Evening star., 1923-01-21

gan work in George Melford's pro.
duction, "You Can't Foot Your Wife,
in which she will be featured win
Leatrice JOY and Lewis stone.
Antonio Moreno. who appears as
leading man with Gloria Swanson In
My American Wife" and is featured
N support Of Nary Miles Minter IN
The Trail OF the Lonesome Pine" Is
, to be, costarred with Bebe Daniels in
The Exciters." This picture will be
made at the Paramount Long Island
studio following the completion or
the Allan Dwan production. The
Daniels is a featured player.
Pearl Sindelar. who recently appear
ed on Broadway in the Equity Play
ers' production, Hospitality" will
production, THE Giimpses of the
Moon" as the wife of an artist In
real life she is the wife of Charles
Sindelar, the artist.
Some startling contrasts in charac-
terizations by actors are often called
for by motion picture producers.
Ernest Terrence had just finished por-
traying the role of a simple-minded
clown in "Singed Wings" for Para
i become an Indian scout and adven-
turer of the plains in the picturiza-
tiou of "The Covered Wagon" under
the direction of James Cruze.
All the excitement in motion pic
lures is not reserved for the actors
and actresses. Gilbert Fones prop
erty man for Paramount found life
very hectic for two months while en-
camped in Utah with the wants of
a company of 5000 persons to satisfy.
And his difficulties were further compli-
Gated by the fact that he had to conduct
| most OF his conversations with Indians
| by means of the sign language.
| When the white members of the
! company making. The Covered
| Wagon" as Paramount picture dis
covered that the squaws were pray
! ing for victory for the Indians just
/ before the big attack on the wagon
4, train began they became nervous
, Some of them were afraid that il the
squaws were SO earnest about it the
excited braves might slip some ammu-
milton into their guns.
! Cecil Is. DeAIille had an embarrass-
! ing experience recently. Lord Louis
! Noun tbatten. cousin of the Prince of
Wales, and his bride arrived during
! the making of Adams Rib at just
about the time lie was staging a revo-
! luton VIII ch treated royalty very
! roughly. The visitors wanted to see
! pictures made and he wanted TO show
/ them. but he didn't want to display
anything unpleasant from their point
! of view
During the filming of scenes i'll Cecil
! r. DeALilles latest Paramount produc-
\ ton. Adams Rib" somebody told
! Anna q. Nilsson. u featured player
| that they thought she looked sweet.
And she thought they were trying to
/ pull an old joke. because her father
runs a sugar refinery in Sweden.
"Bena Donna" Pola Negri's first
/ American picture. in which she VIII
| star for Paramount, with Conway
! Tcarly. Courad Nagel and Lois Viii
| by George F'itzmaurice. Ouida Ber-
gore adapted Robert Hichens story
/ for The Polish star.
Adolph Zukor. president of the
! Famous Players-Lasky Corporation.
! ee lie hrated his \fiftieth birthday last
week as the guest OF honor at a din
ner given at Delmontco's, New York.
grams of felicitation were received
from all parts. of the world.
! The February bookings for Gran
the following: Norma Talmadge's s
new release, "The Voice From the
Ninaret.'' in which Eugene OBrien
Mays opposite the star; Leatrice JOY.
Matt Moore and Raymond Griffith. in
Marshall Neilans comedy novelty.
/ Minnie; Katherine Macdonald. Bry-
ant Washburn and Mitchell Lewis. in
"W oman Conquers," coupled with Bus
ter keaton's comedy. Day Dreams
Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy
Gish, in Fury" and Guy Bates Post.
in Omar. the Tentmaker."
Courtesy has been expressed by
patrons of Crandalfs Metropolitan
Theater as to the personnel of the
players who appeared in the Dickens
reverie" prologue to "OliVer Twist
Those who participated We're: Arthur
p white. Dickens; Fred East. Sykes
William c. Carter. Fagin: T.. Il. tres-
we'll. Mr.. Bumble: y. y. Shanahan.
Mr.. Sowerberry; II. A. Munoz, the
artful dodSer: Miss f. Ryan. Nancy,
and little Billy Thomas as Oliver
Twist. =
w. E. T. Thompson. one of the finest
pipe organists in. the city, is now
presiding at the console of the new
orchestra unit at Crandalfs Central
Theater, Jack Griffith having been
transferred, at his own request. to the
York.
Howard Greer, well known New York
f. shion designer. who created the cos
f,';?1eS for tho last edition ns the Green
wich Village Follics. has been anGaged
hy Paramount 10 create costumes for
4, Paramount pictures. and has left for
Hollywood, where he will join the cos
tune department in the Lasky studio,
fin.