Evening star., 1924-04-20
By HALLETT ABEND.

I[Oo ANSEl1ES, Apfli Io.-IOHeen
Moore has completed The Perfect Flap
per-" under the direction of John Fran
els Dillon. Frank Mayo was her leading
man.
Thomas H. Ince has issued a signed
denial of the report that he was nego-
tiating for the screen rights to Eugene
O'Neill's latest play, "All Gods Chill
luns Got Wings" Mr.. Ince filmed Anna
Christie" without offending censors
or public, but O'Neilrs new play. he
says, can never be filmed. first be-
cause it would offend public taste,
and second because it might fan race
hatred. The play tells the story of
the love of a white woman and q
negro.
Jay Marchant, Universal director, is
suffering from a. fractured kneecap,
as the result of an automobile colli-
sion at Warner Hot Springs, where
he was directing Eileen Sedgwick and
Jack Daugherty.
Victory Bateman has been engaged
by Marshall Neilan to play the part
of the mother of Tess in Tess of the
d'Urbervilles."
Hjalmar Bergman. Swedish novel
ist, has left for Europe, after COM
pleting tho screen script for THE
| Tree of the Garden" from Edward
Booths novel. 1t will be made at
once for Goldwyn, with Victor Sea-
strom directing.
Charles L. Cad wallader has been
added to the art directory staff of the
Goldwyn company, which heretofore
consisted of Cedric Gibbons and Har-
old Grieves.
Viola Dana is making The Beauty
Prize" supported by Pat O'Malley,
| Edith Yorke, Joan Standing and
Fred Truesdell. Floyd Ingram is di-
recting Frank Borzage, who is to
direct Ramon Novarro's next picture.
| is still searching for suitable story.
Victor Sch6 rtzinger mas signed Roo-
ert Frazer for the part OF Martin
Devlin, in Bread" for Metro. Mae
Busch is to be leading woman.
| Norman Kerry. who had made all
! preparations to go to Budapest, Hun
| gary. TO see his aged mother, who
was ill., received word just before his
proposed departure that she had died
| The trip has been Cancelled.
| Benny Ziedman has been engaged
as an advisory executive at Universal
| City.
Jack Dempsey in Films.
The Viennese building which housed
| the Sideshow people in Merry Go
| Round" is being changed into train
! ing quarters for Jack Dempsey, who
| will make a series of pictures Ger
| aid Beaumont will write the cham
| scenario them
Laurette Taylor and her husband
J. Hartley Manners, arriving from
New York. will at once begin work
at the Metro lot on a film version of
| One Night in Rome"
CeSare GraVin. who supported Mar!
| Philbin in Merry Co Round" is sup
| porting the young star also in 'Mitzi.
which she is now making at Tniver-
\ sal under the direction of Irving Cum
| mings
The day Reginald Denny's company
in the 'fMissourian." returned TO To-
cation at Lone Pine, in the San Be-
| nardino mountains. Jack Hoxie and
! his company departed for Lone Pine
| to make the exterior scenes for
| Triple Cross for Danger" Clifford
Smith is directing.
! Thirty-two hundred people danced
on the big new feature stage at Uni
versal City to celebrate the compile
stopped at midnight and then the car
penters and scenemakers got busy
Monday morning two companies were
shooting on the new stage.
Conway Tearle, who says actors are
rarely good business men, and admit.
that he is not one of the rare excep.
tions. has Incorporated the Conway
Tearle, Inc. and is president. Hi:
wife, Adele Rowland. musical comedy
and vaudeville star, is treasurer. anC
his attorney, Morris j. Herbart, i:
secretary. Mr.. Tearle's property ha:
been decided over to the corporation
and hereafter his salary will be paiC
to the company, which in turn will
pay him a smaller weekly salary. The
| balance will be conserved and in.
vested.
Erich Won Stroheim has filed sui
against his divorced wife for an &C.
counting of the more than $4,000 HI
has paid her at the rate of SIS a week
for the support of their six-year- Ole
son. He charges that she has usec
| some of the money for herself which
he contends, is contrary to the cour
order. since the judge who grant 81
the divorce refused her plea for ali
mony.