Evening star., 1924-07-13

sons ago this versatile young player
was given only small parts, one of her
most notable impersonations being
that of the young Irish mother with
Marshall Neilan production.
An unusual cast was assembled for
"A Self Made. Failure" Earl Hudson's s
cludes Ben Alexander. star of Pen
rod and Sam" and Boy of Mine:
Patsy Ruth Miller, the Esmeralda of
The Hunchback" and last seen with
Douglas MacLean, in The Yankee
Consul: Mary Carr. the mother. in
Men Leave Home: Lloyd Hamilton,
who made his feature debut in His
Darker Self: Dan Mason, famous for
his work in the "Toonerville Trolley"
comedies: Sam De Grasse. the circus
concession man in Jackie Coogan's
the tough egg, in Her Temporary
Husband
Victor Fleming's Empty Hands
company has returned from the Yose-
mite Valley, where scenes were pho
ty Hands," This is Mr. Fleming 8
Arst. directorial effort under his new
long-te contract
Lillian knight. who. as Miss Los
Angeles" represented the film city at
the California beauty contest. ap-
pears in Cecil B. De Miles picture.
Feet of Clay"
The tremendous drawing power of
The Covered Wagon" James Cruces s
masterpiece, has again been illus
t-ated at Los Angeles. 1t played
there at Grauman's MillionDollar
Theater for six months and was seen
by more than 100000 persons. A few
days ago. in the midst of the season
hottest weather. it was reopened at
the Hollywood Egyptian Theater and
st another new record. The side
walks have been jammed by waiting
patrons for every performance
Pola Negri uses languages to grade
the intensity of her emotions. IheS
are English. French. German. RuS-
sian Italian and Polish. English.
which she learned last, is used IN
| portr aging Unconditional scenes AS
| situation develops in power. sne Is Is
| said to pass from one language 10
another until, in the most dramatic
| moments she resorts to her native
| Polish. Not being lingu!sts, the studlo 70
| attaches didn't know what 1t was all
| about until Dimitri Buchowetzki eN-
,lained it during the filming OF Lily
of the Dust.
Viola Dana became a bathing beau
| ty without expecting to on the open
| ing day of production of Paul bern =
| Paramount picture, open All Nlght.
| she had to sit in an ornamental bath
| tub and scrub her back with a long
| handled brush while the scene was
reEeated several times.
A new type of screen siren Is
claimed to have been originated by
Margaret Livingston in the new So
ciety matrimonial drama. Nv ander :
| ing Husbands" Margaret says there
| are all kinds of "vampS and that TO
| imagine the whole Sisterhood com
| pressed into one mould is to imagine
a mistake.
| wages of Virtue adapted from
| the novel by PercivaI Wren. will be
| Allan Dwan'S next Paramount pro-
duction. starring Gloria Swanson. The
| picture will be started at the Lon
| Island studio just as soon as Miss
| Swanson returns from a brief Faca
| tion in Europe.
Jetta Goudal has been engaged to
play the important role of Dona Flor
! encia, a fiery Spanish maiden, who
| has a way with men, in Rudolph Val.
entinos next picture, "A saintsc
Famous Players Long Island studio
under the direction of Joseph Hena
| berry. The addition of Miss Gouda
! completes the cast for this picture.
! Rupert Hughes is adapting his nov
! ell What Will People Say" for pro-
| duction. under the Metro -Goldwyn-
| Mayer banner.
Helen Ferguson. Monty Banks lead
| ing woman in Racing Luck has sc
impressed Douglas MacLean with hel
ability that he has signed her up te
| play a part in Never Say Die" thai
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