Evening star., 1924-03-16
Hollywood Gossip
Jazz and Society Themes Due-Cyclops. Much-P Pictured
Schooner, Sold-Lubitsch to Direct Pola Neeri

has been broken with the announcement
that the prince of comedians has nexo-
tlated a contract for the services Of Lita
Gray, nineteenyear-old brunette of
unusual beauty. She is descendant of
an old Spanish family of California. and
was chosen by Chaplin after screen tests
had been made of many prospects. Miss
Gray, however, is not without screen ex-
perience. for she had a small part in
| The Kid" which Chaplin produced sew
eral years ago.
May McAvoy has arrived from New
York, where she played opposite Rich
Cottage" Her contract with Inspiration
Pictures having expired, Miss McAvoy
will free-lance indefinitely. beginning
work at once with Paramount, for whom
liam B. DeMille's Inside Story"
Production has begun on Baby Peggy's
second starring picture for Principal
Pictures. The new feature will be caIIe<.
He'en's Babies and is being directed
by William A. Setter, with Clara Bow.
f., Gene Carpenter, Richard Tucker. Claire
| Adams, Edward Everett Horton and
others in the cast. The starlet's first
| picture for Principal Pictures, Captain
January" is scheduled for an early re
| lease.
Frnzer Opposite Negri.
Louis B. Mayer has loaned Robert
! Frazer to Paramount. to play the
! male lead opposite Pola Negri in her
current production, Men"
| Stuart Holmes has been signed by
Goldwyn to enact the part of Alec
! D'Urbeville, in Marshall Neilan's pro-
, duction of "Tess of the D'Urbevilles,"
| in which Blanche Sweet is starred.
Victor Seastrom's next production
| for Goldwyn will be Tree of the
Garden from an English play by
being made by Mr.. Seastrom and
Hjalmar Bermann, a Swedish writer.
Upon the completion of her work
| in Frank Lloyd's The Sea Hawk"
Enid Bennett will play the feminine
, lead in Judgment" which Fred Ntslo
| Gardiner Sullivan.
| Jack Gilbert. one of the popufAr
stars in the William Fox organixa-
ton, has announced that he vii
present contract, after which he in
tends free-lancing. Gilbert was to
| have starred in THE Man Who Game
Back which Emmett Flynn viii.
| make for Fox, but the part will go to
cisco chief of police. Dorothy Mack
all is to play the leading woman
part.
What They Are Doing.
Warner GLAND has been signed to
play a Chinese part in The Throw
Norma IalmaQSe mas purchased the
| screen rights to the New York stage
success, The Ladies'" This will be
her second production for 1924. She
is starting upon The House OF
Youth
/ Jennie Lee and Lydia Yeaman Titus,
character actresses of note, are sup
| porting Laura La Plante in "Rela
| tivity'
Estelle Taylor and Antonio Moreno
are TO be co.starred by Lasky il
The Wildcat"
Frances Marion has contracted to
scenario Business Before Pleasure,
stories. for Samuel Goldwyn. It will
be filmed as Potash and Perlmutter
! in Hollywood"
William Farnum has signed long
term contract with the Famous
Players-Lasky Company and will soon
! arrive here from New York. The
lame of his first picture has not been
announced, but it will be directed by
| Wallace Worsely, who directed THE
Universal. Mr.. Farnum's contract
! permits him to spend four months of
| each year in New York on the stage.
| Harold Lloyd's next picture will
! deal with the first year of married
! life of a romantic young couple. His
/ first year as the husband of Mildred
! Davis. terminated only a fortnight
Dorothy Phillips, widow of Allen
Holubar, the director, who died two
! months ago, has returned to Holly
work.
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