Evening star., 1924-03-30
BY HALLETT ABEND.

LOS ANGELES, March 2S.-Emilie
Johnson has moved for dismissal of
her suit for s250O00 damages against
the Goldwyn Producing Company, a
suit charging copyright and pirating
of her story The Sea Lion" which
she alleged the Goldwyn people had
made into a motion picture under
the title Goddess Men" The Goldwyn
Company filed a demurrer with afii-
Men" was based upon a novel called
BLACK Pawl." published and copy
righted in 1919. by Ben Ames Will
liams. Mr.. Williams deposed that he
had been paid $4,000 for the screen
rights to BLACK Pawl."
Clarence Badger. who will direct
Laurette Taylor in One Night in
Rome" to be made in Hollywood later
in the spring for Metro. has gone to
New York to confer with Miss Taylor
and her husband, J. Hartley Manners.
Andre Lafayette, the star of
"Trilby." who has just completed two
pictures in France, writes to Holly
wood friends that she viii not re-
turn to California for year at least.
She has signed with the Stoll Film
pictures in England.
CASTOR Lerouse is at Universal City
cola borating on the adaptation of
his mystery novel. THE Phantom of
the Opera"
''Women Who Give" the Louis &.
Mayer production of the old stage
success, Cape Cod Folks" will be re-
leased early in April. washington
already has seen it, At a pre-vieW
showing of this eight-reel feature. di-
ID d. u af.l a
evident that two leading actors have
almost earned stardom. l refer to
Robert Frazer and Barbara Bedford,
and ] put the man first because his
work is better than that of the Wom-
an, though both do exceptionally well
in their parts.
Leading Woman at Is.
Lucille Rickson, fifteen-y year-old
leading woman. has begun work at
Universal City under the direction OF
Chester FrankliR, in the lead par III
Souls That Pass in the Night" This
is to be an "all-star' feature and was
written by William J. Flynn. JohAny
Harron has the male romantic Lead.
Others in the cast are Charles cary
George Cooper and Eric MaynH.
Percy Mar1nont has been signed to
play opposite Virginia NallI IN the
film version of *. one OF the Mary
Roberts Rinehart novels. The director
lis Harry 4 Pollard.
olive Hasbrouck, UniyersaIs latest
find, is being cast in tomboy part
in d two-reeler, not yet named, Whlcn
Ernest Laemmle Will direct she VIII
wear boys clothes in the first reel.
Johnny Walker and Pauline Garon
have been added TO the cast of Mary
the Third" which King Eidor is dl-
recting for the Goldwyn Company.
Marshall Neilan is back on the
Goldwyn lot directing Blanche sweet,
in Tess Of the D.UrberVilles. lie
was i'll for more than a week with
an attack of appendicitis. Edward
Kimball. father Of Clara kinlhall
Young, has been added to the Nellan
cast. and the Rev. Neal Dodd. pastor
of Hollywood's Little Church Around
the minister who marries Tess and
Angel Clare. in this case Miss Sweet
and Conrad Nagel.
Two Of Erich Won Stroheirls aides.
Marguerite Faust and Herbert Van
Dixie, were married a few days ago.
famous director on the cutting of
Greed the film version of Frank
Norris "McTea que
Conway Tearle has issued an Of
trade papers that he has signed a
long-term contract with First Ma
tional. He continues to be a free
lance actor, he says, signing only
from picture to picture and choosing
the roles he likes best.
Previews of interest include ad-
vance showings OF Vitagraphs Let
No Man Put Asunder" and Ince's
"Galloping Fish, made for First Ma
tional. In the former picture. made
in New York, Pauline Frederick and
Lou Tellegen are starred and the
divorce problem is handled with in
telligence and dramatic power. THE
Galloping Fish is roaring comedy,
in which a trained seal vies with such
funmakers as Louise Fazenda- sgd