Evening star., 1924-04-27
Hollywood GOSSIP
Hersesheimer Touch in "Cytherea Irene Rich
Comes Into Her Own-VioIa Dana
Turns Free Lance.

screenland. She has been signed by
universal for second feminine role
Barbara La Mnrr and the Women.
Barbara La Mari just now is suffer
ing from nisund The
Womens Council of Sacramento is
urging that all of Miss La Marrs
films be barred from theaters in Cali
fornia's capital city. Why? Because
newspaper interviewer quoted the
star as having said something to the
effect that "a woman must be i'm
vamp."
Miss La Mari is highly convincing
as screen vamp, so the Sacramento
Women's Council has decided that
according to the stars purported as
sertion, she herself must be none too
strait-laced. And the Sacramento
women profess to be fearful lest NfsA
La Marr's lovely face and figure yf
shown upon the screens in their city.
may "demora1iZa the young people
who go to the movies for amusemesa e
Poor Barbara La Mari, Does ma
Sacramento know that the lovely star
in question conforms to legal and So
cial forms with great tenacity? Does
it not know that she has been mar
ried four times? Surely her collec-
tion of marriage licenses should sat
iSfy them that the star is stickler
for all forms of convention.
Rupert Hughes. author and motion
picture director, is maintaining silence
concerning the just-revealed secret
marriage of his twenty-two-year-o
son, Rush Hughes, and Marion Har-
ris, singer and vaudeville actress. Mr..
Hughes at one time expressed an
tagonism toward the attachment,
which was matter of Hollywood
gossip soon after Rush Hughes met
Miss Harris when she was a cafe en-
Tor rfo;
years older than her young husband
and has a daughter by former mar
riage.
Won Strohcim Also Suffers.
Erich Won Stroheim is spending
much time in the courts here OF late.
Besides being sued by his former
wife for asserted failure to make
son, he has just been denied an az
counting of the money he has already
paid her at the rate of SIS d week.
Now come Gladys Lewis and Selma
Lewis, writer and publisher, asking
damages OF S10.577 in the mater o.
Round" the picture which Won Stro-
helm started for Universal, but which
Rupert Julian finished. Won Stro-
helm had previously sued to have the
publishing and circulation or the
novel stopped.
Because she says she wants a chance
in something 'other than the black
and blue drama" Dorothy DeVore'
Christie comedy star, has decided not
to renew her Christie contract, out
TO b 4come a free-lance. Miss Devore
has been with the Christie conpan!
CHARLES Meredith, once leading man
for Marguerite Clark, Mae Marsh
Constance Talmadge and other stars
has returned to Hollywood after
sncnding two years making films IN
England. While abroad he Married
an English girl.
Cullen Landis, now in New York
will not return to Hollywood before
September. He has signed to play
there in two films, The Red Stredh
and Born Rich
Jackie Coogan's third picture for
the Year will be called Dirty Hands
He is now working on Little ROBIN
son Crusoe"
are to be featured by First National
in Counterfeit"
Charles Ray has started work OF
Smith for Thomas 1nce- Ine piV
shows him as a young san fran-
cisco newspaper man VINO becomes
involved in difficulties through VISIT
to the Rarbary coast. The scene then
shifts to Alaska Gardner Sullivan
wrote the story.
viii Rogers may return to the
"Follioe" in New York If he can in
duce Hal Roach to open an eastern
studio 50 that he can make pictures
and do his "Follies'' act at the same
time.
Kathleen Clifford. for the first time
III her CAREER. is making two-reel
comedy She is working on the
Christie lot.
Mae Murray and her husband. Rob
ert Il. Leonard. the director. will be-
gin work at once on "Cfrce." writ
ten for Miss Murray by Vicente
BlaScc IbancZ.
Merged studios Consolidate.
Production is eXnected to start with
d rush now that the Metro-Goldwyn
Mayer merger has been officially an
Mission road and the Metro studio,
covering four city blocks in Holly
wood will he abandoned and produc-
ton will he oentered at the Gold~yn
studio in Culver city.
The Metro realty holdings are now
immensely valuable as business and
arartment house sites and will be
sold.
All Goldwyn employees will be re
tanned. Marcus Loew will be presi
dent of the consolidated firms, which
will be called Metro -Goidwyn. The
consolidation also includes many the.
ater chairs and brings under Mr..
Loew's authority a. total OF about $50
theaterS
W. r Hearst will continue releas-
ing Cosmopolitan features through
tro-Goldwyn. for q time at least
TIE new organization will have thu
following stars and directors: Rex
ln"ram. Rupert Hughes, John NJ
Stahl Hobart Henley. Reginald Bar
ler. Frank BorEage, Marshall Neilan,
Tackle Coogan. Mae Murray, Leonor,
Boardman, Mae Busch, Hobart Bos-
wor tn, Buster keaton. Claire Wind
sor, Charles ETabin and others
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