Evening star., 1924-06-08
Hollywood Gossip
Title to Suit Star-Charlie Declines to Play Peter
Pan-Nazmova to Return to Films

ment. may join his wife, Blanche
Sweet, in England and undergo an
operation at the hands Of famous
London surgeon.
Ramsey Wallace may make series
Of films in which he will star. The
first, according to tentative plans
will be an adaptation of stage farce,
"A Naughty Nice Girl"
Theodore Roberts, after n long re-
tirement from the screen, is back at
work on the Lasky lots He has en-
,tirely recovered from a long and dam
gerous illness.
Arthur Edmund Carewe. who played
Svengali in the screen version OF
"Trilby," has signed a contract for a
twenty minute tabloid version OF the
play for vaudeville. Elliott Dexter
also is in vaudeville with playlet
called "A Good Provider."
Beverly Bayne. after many years
absence from the screen, has signed
with Warner Brothers to co-star with
Monte Blue in Her Marriage Vow"
Nine ALA Nazimova, in addition to
resuming the production Of photo
plays this summer, will appear on the
has contracted with The Playhouse
for the revival of several OF her Ibsen
stage successes.
Irene Bordoni, appearing here on
the stage. has been having screen
tests made at the United Studios. un-
wyn and George Fitzmaurice. She
may again take up film work, which
she abandoned about three years ago.
Norma Talmadge, who has not
worked since she finished secrets
in January, will begin Flight" a
story by c. Gardner Sullivan. Sydney
Olcott arrived last week to direct her.
Meanwhile. Fred Niblo, who will di-
rect her later in the summer in The
Lady" leaves within a fortnight for
W.. a. %.
long distance shots . of scenes in
Monte Carlo, Paris and other places
covered in the plot.
June MarloWe, an attractive young
woman of nineteen. from Minneapolis.
has been signed under long-term
contract by Warner Brothers. She
will first be seen in the feminine lead
in Get Your Man"
Margaret Ellington and Mrs. Hol-
brook Blinn are in Hollywood. They
arrived two days ago by motor from
New York.
Henry Kolker has returned to
Hollywood after acting in several
pictures made in England and Italy.
Ramon Samaniegos. known to pic
ture fans the country over, has filed
- petition to change his real name to
his famous screen name. which is
Ramon Novarro.
Baby Peggy. having completed work
in the film version OF "Helen's Ba-
Valley by her parents for q vacation.
Tom Moore has been given the male
lead opposite Iaurette Taylor in
"One Night in Rome"
AS soon as Vera Gordon finishes
work in Potash and Perlmutter in
Hollywood she will return to New
York to star in a stage play written
for her 1t is called "rhe Golden
Spoon" and was written by Frederick
Bruger and Lawrence Hart.
itoh xxv1I
rive in Hollywood from New York, to
play opposite Mrs. Sidney Drew in a
series of film comedies.
Kenneth Clarke has begun work on
Again" which First National will
produce late this season.
For the first time in years custard
pies are being thrown upon the F,a-
nous P1ayers-Isasky lot here. The
pies are being used in one of the final
Adelaide Heilbron has completed
work on the script for Edna Ferbers
so Big" which Colleen Moore will
make as soon as she completes Tenn
permanent" now making for First Ma
tional with Conway Tearle.
Helen r. Martins novel. The Snob," !"
will be the first film play to be made
by Monta Bell under his new Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer contract.
Charles r.. Whitaker is writing the
titles for Marshall Neilan's screen
version Of Tess Of the D'Urber-
yilles."
Laura In Planta and Reginald
Denny have begun work as co-stars
in The Husbands Of Edith" Will
liam Setter is directing. MEANWHILE
Violet La Plante, 4 young sister of
the Universal star. has been consider
ing an offer to go to Germany to
make films. She only left high school
recently.
GLADYS Walton. who retired tempo-
rarily from pictures IL year aSo
when she married II. NJ. Herbel. an
eastern sales executive for Univer rsal,
is back on the Universal lot and will
soon begin acting again.
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