Evening star., 1922-11-05

WEST COAST researchers are 60
ing to recall the date of the first
transcontinental railroad train in James
/ Cruces forthcoming production Of "The
Covered Wagon" 1t was May 10. 1869
| when the Union and Central Pacific met
in Nevada. And they drove gold
spike.
A whale chase, which holds audiences
breathless for fifteen and three-quarters
minutes in one of the scenes in Elmer
continued for something like seven
hours during the actual pursuit and
capture Of the great leviathan in the
Caribbean Sea.
Profulla Kumar Ghosal. we'll known
in stage repertoire and for five years a
| stock actor with the National Theater,
Calcutta. India, aided in the technical
direction of the young Rajah."
During the filming of "The Man Who
Saw Tomorrow" Director Alfred Green
wanted to use a double when 1t came
| time to throw the star overheard with a
sack tied over his head, but Meighan
| insisted upon doing it himself.
Gloria Swanson has settled down in
her new home at Beverly Hills after
several weeks of packing and prepara-
fashionable section.
Rodolph Valentino spent the last day
| making THE Young Rajah'' up in the
| brand of clouds are made by distribut-
| ing large number of smoke pots which
when lighted give off thick yellow
smoke. Yellow photographs white. AT
the time Valentino was impersonating
Krishna, the Hindu god of love- in his
ri 40 orin Two Ariy, hi f-l
brother, for his conquest Of self.
Alice Brady's next Paramount picture
will be ''The Leopardess," from an un-
Burt. Work has begun under the direc-
ton Of Henry Kolker, who produced
"Disrael," starring George Arliss, and
who has Just completed 'The Purple
Highway" with Madge Kennedy. The
story is one Of the South Seas, with
leopards, half-caste women and beach
combers.
One hour and forty-five minutes in
ono position. That was the length Of
being sewed into the flowing drapes of
statue she initiates in a French ball
scene in "The Impossible Mrs. Bellew."
James Kirkwood has the distinction
OF being good leading man and at the
same time good director in picture
work. For nearly ten years he directed
varied productions. He directed one of
the first real '.all-star" casts in Glass
mates" by William De Mile. which in
Henry Walthall and Antonio Moreno.
Mr.. Kirkwood has just finished "Ebb
Tide" q screen version Of the Robert
Louis Stevenson-LlloydO Osbourne South
Sea classic.
May McAvoy has. the role Of the mod
ern young fiapper in William De Miles
new production. "Clarence.' At one
moment she is broken hearted over her
shattered eternal love" and the next
Reid's saxophone playing.
THE White Flower" starring Betty
Compson, which is to be made on the
! the volcano Kilauea will be the first
= picture to be directed by Mrs. Julia
Crawford Ivers, the author. since
1916. Since then she has confined
herself exclusively to writing, but de-
cided to direct this production in
months living in the Hawaiian
Islands and around the scenes Of the
| story while she was writing 1t.
| After a vacation Of several months
Dorothy Dalton has begun work in a
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titled "Black Fury" under the direc-
| tion Of Victor Fleming. It Is an orig
| inal story for the screen by Edmund
Gouding. that deals with the untam-
| able daughter of rich parents who
! falls in love with a British army Of
ficer, is paralyzed by an injury. and
| thrown under the influence Of an
Egyptian doctor. thus precipitating a
i struggle. Scenes of the story are
| laid in Cairo and fashionable Long
| Island homes
Half the world regards Friday the
18th as unlucky: the other half Is
! equally convinced the opposite Is true.
Pols Negri has the old world super
stition regarding the combination of
Friday and thirteen. George Fitz-
maurice believes all Fridays are
lucky for him and Friday the 18th
| is the luckiest of all. So that's how
it happened that Fitzmaurice started
production work on Bella Donna"
on Friday the 18th, but Miss Eegri,
| who is starring in 1t. did not make
her debut in 1t until the following
| day.
Bebe Daniels is to make her next
picture. 1.-THE Glimpses Of the Moon" "
from Edith Wharton's latest novel.
at the Long Island studio under the
direction Of Alan Dwan. This win be
her first trip to New York. Nita