Evening star., 1923-02-25

| which Maurice Tourneur is producing
for First National release.
Dinky Dean is the name of the pre-
cocious child in THE Pilgrim who
| takes the liberty of slapping Cha rlie
Chaplin in the face. Dinky is four
years old.
Glovitch, the Russian baritone, who is
, shortly To make his debut with the New
York Metropolitan Opera Company, it is
Refuge" in which Katherine MacDon-
/ aid stars. The singer got into the pic
! ture through the invitation Of Victor
SchertZlnger. the composer director,
whom he met at the Schu'berg studios,
Hollywood.
\ Strongheart. the dog star of Drawn
Eof the North with team Of 'luskies, -
will compete III the hundred-1nile sled
| race at Banff. Alberta, during the week
of February 26.
Daddy" is the title of Jackie Coo
gan's latest First National picture.
DECLARING that large percentage Of
the divorce cases which come before
HIM are directly or indirectly the result
! of malicious or careless gossip, Judge
Summerf1eld of the domestic relations
court of Los Angeles is writing a series
of special articles on the subject in con-
| nection with the photoplay, Islander
the woman in which Dorothy Phillips
| is starred.
WaIdemar Young has begun the
adaptation of Salomy Jane" from
Paul Armstrong; play based on Bret
Harte's story. This will be George
, Melfords next Paramount production.
| following You Can't Fool Your Wife -
! "Salomy Jane" will be produced at
the Lasky studio on the west coast.
Agnes Ayles will have a leading
. role with Antonio Moreno in .'The
| Exciters,' which is to be made i'm
mediately at the Long Island studio
! ski. John Cotton, author of Rain y
| is adapting the stage play to the
screen.
| Leatrice Joy and Nita Naldi who are
at present engaged in George Mel
Your wife" were guests Of honor at at
| the International Silk Show in New
| York recently Miss Joy appeared in
the Chinese costume she wore in Java
{ Head" Miss Naldi had a rich red
gown Of brocaded silk.
J \ complete projection outfit and
| screen was installed in the mess
! tent" on location at the Meek ranch,
| in southern Utah, where scenes were
made in the Paramount production of
'"The Covered Wagon" The Aims
were shipped to Hollywood each night
and the developed prints sent back as
soon as possible, so the director and
m embers of the cast could see the re-
suits of their work as it progressed.
/ If "Oh Susannah" doesn't again be-
come A popular song after a lapse OF
! more than sixty years it will not be
, because it is not sung by a large
/ number of people. Nearly 1000 per-
sons sang 1t every day while scenes
were being made in "The Covered
Wagon" in Utah. and many of them
I are still singing it in the vicinity OF
! Hollywood.
(, Cecil b. De Mile objects to actors and
! actresses who get excited. Recently.
while making scenes in Adams Rib, u
he stopped the action long enough to
! caution one of the members Of the
cast who had become too emotional.
Acting" says Mr.. De Mile, 'is an art,
not an emotion. Good acting is pro-
duced by a. body and brain in per-
feet control Excitement means loss
of this and consequent loss of inter.
pretative efficiency"
| Persons of diverse training gather
in motion pictures. In Adams Rib. >
| Cecil B. De Miles new production.
| Milton Sills, a featured player was
onoe- a teacher of philosophy; Theo-
dore KoslOff n member of the Impe-
/ rial Russian Ballet aud Forrest Rob