Evening star., 1924-06-29

THE Famous Players-Lasky Corpo-
ration has found another new
face" in Jane Winton, Follies show
sirl, who has been signed to long
2 time contract. She has already
worked in three pictures-"Fog
Bound" "zaza' and Monsieur Beau
caire."
Charlotte Merriam will play the
role of Mary Trail in Rafael Saba
tini's Captain Blood" which stars
:. Warren kerrigan.
Two widely known actors have
been added to the cast of The Clean
Heart" by A. S NJ Hutchinson,
in California. Otis Harlan will be
cen as Puddlebo2, the tramp phi
losopher, who becomes the compan-
ion of Percy Marmont the over
worked newspaper editor, in his aim
less WanderinsS over rural England.
Pola Negr is said to be one of the
few women of the screen who doesn't
care what she looks like in a picture
30 long as she appears convincing.
she recently surprised her. director
and cameramen by requesting them
to disregard their attempt to light
for beauty while they were making
a scene in The Passionate Journey"
virginia Lee SpTOlHr formerly one
of the famous child actresses in pic
lures, Will play one of the leading
roles in James Cruces production,
The Cafe of Fallen Angels"
Changing Husbands" featuring
Ieatrice JOY, is comedy adapted by
Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin from
Elizabeth AleXander's magazine story,
Roles"
To an Englishman falls the privi-
lege of portraying, for the screen the
character of Theodore Roosevelt. one
of the greatest Americans of modern
times. The Englishman who has
been chosen to play" Roosevelt in
Sundown,' Earl Hudson's epic of the
fast-fading west, is L. J. Retcliffe. a
character actor. who is said to bear
striking resemblance to the late
PRESIDENT.
Out of thousands of motion picture
players at work in the studios of Los
angeles very few were born there.
One of the exceptions is Winifred
debut in the City of Angeles" some
thing like twenty-three years ago.
Miss Bryson entered the movies via
he stage and is today at work in
support of Colleen Moore and Con-
way Tearle in Temperament" a
First National Production. She is the
wife of Warner Baxter, player.
Mrs. Wallace Reid is going to make
a jazz-age story for F. o. B. Pro-
ductions. 1t is to be called Broken
Laws"
Norma Talmadge is to have a new
picture, The Lady, directed by
frank Borsage.
William de Miles new picture for
Richard Barthelmess will be called
CLASSMATES"
Marie Corellis The Sorrows of
Satan" has been purchased for film
ing by Famous Players-Lasky.
Kenneth Harlan and Jane Novak
are to be pictured in a new one. The
Man Without a Heart" Ruby NJ
-Ayres story
Percy n1a.rrnont also rs to have an
other and. by its title, fiettlng pic
ture in The Clean Heart"
A radio has been istalIed in one of
the big New York picture houses to
meet the demands of the Democratic
convention.
The feminine idea of jabbing. feint-
ing. crouching. punching, ducking.
clinching and rnauling generally as it
is pracuced in the prize ring is said
on Earth" a new Fox photoplay.
One of the coveted Hollywood
honors is to be chosen baby
and others within the industry.
Marian Nixon of Minneapolis and
Gloria Grey, both Of whom were in
year ago in ''rhe Temple of Venus"
an allegorical picture. have received
the honor for 1924.
woods Little Church Around the
Corner" dons the grease paint and
appears in pictures whenever i'm
ET.an 5imsd aoeer5fng ad1ng scenes ae n5 ARE to be
There is said to be a deep-rooted
superstition among picture directors
ags1 AGAINST starting a picture with the
Bad weather, bad luck, injuries, de-
lays and sickness are some of the
penalties feared.
Memory is short. but there will be
, many who will recognize in Marin
Sais, who has returned to the screen
Measure Of a Man" the old Biograph
and Kalem star. In private life she
is the wife of Jack Roxie.
street in Frederick, Md, has been
built in replica for Thomas H Ince's
production of Barbara Frietchie-"
There are buildings of colonial type,
with board walks in front of them,
and even the old town pump is not
missing. The quaint, colorful cos
tunes of the women, the blue and
gray uniforms of the men, the old
fashioned carriages, the proud colo
nels and Old Glory flying from the
fagpole will be in evidence to make
the scene ideal.
The movies are complaining Of a
bad slump in patronage during May.
Now we are to have a new Danish
director, Svend Gade, WHO before
coming to America did the sets for
Mary Pickford's "Rosita," and who
has also made a number of worth
while productions abroad.
Herbert Rawlinson's contract with |
Universal will expire in July.
Lew Cody has signed a new long
term contract with Metro Goldwyn.
The famous little Our Gang ag-
gregation is to make tour Of the
east for personal appearances"
starting August 1.
Priscilla Deans newest picture to
be announced is called "a Cafe in
Cairo"
Samuel Goldwyn believes in a mid
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