Evening star., 1924-05-18
hollywood Gossip
Picture Patronage 1ncrea sng-Pine Forest Is
Moved to Hollywood B. Kyne Still
Antagonistic to Movies


viii be Edith Whartons Age Of
innocence Alice Covers The Dear
IIretender." Ernest Pascals The
DARK swan; Owen Davis Light
Eleventh Virgin" Mrs. W. K. cir
iords s Ewes Lover" Sacha GuitryS
Dc barah.' in cola boration with Ds-
vid Belasco: Villa Gathers The
Lost Lady" and The Narrow Street"
| by Edwin Bateman Morris.
Betty Comp~on With I.asky.
Betty Compson. who left Lasky's
Two years ago to free lance. has JUS
signed another long-term Lasky con
tract. Her first contract starring
vehicle. which will be directed BY
sam Wood, will be The Female" an
adaptation of Cynthia Stockley's
"Dalla. the Lion Cub" Work will
begin late this month.
Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor
VIII oversee plans for increasing
production at the company's Long
Island studio. Mr.. Lasky will h.
weeks, but Mr.. Zukor will remain in
the east.
Lillian Rich. the actress. is trying
70 branch out as scenario writer.
She has completed a film play called
Why Girls Return Home" which is
receiving favorable consideration bv
several producers.
Bessie Love has signed with Ince
to play lead with Charles Ray in
smith" Mr.. Ray takes the part Of
reporter and Miss Love will be
music hall girl.
Universal, which purchased Harry
Leon Wilson's "Oh. Doctor two
months ago announces that Reginald
Denny has been selected to play the
starring role.
Catherine Hamptong daughter If
benjamin b. Hampton, the producer.
has been married to Robert Paulsen
screen actor Miss Hampton has never
appeared in the movies.
Viola Dana. who recently refused
to renew her Metro contract on the
ground that she wanted to be a free
lance. has changed her mind and has
signed three-year contract with
Famous Players-Lasky. She will art
first with Glen Hunter in Merton Of
the Movies" and then will be starred
under Paul Bern's direction in Open
All Night" In the second play her
and Adolphe Menjou.
King Vidor has been selected bv
Metro -Goldwyn to direct Elmo
former Fox star. and Ailene Pringle
will have the leading parts.
Paulette Duval. who recently com
pleted work in a part in Valentines
Monsieur Beaucaire" has come to
Hollywood to try her luck with the
western studios.
Kathleen Calhoun. the brunette
vamp. has been added TO the host Of
Jack Dempsey's company making
winning His Way at Universal.
Jack Pickford and his company,
making The End of the World" have
gone north to Carmel to take the final
scenes for the picture.
Charles Chapman has brought his
company back from the high Sierras.
where he spent more than month
making snow scenes.
Tit for Tat.
DR.. Cecil Reynolds. NJ. D.. F. r. c. &
has filed suit against the Famous
Players-Lasky Company for s2500
for professional services and the com
pany has retorted by fling suit
against the eminent surgeon for
$500 for tuition in motion picture
direction" The doctor says he gave
two weeks of his time as technical
advisor during the filming of Mary
Roberts Rinehart's The Breaking
operating room scenes. Charlie
Chaplin Will be one of the witnesses
for Or. Reynolds, who has long been
his physician.
ing picture in Africa, will begin
work at the United Studios June l on
The Ragged Messenger"
Other plays to go into production
for First National will include Sin
gle Wives" co-starring Corinne Grif-
fifth and Milton Sills, under George
Archainbaud's direction; Counter
felt" co-fe.aturing Colleen Moore and
World" which Harry Hoyt will direct
with an allstar cast. Frank Lloyd
wants to begin work, but cannot find
d suitable story.
the filming of Husbands and Low
ers." The director himself wrote the
story. The cast includes Lewis Stone,
Florence Nidor and Lew Cody.
Will Rogers, who has been making
comedies for Hal Roach for year, is
leaving Saturday for New York to
rejoin the Follies. He will return to
the Roach lot late in the summer.
Glenn Hunter, who has arrived
| from New York to make Merton Of
denial of the report that he is en-
gagged to marry May McAvoy.
Victor Seastrom has selected Lenoid
Andreyevs famous stage. play, He
ture for Metro -Goldwyn-M Mayer. Lon
Chaney has been signed to play He
Jetta Goudal will arrive from New
York in a few days to play fea-
tured part for Lasky's.
Franz Lehars famous light opera
The Merry Widow" for her next pic
ture. Her husband, Robert c. Leon
| ard. will direct.
been purchased by First National and
will be used as a starring picture Tor
! Colleen Moore.
Marguerite Tuttle, author of Feet
| of Clay" which Cecil B. De Mile VIII
| film AT once with Estelle Taylor in a
| leading part, has come to HOLLYWOOD
| from her home in Cincinnati to ADVISE
| with the famous director.
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