Evening star., 1923-11-11
LATEST MOVIE GOSSIP
FROM HOLLYWOOD
Stars Accept Bright Light of Publicity. But
Resent the Circulation Of Tales
Without Basis.
Without Basis.

tdTDdFa La sddFr IN lno SHOOtlIlS
of Dan McGrew," will take his whole
company to- Alaska this coming
winter to make the exterior scenes.
sIonta Bell Goes to Warmers.
L. Monta Bell Charlie Chaplin's as
sistant in ths making of "A Woman
| of Paris" has been signed as a di-
rector by Warner Brothers.
Theda Bara is here to make pic
ture for b. Z. Fineman.
| Betty Comsson. after year abroad.
+, has been engaged to play in THE
Stranger" fer Lasky when production
! is resumed. i:
Mary Phil5in's next picture will be
"MitZi"
Mexico has given permission to Earl
Hudson to take three airplanes and a
dirigible south of the border for the
filming of = portion of ''Sundowu."
Elmer Harris, after completing mo
More Woraen" for Associated Pro-
ducers. has launched out as an inde-
pendent. Eie will make Il film at the
| Ince studio
! Wanda Hawley has been granted "a
! divorce fEom Allen Barton Hawley,
! with whom she had Wartime ro-
nance. she says her husband called
her a dumb bell
/ Frances Ross, vaudeville star, has
left the tsvo-a day for a part in Hunt
Strombers's The Air Patrol" Lila
! Lee, Jan5eS kirkwood and Carmel
Meyers, en- the contrary, are negoti-
atIng contracts for snort return to
/ the stage.
Edward Horton. the Ruggles of
aRuggleg of Red Gap" has gone to
oakland :for season in stage stock
Albert f. Smith, president of Vita
graph, has gone to Europe to note
progresg on THE Beggar of the Sui
phice," which is being made in
| Ernsts Lubitsch. who has completed
! work on The Marriage Circle Will
| take az three-week vacation in New
York. !:
Gladys Hulette. the mother in the
Baby peggy feature, The Burglar 5
! Kid, 5as been signed for the rart of
a mouatain girl in innocent. which
Perley. Poore Sheehan is directing at
| Universal City.
kin; Vidor, who recently completed
! gone to New York to make Peg O.
My Heart" for Metro. with Laurette
IayIo5r in the star part.
ihemaS y. Miranda, Goldwyn's title
Wrlter. is busy titling Name the
I Nan, which Victor Seastrom made
| from: Han Gaines novel. Master of
| Man.s Hugh Wynn cut the film.
Ioc1 Mix and his famous pony were
| both: seriously hurt on location when
they. had to jump over a mine which
wa9sto be exploded as soon as they
! had passed safely over. The mine
e&pEOded ematurely.
! PoIa Hostess to General.
Pgla Negri, who has been enter
taiIzing at her Beverly Hills home
Get:. Haller, known as "Polands
! Gegrge Washington" and his entire
! sta:f, was hostess at dinner and
, daEce at a hotel here at which Act
! ing Mayor Workman. Representative
! Fr.dericks and many civic leaders
We're guests. Gen. Haller and his
St;sH were the honor guests Many
| hlsl folk Were present, but non-pro-
fe.sionals predominated. and Pola
had the pleasure of having her coun-
! tr;' imam hear her heartily toasted and
/ praised.
Miss Negri tells me she likes her
! nsw part in My Man." the picture
sEe is now making under Herbert
lennon direction. more than any
Part since she came to this country
S.1e plays a Partisan apache dancer
! at last | have n chance to throw re-
sqrafnt to the winds and really act
| L am not made for repressive acting
! For Tor parts that call for that kind
CT work." says Pola
| Maurice Tourneur will take por-
slon OF the scenes of Torment in
/ s.ussia and Japan. These will be mob
sccneS mostly.
!: Work on ':The Human Mill" a big
Sletro spectacle. has been temporarily
suspended because of the illness OF
ALLEN Holubird. who is now in a hos
5ital here. All the location scenes
syere made at Nashville. Tenn.
/: Finfs Fox. independent producer
twill soon film The Woman Who
sSinned." and will make Les Miser-
gables" early next year Each produc-
|:tion Will cost about $500. 900.
!: Perley Poore Sheehan has complet-
sed the filming of Innocent" for Uni
syersal.
s Frank Beresford is working on the
continuity for The Inheritance" a
Mary Philbin picture.
Says Public Likes Acting.
Erick Won Stroheim believes the
public prefers to see particular char
acters played by able actors. rather
than to see 4 familiar actor merely
exhibiting himself as labeled char
acter. "Picturegoers do not long for
fresh faces he says, but they do
long for fresh characterizations
which are rarely given to them by the
film folk of familiar faces"
Julius Stern announces the forma-
ton of four new comedy production
units, their comedies to be released
as Century Company two-reelers.
When Laurette Taylor comes here