Evening star., 1924-01-20
Hollywood Gossip
Reginald Denny Impresses in Sporting Youth h"-United
Studios President Predicts Busiest Year-"Flaming
Barriers" Example of What's Wrong With the
Movies. '. ."... e<s,c

company. and will produce four 3fea-T
ture films starring himself. The first
will be '"The Country Doctor" bss
AlbeSt Kenyon. ,.!:g
Percy Marmont will play the parts
of Lady LOUIS husband in The Shoots
ing of Dan McGrew," starring BaE-I
bara La Marr. III. Il.
Valeska Surratt, now here in saT
vaudeville act, has purchased a HoiiT
lywood home, and when her two-ast
day tour ends in April, will retuFaR
here to live. She says she will -Esa
married in the early summer.
Goldwyn to Resume. ,,.s
Though detailed production plans
nave not been announced by the
Goldwyn Company, other than COM
pletion Of Rupert Hughes True AS
Steel and the filming of "Ben-Hurg.
abroad. Goldwyn directors. it is art
nounced. Will soon be returning pJ'
the company's studio at Culver Cir
preparatory to resumption Of pre-
ductton activities. II
Marshall Neilan, loaned to Mar.
pickfoTd i to direct Dorothy verno9,
at the Goldwyn lot, as viii Kif-PF
Vidor. LOANED to Metro TO dire.tIs
Laurette Taylor in Happiness" IAN
victor seastrom is trying to fltia.
the east on vacations will soon be.
back ready for work. -
Paul Bryan is busy at UNIVERSAL
cans third serial, In which. the staat
! also will act as director. 1t will be
called THE Free Traders" 1t VIII
deal with the struggle between legit-
and the fur pirates. ~.,3
samuel Goldwyn. no longer con@g
nected with the GoIdwyn corupauyo.
announces that he will make HergelT
sheimers Cytheria" in Paris anlfp
that, Lewis Stone. Alma Reubeg1as1
Mary Alden and Constance Bennerf1
nave already been engaged for pa rta,2
he VIII make Potash and Perimut-F
| Ter mere. with Barney Bernard and
Alexander Carr in the charactepb
parts. Ia
Ralph graves has just returned4
from an absence OF several mouthan
in New York.
William Russell is to be the star or
new Selznick feature, the name 6ks
"hlch has not vet been announcedt fu
ana Nazimova has returned frorfn
east and is resting at her HoIlywooH.I
nome; She expects to make a pie
ture here soon S-s.
Theda Bara's Picture. Hs's
AIadama Satan" will probably .ns,S,
the title of the picture which via.
| sn nalA +IAeda Bara's return to thon
Lou Tellegen, after an absenes
OF Iour years, returns to Hollywood
ana VIII head his own production with
1
make pictures at the Vitagraph
| studio. His first photoplay will ba,
an adaptation of Robert w. Cham.
oers between Friends He re1si
Put Asunder, playing with Paulina5
| Production activities have been rc.o
ISumed at the Famous Players-Las-
| KY lot and at Warner Bros studio. i'm.
/ Hollywood. after a cessation of dlp34,s
ing lasting over many weeks. 80
! Eighty-four per cent OF all motio1sss
pictures are made in this country, Al =
Chrlstie announces after careful re.r
| search and the compilation Of sta-.s
| tistics. Of this output so per cert
hnds ready market in other coun5
tries and the quantity Of films ex7 ;
| ported from here has jumped 20 pel
| cent in the last TWO years. TlcE
/ United Kingdom, Australia, CanadsY
and Argentina are the four largestT
| customers. Mr.. Christie says. Otheti
! important purchasers, in order of5
! consumption, are Brazil Japan, Brig
ish East Indies, British West Indies,
France; France; Mexico: Cuba, Denmarh,
/ Germany. He considers China, with
its 40o,000,000 people. the most prom,
! ising Of the partially developed MAJ
| kets. :sn
''HaIf Dollar Bill" i
| Metro has purchased an indepenxt-2
! emily made film photographed at thdR
| Max Graf studio At San Mateo, neaT7
/ San Francisco. and has made HoIly~s
wood sit up and take notice by giy4s
| Ing a private pre-view or two. Half
| a Dollar Bill" is the name of thisa.
| production and it is excellent Not Il
| costly nor lavish production, it is,
| nevertheless, SO sound dramaticalty.-
| and SO we'll directed, well cut anps
| cleverly titled that it at once takes u.
| high rank. Marcus Loew, when he
was here from New York told me s6T
| the purchase and wired north to haves
I a print sent down for me to see. fFt
| told me then he thought it a verhI,
| fine production, and after I had seen.
| II run / agreed with him. s-9S
| In essence the plot is all old hoku1r
| but it is SO freshly treated that II IS,
/ not only convincing, but moving a1ttF
beautiful. William P. Carleton pla1SG
| the male lead and outshines Inany1;4
| better known star. Anna Q. Nilsson
| is the leading woman and maintairlSE
| the usual high level of her work foro
| this season. And little Frank Darrt -
| about five years Of age, vies with7
| other child stars, no matter whays
their fame. w. Van Dixie was the EFT
| rector.
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