Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-04-02

THREE new pictures started at tho
Paramount west coast studio in
clude Blood and Sand" starring Ru-
dolph Valentino; a Gloria Swanson
picture. THE Gilded Cage" and Nice
People" a William De Mile produc-
ton With a cast including Wallace
Reid. Bebe Daniels, awnda Hawley
and Conrad Nagel.
June Mathis was successful stage
= player for years with Ezra Kendall
and Julian Eltinge.
w. Somerset Maugham's first orig
inal story for the screen. The Or
deal" has just been completed at the
Paramount west coast studio. Agnes
Ayres is the star.
ID. W. Griffith has not left anything
undone to tighten up the suspenseluI
sequence in his ORPHANS OF the
during its New York run. making
total Of eighty-seven changes.
When it was announced that Cecil
B. De Mile had secured the screen
fans throughout the country, II Is
said, showered both De Mile ana
Meighan with letters in which the
writers pointed out the particular 1T
ness of Meighan for the part.
The two children players in Nazi-
mova's "A Dolls House" are Philippe
de Lacey and Barbara Maier. Both
work on the west coast. the DE La
cey boy has war history. ne WIS
rescued by an American Army nurse
from a cellar during bombardment
in a little French village near Nancy
Philippe, although not five years oid'
has little screen following Ali MS
own. He has appeared in NUMBER
of motion pictures.
Mary Pickford brought back about
forty-fve new gowns from Paris
but she will wear none of them in her
picture Tess Of the Storm country.
She is one Aim star who wears her
fine clothes off the screen. Most OF
her style selections are simple al
though smart.
Question put by studio visitor dur
ing filming of THE Dictator star
ring Wallace Reid:
why do all those South American
soldiers wear pink pants"
Because white would form too
strong a contrast and result IN
glare that would not be agreeable to
the eye when seen on the screen.
Therefore, pink and yellow are used.
which photograph white. but not too
white
E. IA Lincoln is playing the part
Of an Oxford graduate who becomes
a ships stoker in Director Edward
Dilion's latest picture. as yet UNI
named, which is being produced at
the Tilford studios, with Florence
Dixon in the starring role.
Mile. Andree Peyre. famous French
aviatrix and stunt flyer. whose aerial
acrobatics have thrilled thousands.
has signed a longtime contract 10
play in serials for Pathe. She re-
Gently left for the coast. where she
will begin work on her first screen
story for this company early in
April.
Norma Shearer. young screen in
genue. who plays opposite Engene
O'Brien in Charming of the North
west" after finishing the exteriors
for that picture in the SHOWS OF Lake
Placid, where she skied and went
sleigh riding to her hearts content.
has gone 10 Florida for Goldwyn.
where she can go swimming or shoot
gators just as her fancy dictates,
when not busy before the camera.
D. W. Gritfith's latest find dainty
Betty Jewel, who was called the
third orphan" in The Orphans Of
the Storm the other two being Lii
nan ana ueSiQSS USluS
a Watteauesque beauty, is said to
have such beautiful hands that art
lists rave over them.
Thomas Meighan has completed his
safest picture for Paramount, Our
Leading Citizen" an original story
for the screen by George AIDE.
Julia Faye will play one of the
chief feminine roles in William De
Miles forthcoming production, Nice
People from the play by Rachel
Crothers. Wallace Reid, Bebe Dan
ieis and Conrad Nagel are in the cast.
When you're a good Juvenile type"
you get plenty of work around
motion picture studio. Mervyn LIE
Roy is playing. simultaneously.
small-town printers DEVIL" in THE
Leading Citizen. and a wou1d-be
hull-fghter in Blood and Sand" the
new Rudolph Valentino picture.
Charles A. Stevenson. who. in Gloria
Swanson's new Paramount picture.
1.-The Gilded Cage" will play the role
of CASTOR Pestitfils, soon will cele-
brate the completion OF fifty years
II