Evening star., 1923-12-02

work on "Icebound," owen Davis
Pulitzer prize winning story, which
is to- be his next production for Para
mount. s.@ts--
Old Fort Scuyler, N. Y, which
has been practically abandoned for
a number of years, has been recon
structed to appear like the -, Lazare
prison of Paris. for scenes in Gloria
Swanson's Paramount picture, The
Humming Bird" From information
received from Paris, through jules
Sevilli of the French bureau of in
formation in New York, the art de-
partment at the Paramount Long
Island studio was able to reconstruct
the prison, using the old fort as a
foundation. This will be the first time
that the st. Lazare prison has ever
been shown In motion pictures, either
In Europe or America.
Marion Harlan, daughter of Otis
Harlan, is to be Buster Keaton' s new
leading woman.
Natalie Talmadge Keaton, Busters
wife. has definitely retired from the
screen. Natalie made her last ap-
pearance In "Our Hospitality"
Eve Unsell, one of the best known
screen writer's In the business, Is at
Principal Pictures Studio preparing
the scenario for Baby Peggy's first
contract with that Organization. Miss
Unsell Is free lance write, whose
versatility has been established ein
Jackie Coogan's Long Live the
King" and Shadows of Paris" Pola
Negris current production.
Bebe Daniels will not have to hi
bernate nor make n personal ap-
peaI ance tour during the Lasky's
ten weeks shutdown. She has been
Lot. 4 g. S{,l Nl<r
treatment of The Tanning of the
Shrew," which Bennie Zeidman is
making for Principal Pictures Cor
poration.
With the arrival of Lillian Gish in
Italy, the headquarters of the "Ro-
mOla' company were transferred from
Leghorn to Florence. During the last
month a fleet of pirate galleys and
tiorentine warshiPs was built in the
has joined her sister Dorothy, the
filming of the historical landmarks in
Florence will begin.
Italy's oldest actress. Julia vora-
giatura, plays an important role in
"The White Sister," Lillian Gish's
greatest dramatic triumph. Donna
Julia is eighty-six years old and play
cd Juliet in Rome sixty years ago. In
THE White Sister" she gives an ad-
mlrab1e Characterization or one OF the
aged nuns.
The flowers that bloom in the
spring, ira, Ia" are sprouting in No
vember at Fort Lee. Inside the In
J spiration Studio. where Richard Bar
thelmess is working in The Enchant-
ed Cottage" under the direction of
John S. Robertson. a flower garden is
growing better and better day by day
The enchanted cottage is being erect
| ed indoors, and its outer garden
| with its quaint, old English lichen
tgates, it's sun dial and variety of Eng
| lish spring flowers. is being laid in
| real sod on the studio floor.
J While Reginald Denny lies in the
| Universal City hospital in a plaster
cast, the title of his first Jewel pic
ture by Byron Morgan has been
, changed to Sporting Youth" His
second. Love Insurance" awaits his
| recovery.
The cast of the Thrill Girl" Laura
| La Plantes first starring picture, has
! been completed and the company has
! left Universal City for the Glover
Aviation Field, at Santa Monica, and
Sherwood Forest, on the Mathewson
| ranch, to put in the thrills The cast
+; includes Edward Hearn, William
! Welsh, Bert Roach, Frances Raymond
Albert Hart, Margaret Cullington
Rolfe Sedan and Stanley Blystone
Robert Hill directs.
Universal has changed the name OF