Evening star., 1924-03-02
hollywood Gossip
Lila Lee Shows New Resources-Finis Fox Does Himself
Proud in "A Woman Who Snned"

was due to suicidal intent or to az
The. Famous Players-Lasky Com-
pany has loaned Charles De Roche ia >
Whie MotS @b ss-pas To- PLAY In Mar
and Conway Tearle. Albert Shelby
LIE Vino has prepared the scenario.
Monta Bell, for many years Charlfa
| Glyn's How to Educate a Wife" for
Warner Brothers. Marie Provost and
Monte Blue will have the leads and
Louise Fazenda will be In the cast.
Mary Astor. Paramount star. haa
posite Pat 6Malley in 1.-The Throw
back" which Tom Forman will di-
rect Raymond Patton is in the sup
Cissy Fitzgerald has been engaged
for the second lead in "Driftwood."
which will star Elaine Hammerstein.
Lydia Yeamans Titus. for forty years
supporting Richard Talmadge in an
King Baggot. Mary Pickford's first
co-star years and years ago. has
szne. signed "a. a I1e;o new one-year contract to
Clarence L. Brown will soon begin
direction Of Virginia Valli in Kath-
leen Norris story. Butterfly"
Fred Malatesta, noted heavy. has
been engaged for the villains part.
supporting Reginald Denny in Love
Insurance Ruth Dwyer is the lead
ing woman.
Harold Lloyd, who returned from
New York just in time to celebrate
his wife. Mildred Davis, is now put
ting the finishing touch to his first
independent film venture, "Girl-shy."
Heart Trouble" has been substi-
tuted for Penelope" as the title OF
the Somerset Maugham. play. which
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under direction of Alfred E. Green.
Two years ago Green directed Mary
Pickford's Little Lord Fauntleroy."
Donald Crisp has been engaged to
work upon which will be begun in
two weeks.
Three Actresses in News.
Three prominent film actresses
have figured In sensational news
items during the week. In the first
place, Helen Ferguson has acquired
new nose. Her nose was crooked
and had Romanish bump to It
which barred her from many parts.
A surgeons knife removed the bump
and when she Is next seen upon the
screen she will have a Grecian pro-
surgeon who gained fame by his
work in plastic surgery for soldiers
disf1gured during the world war.
The second sensation was the at
tachment of Mae Murray's bank ac-
count by a local jewelry firm be-
cause of dispute over the purchase
and return of bracelet and a ring.
Miss Murray decided not to keep the
bracelet, which had been paid for.
but to keep the ring, and she wanted
the difference refunded. The jew
elers insist she must pay in full for
both.
Barbara La Marr. the third listed,
has occupied public attention more
than the other two, for the court
room In superior court, where she has
been testifying, weeping and break
ing down, has been jammed to the
corridors. The lovely Miss La Marr Is
testifying in the case of an attorney
being tried on a charge of extortion.
He is said to have attempted to OBJ
tain money from Miss La Marr's man.
ager by threatening to file a suit
against the star In which Scandalous
charges would be made. Miss La Marr
and her manager testified that they
paid part Of the money asked as q
trap and then caused the attorneys
arrest.
Libel Clayton, first a Paramount
and then a Robertson-Cole star. will
| return to the screen as a Grand-Asher
uminary. Travers Wake will be her
director. Francis Mcdonald and Ju-
liam Johnson will have the leads in
San Francisco" which Grand Asher
will produce. Charles Swickard will
| direct.
Johnny Harron and Dorothy Mac
kaill head the cast for the new and
unnamed Frank e. Woods production,
| which is being made for W. W. Hodg-
| ktnson release. Mr.. Woods himself
wrote the story.
Virginia Brown Faire will play the
| lead In Hunt Stromberg's production
| of Desert Rose"
Robert ". Frazer has been chosen
for Pola Negr1S leading man in Men"
which Dimitri Buchowetzki will d.
rect Dozens of leading men were
| rejected because they did not have
aristocratic necks or backs to their
heads the director says.
Corinne Griffith, back from her
honeymoon, with Walter Morosco.
says she will make only three more
Fcr1 pictures tso and then retire permanently
my time to raising a family" says the
| beautiful Corinne, ard they won't be
adopted children. either"
General News.
King. vidor. the youngest of the
given. birthday dinner by profes-
sional associates Mr.. Vidor. who
| Jumped into prominence with '"rhe
Jackknife Man" has this season re.
| and Three Wise Fools" He also
| directed Happiness" starring Laur-
The Goidwyn Corporation is build
ing the largest motion picture stage
| In Europe at Cines, Italy, where the
interior scenes for Ben Hur'' will be
made.
Jesse D. Hampton. who owns four
Rex Beach stories not yet released,
has purchased five original plots
written for the screen, for spring pro-
duction.
Scott Sidney is now directing the
| first tive-reel special, which Christie
brothers are making, starring Dor
| othy Devore. heretofore a two-reel
comedy star.
hilbert Emery, playwright, has
sold the screen rights to "Tarnish"
to Samuel Goldwyn and George F'itz-
| maurice. The purchase price Is an
nounced as 100000. 1t will be pro-
duced in Hollywood as soon as
Corinne Griffith, the divorced wife
OF Webster Campbell. director. is said
to have married Walter Morosco. SON
OF the theatrical producer
Cullen Landfs is being sued for
separate maintenance by his wifa
They have been married for seven
years and have two children.
Bill Hart Is in more litigation. His
wife, Wfnifred Westover, has sued
him. this time to break a property
settlement under which she receives
the income OF a trust fund of s1e3,-
600 and $500 month for eighteen
months, II she stays out Of screen
work. She says she wants to act
again and earn livelihood
tCoPyright. 1924, in United States and Great
Britain, by North American Newspaper
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