Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20

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| ing synonymed with "filmatization."
J. Warren Kerrigan's film produc-
| ton. Three Gordon" possesses q
| novelty-a girl whose name Is Leatrice,
| not Beatrice.
! Richard Harding Davis SOLDIERS Of
! Fortune" is to be filmed with ]. War
rem Kerrigan as the star.
A series of six Frank Powen pictures
filmed for the Sunset Corporation is
to have the play and not star for
the chief feature
Mana yucca, the American pianist
and composer. is touring the Liberty
Theater circuit, entertaining the SOL
diers, with pianologuues for voice and
| instrument.
| BRITANNIA" the famous tank Of the
| Marine, once Hun destroyer, thrift
stamp seller and an exhibition attrac-
| ton, now is to become moving pic
ture feature.
Satellites are poisoning into stars so
rapidly in the movies, it is said, that
some of masculine stars are having diff
fculty finding leading ladies'" War
times everything is getting higher.
! Louise Glaum's latest photoplay,
1.-THE Goddess of Lost Lake." is con-
structed around the romance of a
quarter-breed Indian girl. A beauti-
full Indian legend is said to figure in
it.
branding Broadway" W. S. Harris
picture, is to have the novelty of all new
faces, except Mr.. Harris. 1t is said to
be unusual both in plot and character
ization, as well as in its comedy ele-
ment.
Failing as an artists model. a fashion
designer and 'tFollies girl" Lillian
Walker has gone into the movies ito
make money to get home and car
and be able to do everything for her
family
good looking, we'll dressed young men
with stage or screen experience in
southern California that are not wear
ing the khaki or the blue of Uncle
Sans service.
Anna Cases first adventure in the
films is a sort of paraphrase of her
own life, except that she "elevates'
into a great prima donna from min
ing camp instead of from modest lit
tile New Jersey village, her real origin.
They say it's a good picture. though.
The cabaret scene for the film pro-
duction of 1.-The Belle of New York u
which is being made with Marion Da-
vies as the Edna May of the story, is
to be staged on the roof of the Am
sterdam Theater, with the entire Zieg-
field Follies organization in the pic
ture.
The War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities. having
tried it's hand in printing plays for the
soldiers, has now launched a musical
comedy, pocket size, with score, words
and music complete. SO that the men
ed welded to Her Art"
Petrova's patriotic work has been re-
warded with a bronze medal conferred
by James Francis Burke, estate director
of the war savings committee of the
Pittsburgh Fe-shing Limit Club" each
member of which has pledged himself to
buy $1,000 worth of thrift or war saw
Iings stamps.
Announcement is made, apparently
with authority, that If Mary Pickford
|cannot get an attractive offer for a new
contract she will become film producer
on her own account. MA" Pickford
and the family lawyer are carefully
examining all offers.
Dan F. Whitcomb, who created the
child screen classics, Little Mary
Sunshine" Shadows and Sunshine
ETC., demonstrating the possibilities
of a child star, has been retained by
Mission Productions to build picture
stories for Gloria Joy. He has writ.
ten for Mary Garden, Gail Kane, Will
liam Russell and others