which Wil
liam Desmond is filming is a story of
a mad hunt for i "Flat Gold," in the
strange land of the Yukon where
many a man has "eaten snow and
died." The snow stuff in this pro
duction was taken at Truckee, Cali
fornia, and is some of the best ever
obtained for screening. It was taken
at the heighth of a blizzard, during
which six feet of snow fell. The Des
mond company was compelled to
wait three weeks before the storm
developed.
