Evening star., 1924-07-06
= LOIS WILSON, Rialto
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FREDERICK LONSDALE'S New
York stage success, Spring Clean
ing" adapted by Clara Beranger. is to
be William de Miles next production
for Paramount.
Dimitri Buchowetzki has injected
into Pola Negri's new picture, Lily
of the Dust" already widely adver-
tised as Compromised" and as The
drawn from his youthful recollections.
One of Lois Wilson's little tricks
in THE Man Who Fights Alone"
William Farnum's new picture, was
to hang on the edge of a ninety-foot
cliff by her fingers after bridge over
a chasm collapsed.
Mike Ready, stage doorkeeper at
the old McVicker's Theater, in Chi
win Booth played there. played the
same role in Leatrice joys new pic
ture. 'Changing Husbands" for
which a replica of his old stamping
ground was constructed as a back
ground.
Herbert Brenon plays the role of
a ships officer in the screen version
of James oliver curwood's THE
Alaskan" as well as directs the pic
ture. =
1t is rumored that Erich Won Stro-
helm, who is going to fairly burn
money when he directs a picture. is
going to film. The Merry Widow"
for Metro -Gotdwyn, with Mae Muir
ray as it's star.
A news note states that Metro
Goldwyn is to introduce the per-
sonalities of the merger that created
IL in a series of pictorial bulletins
that are to be shown throughout the
country in the Loew houses.
Daughters of Today" recent
photoplay was linked with a noto-
rious Chicago murder and the dis
tributing agency -blames it on an en-
terprising theatrical press agent. So
Nazimova has begun. under the di-
rection of Edwin Carewe. work on
Madonna of the Streets" in which
she is featured with Milton Sills.
Mayor ]. H. Marshall responded to
a resolution passed by the Trumbull
County Ku Klux Klan, demanding
the Sunday closing of all theaters in
Warren, O., by announcing his de-
cision to permit picture shows to
operate.
Sterling, Ill. a news report states
"by the biggest vote ever polled
favored Sunday pictures.
The Pathe Review will release in
the fall $4,000 feet of film picturing
the experiences of the Marsh expe-
dition into the interior of Darien.
Universal, it is announced. has
planned a curtailment of production
during the shortage of electric power
epidemic that has struck the Pacific
coast. 1t is also announced that
illuminated signs and marques en-
bellishmentS" are being dimmed-all
because of lack of rain.
The midwest cities, big and little
especially Kansas City. is complain.
ing of too many theaters and toe
many vacant seats. and it is alleged
the crops are to blame-"when crop:
go wrong the people are up agains,
Alan Dwan is said to have loaded
Gloria Swanson with $4,000 worth
of finery and jewels in Her Love
Story to make her a beautiful bride
Some of the producers are said to
be keeping tab on the number OF
'chuckles" and the number of loud
laughs" a picture wins in determin- :
ing it's artistic value in the comedy
field
John Francis Dillon, the photoplay
director, is said to be a very modest
man, and yet he must have a trend
for he directed Flaming Youth.
Lilies of the Field" and ''The Per
ductions. He comes of good Irish
parentage from New York, but
neither of his parents ever had any
thing to do with a theater. John has
directed some excellent pictures
however.
Harry Crandall rendered the dele
gates to the National Educational
convention in this city compli-
mentary showing of AL and Ray
Lincoln" at the Ambassador last
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Harriet Haw-
ley Locher, director of the Crandall
public service and educational de-
partment, supervised the showing.
This weeks overture-prelude, ar
ranged by Daniel Breeskin for the
Metropolitan Theater, it is announced
will be choreographic as we'll as
musical.
Maurice Tourneur. the artist di-
romance of the Partisan stage. is
said to have made Barbara La Mari
fairly take the rag off the bush for
loveliness in 1t.
Rafael Sabatini's THE Sea Hawk"
now on the screen, is a romantic
story of the Algerian corsair and the
Spanish Main.
For the first time, the American
Society Of Civil Engineers gave it.
annual dinner in motion picture
studio recently. Through the cour-
tesy OF Thomas II. Ince 400 members
attended q banquet at which was
served food from every state in the
Union, at his studios in Culver City
Calf.
Lovers Lane an adaptation OF
the Clyde Fitch play, will be Phil
Rosen's next production for Warner
Brothers, the cast including Robert
Ellis, Franc Dale, Gertrude Olmstead
Ethel Wales and Bruce GuErin.
One of the prize winning stories in
the Laemule scenario scholarship contest
is being produced now at Universe
City, with Jack Hoxie as it's star. un-
der the direction of Clifford Smith
This story, written by Clee Woods OF
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