Evening star., 1924-06-01
Hollywood Gossip
Two New English Actresses Star in Productions
This Summer-Big New Combine Starts
Functionne.

THE Wise Virgin, will direct Eli
nor Glyn's His Hour" az the Culver
City lot.
Other director ,n" will soon be
busy on proda as.'ons for the Metro
GoldwynM Mayer company are Victor
Seastrom, Clarence Badger. Robert
Il. Leonard Robert Eignola, Hugo
Ballin, Frank BorZagc, Rupert
Hughes and Erich Won Stroheim. Vic
tor Seastrom will direct He Who
Gets Slapped
Seastrom will soon begin directing
Lon CLANCY. in He Who Gets Slap
ped; Badger will direct I.aurette
Taylor. in "One Night in Rome;
Leonard will direct his wife, Mae
Murray, in the ibanez original.
"Circe"; Nignola is now picking a
cast for Louis Joseph Vance's, Mrs.
Mabel Balln. in Arthur Stringers
| THE Prairie Wife" which appeared
in the Saturday Evening Post some
years ago: BorzaSe is soon to start
work directing Ramon Navarro but
has not yet announced the name of
story or play: Rupert Hughes will
write and direct his own story, the
theme of which is not yet an
nounced. and Won Stroheim. who has
almost completed cutting and fitling
Greed, Il film version of Frank
Norris "McTeague," will soon begin
| looking for Il new story.
Plans of Other studios.
| Universal is pushing production
| plans with great rapidity. Fox is
| setting q new film output record.
! Famous Players -Laskey has increas-
| ed its seasons schedule by adding
! Studios. where now only one COM
! pany is at work, eleven pictures Will
be under way by June Is.
Earle FoXe, the excellent villain of
"a Lady of Quality" has signed a
| long-term contract with the William
! Fox Company. His first feature part
will be in "The Last Man in the
| Maryon Aye, Grace Cunard and Cla-
! rissa Selwyn. Edmund Lowe and
| George O'Brien have also signed up
| with William Fox. Other activities
at the Fox lot include the filming of
"A Man without a Country" which
Rowland V. Lee is making on Cata-
lima Island with a company of 300
people: The Painted Lady" directed
| othy Mackaill: "The Ghost Chaser >
being directed by Edmund Mortimer:
Tom Mix is busy upon u feature not
yet titled: James 4. Hearn's old-timer.
Hearts of Oak, (which Jack Ford is
directing. with a cast including
Theodore Won Eltz, and '"The Phan-
tom Jury" which Denison Cliff is di-
recting, starring Shirley Mason.
George Hackathorne IS just finishing
there in Checkers" and three one
a>d two-reel comedy units are also
busy.
Bessie Love Has Big Part.
Bessie Love has been given the
biggest part she has ever had in the
lead in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle'S THE
Lost World" which Harry Hoyt will
direct for First National Edward
Everett Horton, known to screen
fans for his Ruggles. has gone back
in two plays under the banner of
Thomas Wilkes. He may tour the
east when the local runs are over.
House Peters has just signed a
contract with Universal to star in a
series of six Jewel feature plays. In
all probability they will be made at
the rate of three a year. The first
will be the Lincoln J. Carter melo-
drama, Tornado" which Edward
Laemmle will direct The second will
be an adaptation of Miracle" story
by Clarence b. kelland.
Betty Compson With Paramount,
Betty Compson arrived yesterday
from Miami, Fla, and will settle
down next week to work out her new
ions-term starring contract with Para
mount.
Norman Bel Geddes, noted archi-
tect and stage decorator, has signed
a contract to act as art director for
Cecil B. De Mile productions. His
first work will be on the sets for
Feet of Clay Lucilla MendeZ
daughter Of a former president of
Venezuela, arrived in Hollywood last
week to take up screen acting under
the direction of Ralph Ince. She has
been on the stage in New York.
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