Evening star., 1923-03-18

| {. Gardner Sullivan. until recently
head of the Thomas II. Ince scenario
| department, and who has Just signed
with Joseph Schenck's Norma and
constance Talmadge Organization,
was once newspaper man in St Pau!
| and later in New York.
Andree Lafayette. the French
beauty, who will play Trilby here
| the screen, wanted to take a look a.
, the statue of her famous ancestor in
! New York. Taxi drivers, policemen,
! MOTEL men, in fact, all kinds OF peo
as to where the statue could be found.
| Finally she teiephoned the park bu
! reau. The response was that they did
not know. but finally the voice at the
sired information, with the result thai
Mile. Lafayette discovered the
statue in Union Square Park.
Allen Holubar has finisred a picture
called Islander the Woman" and Is
now besieged, IL is said, by folk wfc
want him TO make pictures directed
against other evils besides that ri
| Slander.
| Lila Lee, pretty black-haired &C
tress, had a succession of Spanish
roles last year. She started by play
ing the neglected Spanish wife n
"Blood and Sand" became a plquant
Ghost Breaker" and now she is pla>
ing the role Criquita in The Neer
Do Well" which Alfred F. Green is
the Stellar role Gus weinberg, for
twenty-five years star in musica
comedy and stage productions. has the
| important role of Andres Garavei IN
The Ne,er e DO Vel aean He has anPearea eaIe
and The Deadline," and two years
ago in THE Frontier Of the Stars.
Samson Noble. concert master Of
the orchestra at CrandalIs Metro
| who will be heard this week as =
violin soloist for the first time II
| Washington. was formerly a, pupil OF
! Max Bendix. Eugene Ysaye and other
masters of the bow. Mr.. Noble also
| has been associated with DR.. Hug
! Riesenfeld. Samuel Rothafel and
Balaban and katz. Chicago's foremost
| picture exhibitors.
Fallas Broche, manager Of Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater last
week surprised his patrons by Pre-
senting an entirely new interior garb
for the house during the spring
velours were supplanted Throughout
the theater with exquisite baronet
satin proscenium and door draperies
in canary color and royal blue. These
1 =
! cretonnes later on. The change re
| quires all night work on the part of
| a double crew of house attaches and
mechanics.
-"Mighty LAX Rose is the first
picture which First National has
produced on it's own account Hereto
| fore il has been purely a distribution
agency for independent producers.
! mighty LAX a Rose" will be among
| the early spring bookings at Gran
, dall's Metropolitan Theater.
Nelson B. Bell. in charge OF adver.
| tising and publicity for the Cranda!l
| Theatres, returned to Washington
last Tuesday morning from a four
| dav business trip TO New 1ork II
! the interest of his own departmer'
and the public service and education
/ al department of the Crandall the
| afers While in New York Mr.. Bel
| had interviews with Richard Barthel
! mess John s Robertson. Anders Raw
! doIph VIII Rogers Thomas Meighar
! and others of note in the film indus
| try.
! The De Milles-Cecil E. and Vii
| liam-seem to be fighting il out II
Washington this week. Cecifs pic
! ture, adams Rib" starts its second
i week at the Columbia this afternoon.
! at the same time that william De
=, Miles "The Worlds Applause" starts
] a seven-day run at Loew's Palace.