Evening star., 1925-11-01

known as Jack Luden, son OF til
Cough Drop King" of heading, Pa
and. as such, heir to one Of America
great fortunes, is studying for tn
movies at Astoria. \. Y.
Gertrude Olmsted has sufficient,
recovered from her recent operation
to assume an important part In Jacl
Conway's new production, THE Rea
son Why in which Aileen Pringl,
and Edmund Lowe are featured.
With his work in The Big Parade
and La Boheme" hardly completed
John Gilbert is already being meas
ured for costumes to be worn II
''Bardelys the Magnificent"
The famous Jewish treadmill seen,
of Ben Hur" is now being filmed BY
! Director Niblo as part of the larges
climax of the largest motion pictur,
production ever undertaken.
| Frances Agnew. newspaper woman.
Scenarist, has been added to the
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer editorial staff
Theodore Kosloff is staging an allie
| gorical ballet sequence for Robert q
| Leonard's recent production fol
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer. Time, the
| Comedian"
Claire Mcdowell has been cast as
Mrs. Lawrence in Hobart Henley:
Free Lips" in which Norma Shearel
and Lew Cody will have the stellar
roles.
Besides working in Free Lips,
Lew Cody. together with Renee
| Adoree. has been chosen to support
| Lon CLANCY in his next big Story
| THE Mocking Bird" which Toe
Browning will direct.
The title OF Robert 4. Leonard's
production, "A Little Bit of Broad
way" has been changed to Bright
Lights"
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer will film
the first picture of college life. and
has picked Brown of Harvard" as
the story for that purpose.
Sojin. famous Japanese actor. noted
for the subtlety of his Oriental char
acters, has been signed to play fea
tured role. the part OF the crue
Caliph of Bagdad, in THE Golden
; Journey" which Raoul Walsh Is d.
lrecting for Paramount. 1t was Walsh
who gave Sojin his first opportunity
on the screen when he signed him
to play a role in Douglas Fairbanks
The Thief of Bagdad.'
For Heavens Sake" Harold
Lloyd's first production for Para
mount, deals in part with missionary
endeavors in the slumS. 1t is ar
original story conceived by Lloyd and
| developed by Ted Wilde, John Grey
Clyde Bruckman and Tim Whelan
Lloyd has been working on the pic
ture for some time.
Bebe Daniels has just finished
Volcano" from the play "Marti-
nique," directed by William K. How
ard, and now is working in William
de Miles production, "The Splendid
Crime"
Allan Dwan is in Hollywood to di-
rect sea Horses" Jack Holt, Flor
ence Vidor, George Bancroft and
Lawrence Gray will have featured
roles. Sea Horses" is from the pen
of Francis B. Young.
Anthony Jowitt, leading man for
Gloria Swanson in THE Coast of
Folly" VIII have a principal role in
William de Miles THE Splendid
Crime" starring Bebe Daniels
George Kuwa, noted japanese
screen player, who specializes in Chi
nese roles, appears as Chan in Par
| amountss THE Enchanted HILL" ar
Irwin Willat production. The story
is by Peter B. Kyne
The blowing up at sea Of a full
rugged seventeenth century ealleon
for a scene in Douglas Fairbanks
new picture, THE Black Pirate" will
be one of the most Spectacular feats
ever attempted for the movies. The
vessel is the wrecked lumber schoon-
er Muriel, virtually a derelict until
Doug rebuilt her for the photoplay
she was lodged on the bar at the
entrance to Balboa Harbor, Calf
and has been declared a menace to
commerce by the Government.
Count Pierre De Ramey. noted
French actor, bowed himself into mo-
ton picture work at the Metro Gold
wvn studio by appearing in Eek
change of Wives"
Eleanor Boardman and Lew Cody
spent the best part of one whole day
in bed making scenes for Metro Gold
WINS new production, Exchange OF
Wives" They got out of their own
peos at Z O'Clock in the morning and
craWled back into bed at the studio
at am. for screen work.
Monta Bell, who was recently feted
here by his former newspaper and
| theatrical associates prior to the
showing of his first Paramount pic
ture, "The King on Main Street." is
claimed to have made a number OF
valuable suggestions to his former
employer, Charlie Chaplin. concern
ing the cutting and assembling OF
THE Gold Rush" Chaplin's new
picture. incidentally, it is declared
| Charlie took Bells advice and short
ened his picture materially.
Announcement is made that owing
to the extreme length of Frank
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