Evening star., 1924-09-21

Of Sennett comedians is Raymond
| Mckee, who has been working in
| dramatic features for several years,
( his most recent work being in 'Bab-
bitt" and The Girl OF the Timber
| lost" Mckee will make his debut
| in two-reel comedy, featured with
| Billy Devan and Alice Day.
Robert Williams, who will be re-
membered for his performances in
Eyes of YOUTH Friendly Enemies
and the original Able in "Abie's Irish
| Rose" has been engaged for one OF
| the leading parts in Joseph Gates
new production, This Is My Boy"
which is now in rehearsal and will
have its New York premiere in
October.
| Kenneth Webb, one of, the youn &
| directors recently with the Chroni-
cles of America productions, with his
brother, Roy Webb, collaborated on
several song numbers for the HaZ-
zard Short Ritz Revue. Roy Webb
| wrote the music and Kenneth Webb
! composed tho lyrics.
| David Smith, who directed Vita
| graphs production Of Masters of
| Men" and Captain Blood" gained
his training for work on sea stories
during the Spanish American War,
when he served on a ship of the Mos
quito Fleet, patroiling the Pacific
| coastline of the United States.
A perturbation of Louis Joseph
Vance's Joan Thursday" retitled
| for screen purposes Greater Than
Marriage" is the first Of Victor Hugo
Halperin's productions on Vita gra phi 8
| 1924-5 schedule. Marjorie Daw and
4 oil ~ 40 n
| Peggy Kelly, Tyrone Power, Effie
Shannon, Mary Thurman, Dagmar
! Godowsky, Nella Cardrow, Raymond
Bloomer, Charlotte Walker and
Blanche Craig in important roles.
Recent attractions at Loew's Co
! lumbia Theater are holding the local
theatrical record for extended en-
| gagementS this season Gloria Swan
son started the ball rolling with .
| two-week run in Ma mia ndled," and
then came Rudolph Valentino, who
| last night closed the first three-week
engagement Washington has had in
| months. Now comes The Covered
! Wagon" to the Columbia and it is not
| to be expected that all who failed to
see it at 81 at Polls can possibly jam
! into the Columbia in the short spa ce
| of one week. That, however, remains
/ to be seen.
| Just a few statistical items to show
the magnitude Of ''The Covered Wag-
| on The picture called for 5000 ac-
| tors, 300 covered wagons, 500 oxen to
pull them, 1000 Indians. real and
otherwise; 5000 horses and at least a
| dozen cameras to do the shooting"
| Ben Turpin and Mack Sennett still
continue their hilarious practice Of
| burlesquing the new stage and screen
cIYn
| week. "Lizzies of the Field bur
| lesqued the Hurlbut stage play Lilies
Of the Field" This week, a new Ben
Turpin comedy, Three Foolish
Weeks burlesques Elinor Glyn's
Three Weeks"
One Of the biggest pictures prom
| ised by B. P. Schulberg this season
| will be started this week when
George Agnew Chamberlain's story,
White Man. will be put into pro-
duction. Mr.. Schulberg believes that
the jungle settings of this story will
make tia real film novelty. Olga
Zona Gales story, Faint Perfume -
| will receive d film translation by E.
P. Schulberg, who will use this de-
tailed chronicle Of small town life
as the basis of one of his nine Pre-
ferred Pictures to be made this sea-
| son. The same story will be present
ed to Broadway in play form under
the auspices of Brock Pemberson.
A copy Of the first cut print of "a
Sainted Devil has been forwarded to
Rudolph Valentino at Juan Les Pins
Antilles, France. Mr.. Valentino sail
ed the day following the completion
of his work in the production.
Richard Dix has been spending a
vacation at Lake Placid. n. Y. I'M
mediately following Sinners in
| Heaven" with Bebe Daniels, he began
his first starring picture, "Manhat-
TAM" under the direction of r. H
fBurnside. He is scheduled to star,
his second picture, Jungle Law, "
within a few days.
Four well known players have just
arrived in New York for work in
;! Paramount pictures. They are: BeS-
sic Love and Eileen Percy. who are
to appear in Thomas Meighan's pic
| ture, Tongues of Flame; Adolphe
Menjou, who is to support Elsie Fer
guson in The Swan" and Ricardo
Cortez, who is to have featured role
in 'Argentine Love"
Stoney Creek Indians to the north
OF Banff, Alberta, are much more in
favor of movies than they ever have
been before. During the recent stay
of Thomas Meighan and a company
making The Alaskan" a number OF
log cabins were built for scenes ir
the picture. These were left for the
Indians to occupy. Heretofore they
have always lived in tepees.
James Kirkwood will play thu
leading male role in top Of ths
| World" an Alan Crosland production
for Paramount. This story is by the
English author, Ethel NJ. Dell, ane
in it Mr.. kirkwood plays a dual role
No man under feet / was con
sidered for the queens royal Euart
in forbidden Paradise" Pola Negrp:
newest picture which Ernst Lubttscr
is directing. The guard includes 1ot
men. Rod La ROGUE, who plays op
posite Miss Negri, is feet >.
Zane Grey's "The Border Legion is
now completed Most Of the picture
was taken in the mountainous viii.
derness of the Northwest where, il
tho early days OF the West, the borde
legion was a real menace band Of
ruthless outlaws who preyed upor
the cattle and gold country. To make
the pictures, the Paramount players
went 100 miles into the mountains
from a railroad.
Years Of motion-pcture tradition
were upset by Irving Cummings in
his latest picture, I'm Every Woman's
Life" The picture does not fade out
on the almost proverbial kiss. In
| stead when Virginia yalli and Lloyd