Evening star., 1924-07-13

NO! The announcement that Robert
Frazer is to play the lead" in
THE Foolish Virgin" for Metro-Gold-
wyn does not mean that he is to ap-
pear in the title role"
The church is setting good exam
pie. Following the decision of the
Ohio supreme court making Sunday
shows in Ohio illegal. the Springfield
NJ. f. Church Will discontinue it's Sun
day movie shows.
He Who Gets Slapped" is to be
filmed, with Lon Clancy in the title
role and with Louis Gilbert as Be
zano, the circus bareback rider. John
Gilbert, Norma Shearer. Tully Mar
shall, Ford Sterling and Paulette Du-
val will be in the cast.
Peter the Great is to be starred in
THE Silent Accuser for Metro
Goldwyn. But Peter the Great is
dog.
Jackie Coogan's new picture, THE
Ragman," Is to have Max Davidson
as the ragman.
The Chechahcos," if you care about
it, is pronounced "Chee- e-chaw- -koz"
Grantland Rice has gone to Paris
to photograph the Olympiads for his
"SportlightS.'
Florence Vidorx is to appear in THE
Mirage" not in The Miracle" as has
been announced. Film Daily says the
ment was due to ''typeographicaT
error, probably made by the chap who
made the announcement, because
printers never err-that is, hardly
ever"
Running true to form, A. H. Woods,
the famous AL" has engaged Van
Damn as manager of the new theater
in London. Thus is the way for ap-
parent profanity made clear in the
movie world.
The Warmers are going to send a
delegation of inQuisitors to Washing
ton July Is to find out what the pub
lie wants." although the project is
explained as "a desire to get exhib-
itor reaction to the type of product
wanted" Washington, you know, is
key city"
Admission prices have been lowered
in the Rowland & Clark chain of the
aters in Pittsburgh to give patrons
Film Daily says practically every ex-
hibitor in the territory has followed
suit.
because OF Gne Doll "eeS1l III COZ
ton, the tobacco worm in tobacco, the
destruction of the fruit crop by frost,
the grasshopper curse to corn and the
calamitieS peculiar to wheat, the
folks who show motion pictures in
the great northwest find it necessary.
to absorb the abolished tax in their
admission prices, which, therefore,
will not be reduced. In other words,
the picture farmer needs the money.
inched on the motion picture profits
during the Democratic convention in
New York, not only in New York, but
wherever the patriotic heart beat in
the peoples bosom.
tainment taxes from 25 to Is per cent,
according to Berlin reports.
Barnstyn arrived in New York from
Holland Friday. For. those who do
not know-Barnstyn is the head of
the Netherlands Bioscop Trust. a sort
CT movie philanthropist.
The New York effort to rob Holly
wood of it's prestige and picture max
First the Pacific. coast had a tilt with
the foot.and-mouth disease, and now
they say the power shortage will not
end there until fall. seriously affect
ing the picture output.
California, in addition to McAdoo,
sends news that the European pro-
ducers are uniting to boycott Ameri-
can pictures, and the move is said to
have started in Berlin.
Doug Fairbanks has covetous enc
mics. Harold McGrath, the author.
has sailed for Europe ito confer with
a French company who will star a
Russian artistic in a production of
"The Carpet of Bagdad," McGrath
story that was filmed some years
ago. according to Film Daily.
Doug Is said to be trying to secure
international capital for chain of
world theaters for United Artists
production, one of whom he Is which.
in return for his cooperation with
foreign producers. Doug always was
clever.
Mary Pickford ana her husband.
CONTINUED on Third PaEel