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work on Shadows OF Paris"
Pola Negri's fourth American picture.
''Shadows of Paris" was taken from
Andre Picard's French play, Mon
Homme." adapted to the screen by
Fred Jackson and put into scenario
form by Eve Unsell.
Cosmopolitan will retain "Yolauda"
as the name for its next Marion
Davies picture. ''Yolanda". is a pic
ture version of Charles Majors novel.
The title Mary, of burgundy" had
rif,en Segn eobsidefed by tbs was
Knighthood Was in Flower"
Tom Gallery. in Marshall Neilan's
The Eternal Three" proved. during
the filming of the picture, that he had
seen service at the front. In a terrific
struggle before the camera three but
tons flew at various angles from his
shirt. Instead of appearing helpless,
Tom Immediately gathered up the
buttons. procured needle and thread
and proceeded to show 'em how they
sewed 'em 'over there"
Several thousand feet of official
fllm showing actual combat in the
world war have been received at the
Paramount Long Island studio from
the British and French war depart
ments for use in The Humming
Bird" Gloria Swanson's latest Para
mount picture. Scenes to be selected
from the foreign films will be COM
bined with others that have been
picked from the files of the United
States War Department to give the
war background called for in the
story. A special courier was sent to
Paris by the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation to obtain the French war
films.
Lon Chaney will soon be seen as he
really is, minus eccentric makeup or
in Sam Woods Paramount produc-
tion. The Next Corner" adapted by
Monte Katter1ohn from Kate Jordan's
novel.
William S. Hart plans to take
short vacation as soon as he finishes
work in Singer Jim Mckee" his sec
ond Paramount picture since his re-
turn to the screen.
Cecil B. De Mile has returned to
the Lasky studio and will soon start
work on Triumph" May Edginton's
story. which has been adapted to the
screen by Jeanie Macpherson.
George MeIford has just finished
"F'laming Barriers" The picture was
hegun September ii and finished in a
little more than six weeks. 1t was
written for the screen by Byron Nor
gan. and features Jacqueline Logan,
Antonio Moreno, Walter HERS and
Charles Ogle.
Fifteen years ago Hobart BoSworth
and Tyrone Power strode the boards
of Daly's Theater, New York, inter
pretinG Shakespeare. They renewed
their acquaintance recently, when
Power was playing in The Day of
Faith at the Goldwyn studios. and
Bosworth was acting IN Victor Sea
stroms Name the Man
More than 700 extras were used in
filming castle scenes of Elinor Glyn's
Three Weeks" Principals In the
cast include Aileen Pringle, Conrad
Nagel. John Sainpolis. Claire de Lorez.
Stuart Holmes, Dale Fuller and Mitch
ell Lewis.
During filming OF Emmett Flynn's
Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model"
Mae Busch's clothing caught fire. Now
she calls herself the burning Busch.
Two of Goldwyn's big productions
will have its premieres IN San Fran
cisco. They are Victor Seastrom's
first picture made in this country.
Name the Man" from Sir Hall
Gaines novel. The Master of Man"
and Rupert Hughes own original
story. Reno" formerly called Law
Against Law
What is claimed to be the last herd
OF wild horses in America was used
IN the filming of the Irwin Willat pro-
duction, The Heritage of the Desert"
Navajo Indians in northern Arizona
were used to round up scattered
groups OF horses into one large herd
for scenes in the picture.
David Smiths skill as producing
director for Eitagraph is being re-
warded by Broadway showings His
latest picture, The Man From Brod-
ney's," u screen version of George
Barr McCutcheon's romantic novel,
has been booked for the Rialto Thea
ter, New York. beginning December
16. J. Warren kerrigan heads the