Evening star., 1923-04-29
Latest Gossip From HOLLYWOOD

Madeline Ruthven's The Rendezvous
for his next film feature.
Lew Cody has been signed under :
tlrree-year contract by Goldwyn.
Montague Glass himself will write
The titles for Potash and Perlmutter"
FOR Sawyer Lubin Company Clarence
Badger will direct II.
May McAvoy. Lasky star remem
hered for her work in Sentimental
Tommy" has purchased her contract
from the Famous Players Corporation
She will not free lance. she says but
will soon sign contract with some
other firm.
year-old actor who began his screen
work less than Two years ago is nov
accounted one of the leading young
stars. He is a Mexican of one of the
oldest families Of the southern ~
public. His attitude toward acting
and all tho aSts is distinctly that o.
La tin, but upon this is superimposea
q set OF convictions Of distinctly anti
Latin tendency derived. no doubt from
Rex Ingram. under whose direction
ne mas worked The young actor has
a liking and respect for ingram
which amounts almost to hero Wor-
snip. but every now and then tho
Latin tendency shows as in uncou
scious conflict with the standards cC
'he .nr northern IN er r race Ges. For instance
| in sets. he said. He admits il hclps
| 10 emotion, but the tempo of the muslc
is not that OF the scene. Encon scioue
i actors viii hasten or retard action
10 SUIT the music. He is right. o.
course. but music does help 10 gi,e
the emotions play and sweep"-.hig
last wistfu!ly.
And again. later: Mr.. Ingram saws
| that the success Of acting is 10 thin
the part. not TO feel it: TO use the
brain. not the heart. He is right. ~
course. but I think that TO put over
any erect it must first be felt with
in-must be a reality 10 the actor
Perhaps Navarro's fine effects arc
the result of the conflict of the south
ern and northern methods. Eithe,
one. given full right OF way. nigh
go too far. In the Navarro-Ingrar
instance the resulting compromise o.
methods bring marvellous results.
whatever the cause.
Midnight in HOLLYWOOD. a stree
Soree anq emp5y saTe for ny las
glare IN the sky which grows as
near the site Of the Fairbanks studio
Flares Of light. swirling clouds a.
smoke. Laughter and cheers from
gate. giving my name TO the watch
man. cross the big LOT with a careful
eye lost get within the range OF the
Cameras. Rounding a corner ] see y
wide cobble-paved street climbing q
hill between old stone houses There
is fiesta under way. Four hundred
men and women. in Mardi Gras cos
tunes OF a century ago, stream up
and down the street. Some OF them
are masked In the background at
the top of the rise is a tall cross
Many of the merrymakers are carry
ing sparkling fares. An enormous
battery OF Kleigs makes the seen,
like daylight
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post is a young woman dancing and
playing guitar She sings and i
insolent. Her blond hair is parted in
the middle and drawn to a loose kno'
low on her neck. Into this is thrus
an enormous Spanish comb. ! watch
her as do the mcrrymakers. As Sh'
dances aud sings she is like Anrs
Held 81 fifteen years ago in her dar
ing and allure.
1t is Mary Pickford doing nigh
carnival under LubitschS direction
for her next film. 'Rosita' Mary ~
the cellar door and pinafores Is gone
forever. But the world of screen fan,
will he the gamers.
Pola NeRri will soon start on .
vacation. but will not tell where sh.
is going. Chaplin is nearly through
with the Edna Purviance film. Holly
wood thinks they will be married
Edmund Lowe has been signed for
leads by Goldwyn. Mabel Normsnd
is working in the star role in ''Th"
Extra Girl"
Gloria Swanson is 10 have the wish
OF years fulfilled. Her next picture.
to be made in New York. will be
"Zaza
Barbara Lamar is TO be the vamp
who lures King Solomon in one epl
sode OF THE Brass Bottle"
Cecil De Mile has presented copy
of the Bible to every member of th,e,
cast for THE Ten Commandments"
with each presentation urging daily
reading He said the gift was 't"
supplement any copies you may have
at home"
Betty Compson has taken passports
to sail for England on June !. Her
Famous Players-Lasky contract is at
an end and she will make two pic
lures in London for Graham Cults.
Clara Kimhall Young may return 10
the stage for six months before MAX
ing another picture.