Evening star., 1924-01-13
Fill ogr m S

D EX BEACH, famous as the author
- of Alaska adventure stories, has
concluded that as d reporter he's an
excellent novelist.
A magazine sent Rex to Washing
ton to report the convention or the
Big Brother" movement that was held
here last summer. When Rex showed
up in New York he had forgotten all
about the story he was supposed to
write I'm plotting out Il fiction tale
based on the idea of the movement.
TheJstory is big Brother The
screen will picture II here this week.
Jesse L. Lasky OF the Famous
Player-Lasky Corporation Is q real
story scout. When Homer Croy's
West of the Water Tower first III
1'ame signed TO It, Lasky begged
Harpers for the authors name. With
in q week he had Croy's name on
The dotted line for the screen rights.
Glenn Hunter announces that he.
TOO, belongs to that numerous conf
pany of young men who slept on
"a park bench while waiting for art
TO open Its arms. That was lit
tie before Zoe Beckley. the newspaper
sob sister, took pity on him and got
him a job with the Washington
Square Players. and long-oh. quite
a while--before he found himself
with such roles as Clarence, The
Intimate Strangers and Merton Of
the Movies"
An important part of the radio con-
cert broadcast from the WRC sta
tion OF the Radio Corporation of
America, 14th street and Park road
northwest. last Wednesday evening
was contributed by Daniel Breeskin,
conductor Of the orchestra at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater, who gave
THE Swan" by Saint -Saens and two
selected solos for violin sharply con-
trasted in character.
In attempting a hurried exit down
the dark stairway from the executive
offices Of the Crandall theaters re-
Gently. Nelson Il. Bell of the Gran
dali staff sustained a compound frac-
ture of the right forearm.
The season for special added at
fractions at the Crandall neighbor-
hood theaters seems to have arrived.
For the Saturday matinee. January
10, the Apollo Theater will present
Franco, ii serio-comic entertainer as
n ventriloquist. and for the same date
the Avenue Grand and Crandalls
Savoy announce Griffo, the worlds
foremost imitator of birds. animals
and musical instruments"
Gertrude Atherton based the title
for her story, Black Oxen" on the
following quotation from ". B. Yeat:
"The years, like great black oxen.
tread the world, and God. the herds
man, goads them on behind"
vitagraph announces the purchase
nf world picture rights to The Clean
Heart" by A. S. NJ. Hutchinson, author
% "If Winter Comes" 1t is one of
l., i5t, tor dor a rlf
The Covered Wagon" has begun an
engagement in Paris. An elaborate
presentation drew many distinguished
Parisians to the Madelaine Theater
December 81.
The cast for Gloria swanson's next
Paramount picture, "a Society Scan
at the Lond Island studio. includes
Rod La Rocque, Richard Cortez, Mrs.
Ida Waterman. Allan Simpson, Mrs.
Converse, Frazer Coalter, Mrs. Cathe-
Donovan, Cornelius keefe, Catherin
Coleburn, Marie Shelton and Dorothy
Stokes.
Jack Holt is spending a short vaca-
ton in New York. He expects TO re-
main there during February and then
TO proceed directly to Arizona, where
he is to be featured in the Zane Grey
story. 'Wanderer OF the Wasteland."
This picture will be made entirely in
-he natural colors under the direction
OF Irwin Willat. 1t will be the first
feature picture to be produced in this
way by Paramount.
Marie Provost has just completed
her role in 1.-The Marriage Circle"
which Ernst Lubitsch has produced
FOR Warner brothers.
John Barrymore. who is creating
the role of Beau Brummei on the
screen, has received a snuff box. said
70 have belonged to the famous
England
No one can blame Irene Rich for
becoming a bit snobbish these days.
After portraytng the Queen of Spain
IN "Rosita" she travelled over to the
Warner lot, where she Immediately
became the Duchess of York in Beau
Srnmmel.'
Among famous sayings of history
should he included the immortal
Who's your fat friend7" the remark
directed against George ", the
Prince of Wales. by Beau Brummel,
and which subsequently broke up the
famous friendship. The saying. which
works concerning the famous dandy.
was written into the play Beau
Ceorgette LeblancI
Distinguished French Singer and
I Aetress-interpreter Of Maeterlinck.
KINa-sMTH STUDIOS