Evening star., 1923-08-19
BY HALLETT ALIEN.
Special. Correspondent of The Star.

Los ANGELES, August 16.--Florence
Vidor, after lot of everyday girl parts
like Alice Adams in the play of that
name, Carol Kennicott in MAIN Street"
and the young school teacher i'll THE
Nirginian,' is at last to have the part
of foreign society woman of wealth
in Ernest Lubitsch's new production for
Warner Brothers. After her Lubitsch
picture she will play Barbara i'll The
Winning of Barbara WORTH
Louise Fazenda, confined for years to
character and comedy parts, also has
been signed by Warner Brothers for
three years under a starring contract.
Z She is at last to have the leads in
straight dramatic productions and her
new contract is said to be due to her
work with Hope Hampton in The Gold
piggers..'
Conrad Nagel has been awarded the
coveted part of Paul in Gilmore Glyn's
Three Weeks" which Goldwyn is max
ing. Aileen Pringle will be the tiger
skin lady and Alan Crosland will direct.
THE Vital Question: dramatic
play built around the problem of
whether or not young married woman
should work for her own living, has
been sold to the Laval Photoplay COM
pany by William NJ. Caselman, a Los
Angeles newspaper man. The produc-
ing company, a new one in the field, is
backed by Canadian capital.
Elaine Hammerstein is the latest of
the stars who have been working the
cast to join the Hollywood colony. She
will begin work in a fortnight in an Ed
ward Dillon production at the Goldwyn
Busy Schedules Supplant LuII.
picture making. many companies are
launching new and larger programs of
production. Among the big new photo
plays announced for immediate produc-
tton are Custody of the Child" an
cight-reel feature which King Baggott
will direct, with Baby Peggy as star.
There is also up the Ladder" the
owen Davis stage play. in which Nir-
ginia Nalli will be starred. The Signal
Tower will be costly production, and
this will be followed by Booth Tarking-
tons THE Flirt"
Universal also will film Damned"
the anonymous novel which created a
great stir. and will make it into super
feature like Merry Co Round
Mary Philbin will be starred in
N"xt will be The Extra Man.
constance Talmadge has made the
raGe success, "Dulcie," into a film
tIay that is thought even better than
The sage version. For seven reels
Under Sidney Franklin's able direc-
lion. the fun romps along with never
let-down. AS Dulcie. the loving
foung wife, Miss Talmadge is delight
!ul-better, 1 think, than in any Of
her other recent releases. This play,
for release late this month, finds her
with such support as Jack Mulhall
as the husband and Johnnie Harron
as the brother. Andre de Beranger
and Claude Gillingwater "Dulcie" is
said to be her goodbye to light,
frothy comedy. She is now complet-
ing THE Dangerous Maid" u dra-
matte costume piece, and will next
make Madame Pompadour."
Another whaCking good feature that
have seen in studio, projection
room is 'Thundering Dawn" directed
by Harry Carson. for Universal re-
lease I'm November. 1t is melodrama
of the widest kind. but Is so skilfully
directed and SO we'll staged and acted
that it is what every photoplay
should be-immensely entertaining
Most of the action occurs in Java
and the colorful life of the tropical
orient is magnifcently depicted.
This photoplay is an additional score
for j. Warren Kerrigan and shows
Anna Q. Nillson in a great part, which
she handles with real power The
story is an original. written for the
screen by John Blackwood, and seems
TO be strong support for those who
argue that originals are, as a class