Evening star., 1924-02-24
BY HALLET ABEND.

BY HALLET ABEND.
LOS ANGELES, February 21.-Olive
Hasbrouck. seventeen-year-old girl
from Boise, Idaho, after only one
years work as an extra and in little
character bits. has been given a lead
ing woman's contract by Universal
and is now playing opposite Jack
Hoxie in "Ridgeway of Montana"
Miss Hasbrouck is small, brunette and
very pretty. Her contract covers a
series of pictures to follow the Hoxie
production, which is being directed
by Clifford Smith, the man who made
most of the Bill Hart successes.
Others in the cast are Herbert For
tier, w. F. Fleming, Lou Meehan and
Charles Thurston.
After all, Percy Marmont will not
play the name part in Rabbit"
Wa4her hah HaT5S TSossrs Wns M direct Hr
who scored as Prince George in Beau
Brummel," has been selected for the
lead. Mr.. Marmont is slender and
Mr.. Louis plump, SO that the final
choice is more in line with, the Bah
Following the lead of Harold Lloyd.
the Christie Brothers and the Fox
Film Corporation. the National Film
Corporation has purchased a tract of
wood and. the sea, and will at once
improve the s250.O00 site with ST.
100000 studio. 1t will adjoin the
Christie holdings and will be ready
for occupancy within six months.
santa Monica boulevard and Lodi
street. will be torn down and the
ground will be subdivided into buSi-
ness lots. Mounting land values in
Hollywood are sending many Of the
Seeks Play for Jane Novak.
Chester Eennett has recovered
from severe illness and is now at
endeavor to find story for the next
Jane Novak production.
Creighton Hale has signed with
Universal for a leading g part in When q
which will be directed by Irving
Cummings.
Shirley Macon. sister of Viola
Dana. has signed a renewal Of her
Fox contract.
George Archainbaud is casting for
a new Fox play which has not yet
been named The Fox company has
signed Jack Conway. director of
FLAMING Passion" also under a long
term contract. By the end of the
month twelve companies will be busy
| with production on the Fox lot
The Famous Players-Lasky Com
pany. which has long owned the
screen rights of Peter Pam" will
make the picture in Hollywood this
coming summer Betty compson and
for the title parts. since Maude
| Adams has finally definitely decided
she will not appear in it.
se,,l Cecil ;..1 3; De Mill, Mile " vi! ., film Mar. Mar
as he completes Triumph"
| work at the Lasky lot on ''The Enemy
Sex" from the Owen Johnson novel,
James Cruze will direct.
Emerson Hough's North of Sc" is
to be directed by Irving Willatt He
will start work as soon as he COM
| pletes Jack Hollis all-color produc-
tion, ''Wanderer of the Wastelands."
| Rod La ROGUE soon will be busy
Leatrice JOY. with whom he has
! worked for SO long, will star alone in
| worldly Goods" with Joseph Hena-
berry directing.
| go into production include "The Wild
! cat" featuring Bebe Daniels and An
| tonic Moreno, with George Melford
directing; Roles" Saturday Eve
ming Post story, in which Sam Wood
Brenon production, "The Mounte-
bank" featuring Ernest Terrence and
Anna @. Nillson.
The Storm Daughter" the last
film which Priscilla Dean made for
In reality Thomas Santschi steals the
| picture, probably because the story
| was originally written around a man
and could not be warped for a woman
star. 1t is a stirring story of the
sea and is Photographed against
magnificent natural backgrounds, but
the drama of it is choppy and uncon-
vincing, as is most of the character
ization except that of Mr.. Santschi'
| Some months ago, when John Bar
on Beau Brummel," I hazarded the
prophecy that when the picture was
completed it would rank among the
best Of the seasons releases. Last
week / saw it in two lengths, first
rather in the rough 1900 feet. and
fagain at 10000. The public will see
it at 5000 feet. Unless it is DANA ged
in the pruning process it will take
rank with "Scaramouche.'' "a Wom-
an Of Paris" "The Marriage Circle"
and the other ten or twelve best of
| the seasons releases.
| Even in 1900 feet it was so fine
that it moved one of the greatest
screen actresses to laughter first and
later to the tribute of tears. 1 refer
to Norma Talmadge. who went with
rector, first ran it for me in the pro-
lection room just before Miss Tai
madge left for Palm Beach. She is
more than a clever actress. She is
an exacting critic Of her own work
and the work Of others, and to Beau
Brummel" she gave her warmest
praise. John Barrymore, in the title
! part, does even better work than he
did in the screen version of "Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" The part of
Brummel gives him transitions just
as great.
! The play, as adapted from the
Clyde Fitch stage version, amplified
j with incidents taken from an old
book published in 1880. Beau Brum-
mel and His Times" by Capt Jesse,
carries Brummel through from the
time he first became the friend of
the prince regent to his death many
years later in a madhouse in France.
Willard Louis, who plays the Prince
of Wales. is capital foil to the star,
and by his performance jumps into
the front rank of character actors
The list of we'll known names in the
cast is long, and includes Mary Astor.
Irene Rich, Alice Francis and Carmel
Myers.
Beau Brummel" was made at the
| Warner Brothers studio here, and
| though it is perforce a costume play,
| it is so human and moving that it