Evening star., 1924-10-26

THE twenty famous authors, ar
l. fists and celebrities mysterious
ly announced as having cola borated
on the story of "Bobbed Hair" which
Warner Brothers purchased for film
ing, prove to be George Barr Nc
Cutcheon, Frank Craven, Louis Brom-
field. Sophie Kerr, Bernice Brown,
Elsie Janis. Ed Streeter, Carolyn
Wells, Alexander Woolcott. II. {. Wit
wer, Kermit Roosevelt. Rube Cold
berg, Wallace Irwin, Mead Minnege-
rode. Robert Gordon Anderson, Dor
othy Parker, George Agnew Chamber
lain. John V. \. Weaver, Gerald
Mysatt and George p. Putnam. each
Of whom contributed a bit to the
story.
II iS reliably reported that The
Ten Commandments was shown in
. Berlin, Germany, at top price Of IS.
Valentino will sail for America No
vember and proceed to Hollywood,
where he will make his first picture
for the Ritz-Carlton Corporation, with
the expectation of completing it for
release through Famous Players in
March.
Ufa, the German producing COM
pany, is negotiating for Lillian Gish
to play Marguerite in its picturiza-
tion of Faust"
Johnny Walker will play opposite
Allene Ray in her next serial, "'Thun-
dering Hoofs." which George E. Seitz
is directing in New York.
Jules Levy, formerly division man
ager at Philadelphia OF the Washing
ton exchange, has been made one of
the three members Of the sales di-
rectorate which will have charge of
the Universal Picture Corporation
new method of handling sales.
A survey recently made by a mo-
! ton picture house in Fresno cover
ing 1000 interviews and others who
| were questioned elected the informa-
| tion that 9S.5 per cent said they fol-
lowed motion picture items and sto-
ries in the newspapers; 1.5 per cent
said they did not; 97.s per cent said it
was their habit to discuss pictures
with their friends and % per cent
said it was not
Some idea of the waste in movie
making is gathered from the fact
that in spite Of tho forest fires rag
ing in California, B. p. Schulberg, for
his picture. white Man." directed by
Cashier, staged, by permission, an
African village, with its kfaals, caias
| and mahogany trees. to burn it to
ashes at a cost of $4,000, while the
cost of safeguarding other property
is said to have been twice that
amount
Robert Frazer will have the role
! opposite Bebe Daniels in Miss Blue
beard" in which the latter will be
starred shortly by Paramount. Ray
mond Griffith, just finished work in
| Lord Chumley," will also appear in
| the cast.
Allen Dwan has completed "Argen-
| tine Love-" by Vicente Blasco Ibanez,
| love story rich with the color of
| traditional Spain, featuring Bebe
! Daniels and Ricardo Cortez, with
James Rennie forming the triangle.
| Anna @. Nillson, in "1nez of Holly
wood" now in course of production,
! makes her screen debut as a "vam-
pire." but the heroine-vamp of the
| story turns out to be a real human
! being after all, so it's new type that
| Anna Q. is portraying.
| Alice Weaver, q featured dancer
with George Whites Scandals" ap-
pears IN tne faIiSiaH sequence ol
| .Sandra," Barbara La Marr's next
! starring picture.
! The production of "Raffles. the
! Amateur Cracksman," is under way
with King Baggot directing. Miss
| Du~ Pont has been selected to play
| opposite House Peters, the star.
Eugene O'Brien will co-star with
! Laura La Plante, in Dangerous