Evening star., 1922-07-30

British equivalent to American "big
time" ana who Is a London musical
comedy favOrite, Is member OF tne
cast Of pink Gods"
Violet Hemming has been engaged
to head an all-star cast by Pyramid
Pictures, Incorporated, for the pro.
duction of when the Desert Calls.
Ray Smallwood. who will direct the
picture. tried unsuccessfuliy for three
New York address, only to md that
she not only lived in the same apart
ment house in which he makes MS
home. but that she occupied the ad-
joining apartment on the same hoor.
When Ray c. Smallwood. director
of THE Queen of the Moulin Rouge.
called upon Peter Milne to inject some
comedy relief into the script. Peter
complied by adding trained duck
to the cast
The beautiful flapperish Faire Bins
ney portrays a reel fapper in FLAP
per @ Love:1 ..r,s adapted s,Iasd.r from Eugene
"A Bill of Enforcement" was fin
ished within the six weeks period
allotted for the production, on July
II. Less than $4,000 feet of mega
tive was taken. The complete mega
tive, and an edited print. was dis
patched Immediately to the United
States, where Mr.. Warde Is now work
ing on the distribution plans for the
picture. July 12. Constance Binney.
it's star. left England for Paris. via
airplane. She will spend two weeks
in the French capital. sightseeing
and assembling a wardrobe for the
coming season. Just before she ieft
London. Miss Binney was invited. by
telegraph, to be the guest of the
Syndicat Francais des Directeurs de
Cinematographes tthe Frehch MO-
ton Picture Theater Owners Associ-
ation) at a luncheon to be given her
in Paris during her stay there.
Wesley Barry of school Days"
fame is now at work on new pic
ture. Little Heroes of the Street.
Forthcoming Warner Brothers screen
play, Little Church Around the
Corner"
Olga Printzlau, the scenarist. is
adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel,
THE Beautiful and Damned" for the
screen. Brass" is being translated
into screen terms by Monte katte--
john.
During a recent visit to New York.
Sinclair Lewis, the novelist, when
asked what he thought of Broadway.
pointedly remarked: There's Main
street in every town, but there's only
one Broadway.
Lon Chaney. the "legless" man of
The Penalty. is seen again as a
power in the underworld in the Leroy
Scott story, The Night Rose, made
by Goldwyn.
May Wallace, who has an important
character role in Gimme" Mr.. and
Mrs Rupert Hughes new photoFiay
for Goldwyn. was for nine years
been on the stage since 1904 AMI az
peared in "Katinka.'' "A Night tn
Broadway" and other musical come
dies She has played previously IN
only three short pictures.
When De Wolf Hopper was starred in
the comic opera. Wang" his chief
melodic lament was that he had an ele-
phant on his hands, a pachydermlc
monster who ate all night and ate all
day House Peters hasn't an elephant
on his hands. but he has baby lion,
the gift Of Col William F. Sehg on the
occasion OF the screen actors recent
birthday.
Frank Rorsago. who directed Cosmo-
,olitan Productions gold medal feature.
.Humoresque." has gone to Los An
geles to start work on a new Cosmopoli-
tan picture, 1.-The Pride of Palomar,
Peter D. kyne story.
Tom Lewis. famous heavyweight CO.
median. has signed a contract to appear
in one of Cosmopolitan Productions
feature films.
1t took George Henry, French wood
carver. three months to make the elab-
orate carved panels. pillars and furni-
ture used in the big Cosmopolitan Pro-
auctions "When Knighthood Was in
Flower" starring Marion Davies.
Daniel Breeskin today will assume
charge of the augmented orchestra at
Crandalrs Savoy Theater and garden.
N. Breeskin has been identified since
ita inception with the movement to
provide the highest forms of musical
composition and expression as accom-
panin1ent of motion pictures. A
brother of Elias Breeskin, concert
yiolinist. he also possesses a rare gift
of tone and technic on the violin. HIS
solos will be a feature of the musical
programs at the Savoy.
Installation of a new $1,000 or
chestral pipe organ was completed last
week at Crandall's York Theater. The
new instrument is declared to be one
of the finest of it's type in the capital
The organ recitals at the York here
after will be an appreciable element
of the daily progrens