Evening star., 1924-05-25
Hollywood Gossip
Clara Kimball Young Recovered From Illness.
Capt. Blood" to Be Filmed-Florence
Vidor IN Barbara Frtchie."

with his own scenario built from his
stage play. The film world is keenIy
interested in the selection Of an
actress nhic, : for hn.is, Luana, the lead part.
movie rolls of the season
Albert Shelby Levine has com
pleted the scenario for Belonging"
adapted from Olive Wadsley's novel.
nastin Matr1ee f Iourneur th eur will soon start
direct for First National
work has been completed at Uni
yersai on Captain al Fearless. a screen
Reginald Denny starred
Jack Hoxie's next picture. to he d.
ERECTED by Clifford Smith, will he
called Daring Chances"
Norman Kerry, who went east 10
return to Hollywood and resume work
Immediately on The Butterfly" al
Universal. Scenes using only others
in the east have been filmed during
Changes Name.
Associated First National has
changed its name by dropping the
Associated" and will hereafter be
known as First National Productions,
Incorporated. The organization stu
producers as Joseph NJ Schenck.
Richard Walton Tully, Thomas H
Ince, NJ. c. Levee, Maurice Tourneur,
John NJ. Stahl. Samuel Goldwyn,
Frank Lloyd. George Fitzmaurice, j
x. Hudson, Edwin Carewe and Earl
Hudson.
James Kirkwood, who has com
pleted a series Of pictures for Hod
kinson in which he co-starred with
play the lead with Mae Murray I'm
"Cfrce"
Victor Fleming, after a period o.
free lance directing, has signed
contract with Famous Players-Lasky.
His first picture under the new con J
tract will be Empty Hands" adapt
ed by Carey Wilson from the Arthur
Stringer novel
Charles De Roche, who was peril
ously i'll with double pneumonia. il
again al work in Love and Glory
at the Universal ranch.
The Al Davis Company, which has
been in the Mojaye Desert making q
feature called Mavericks" has re
turned to Hollywood.
Charles Bouchard, for the last year
Marshall Neilan's property man, has
signed year-long contract with the
Metropolitan Opera Company snd
leaves for New York this week. H.
has a fine tenor voice, but was onl2
recently discovered.
Theda Bara Returns.
"DecIasse." the Zoe Atkins play j..
which Ethel Barrymore starred To-
two years on the stage, has been
chosen for the vehicle in which Theda
Bara will make her screen return
Miss Bara has organized and incOr
porated the Theda Bara productions
and will make eight photoplays here
within two years.
The Hodgkinson organization an
nounces that plans are being com
pleted to spend 100000 on a series
of productions to be made here this
year. Florence Nidor will be StarreG
in Barbara F'ritchie" and work Or
this. the first of the series, will begin
at once.
Harry E We'll. who for ten wears
has been Frank Lloyd'S assistant di
rector and production manager, mas
organized his own producing com
pany and will soon begin directing
feature film not yet titled.
William Beaudine is working win
Hope Loring and Louis leighton on
the script Of ''Cornered."
Dorothy Devore. Christie coined! i.
star, who was an Orpheum headliners
before she took up screen work, i
to return to the stage for q rev
months She opens her engagement
here in a comedy called THE Morn
ing After
Monte Blue has been cast by War
ner Brothers for the title part IN de
bureau" which he will make this
summer as soon as he completes the
male lead in The Marriage Vow.
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