Evening star., 1925-08-30
Filmograms.

EDWIN CAREwE is to produce a
$1,500.o00 picture OF "Oklahoma''
for First National, starting the cam
era work next Spring. Meanwhile he
viii make another picture called
Joanna With a Million"
The Ufa production Of "Siegfried, "
which opened at the Century in New
York within the week, is being talked
OF as startlingly beautiful picture.
powerful production. whose settings
and photography are superb. 1t has a
wonderful Wagner orchestra accom-
paniment.
Douglas F. w. Coffey, a University
OF Wisconsin student, claims to have
sent film by radio from his home in
Madison to Sunny Crest, the other
side Of Lake Mendoza. All that is
known Of the operation is that a light
thrown through a strip Of rotating
flm at the sending station is trans.
muted into electrical vibrations,
which. sent with a specially devised
radio transmitter. without microphone
or Key, are in turn changed to light
rays at the receiving end and these
reproduce the picture on a screen.
Charlie Chaplin's new picture. THE
Gold Rush" is said TO have estab.
lished a new worlds 8 record for one
weeks business in a motion picture
theater at the Strand last week.
And that is not all that is being said
OF 1t that's nice.
Sessue Hayakawa, the japanese
actor. ii Is said. will make a picture
in the East during the Fall, at the
same time appearing in the play "Mr.
WI" on the stage.
Carl Laemmle has declared to the
Cinematograph Exhibitors Associa,
tion of England that he is going 10
produce In England pictures that will
please not only England and the
United States but all the countries of
the world. 1t is a big contract.
Laemmle is not going to take part
In the production of "L'Homme qui
Ritz c'The Man Who Laughs'1. but
will leave II to the Societe Generate
de Films. He will. however, attend
to the distribution in this country.
Carucei. an Italian producer, is 70
make a picture Of Aida"
All the Warner Brothers stars will
appear in Broken Hearts," a picture
for which Daryl Francis Zanuck will
write the script. This does not mean
than John Barrymore and Lowell
Sherman will be in the cast.
L. q. Rigby. who did the continuity
on 'Tumbleweeds" for w. S. Hart
will finish the concluding sequences
on Norma Talmadge's new picture
Paris After Dark"
Mary Astor has been chosen to play
nnnoSffA Do
Brothers production of Don Juan
John Ince's production, "The Per
feet Crime" with E. K. Lincoln and
Wanda Hawley In the chief roles, is
being finished in the California
studios.
Frank B. Good, for three year.
Jackie Coosan's chief cameraman. has
been retained to supervise the photo.
graph Of "OId Clothes" now in the
making.
Elaine Hammerstein has started on
Ladies' Of Leisure" with Tom Buck,
ingham directing.
Frances Marion. scenarist for Sam
uel Goldwyn. Is making the script for
Potash and Perimutter" from the
story Of Montague Glass, for release
l AFtlSt6.
Edgar Wallace's novel, "Ths Green
Archer" Is to be made into a. movie
| serial at the Long Island studio
Frank Leon Smith is adapting tn.
| novel and Spencer Bennett is direct
ing. with Allene Ray and Walter
Miller featured.
Gloria Swanson is reported to b.
| still helding of from making new
alliances. She still has three pictures
| to make for Famous Players, 1t i.
| said. ana is not yet considering United
Artists offers.
Henceforth It will be the Stanley
CrandaII Chain Of Theaters. Harr,
! Crandall having announced the sal,
| of three-fourths OF his interests to tht
Stanley Company Of America, accord
ing to Film Daily.
Natalie Joyce Is the latest addition
to the cast selected by Samuel Gold
wyn for his screen version Of "Stells
Henry King for Fall release through
United Artists Corporation. Mis-
Joyce was borrowed from Educational
to whom she ts under contract. Ron
aid Colman, Belle Bennett, Alics
| Joyce. Lois Moran. Douglas Fair
banks. Jr. and Jean Hersholt have i'm
portant roles
| George Fitzmaurice, who is midway
in the production Of his screen yer
sion of "The Dark Angel" spon
sered by Samuel Geldwyn, and which
features Ronald Colman and Vilm;
Banky. celebrated European star, Il
seeking a suitable story for his mex
| production. his FIRST offering to United
Artists Corporation, under the recen
afilliation Of Mr.. Goldwyn's producing
unit with that organization.
Esther Ralston, who hurried cas-
to play the beautiful fairy godmothel
in Herbert Brenons IA Kiss fo
| Cinderella" will play opposite Rich
ard Dix In "Womanhendled," which
is being touted as the stars answel
to Gloria Swanson's "Manhandled."
Arthur Lubin, just 20 years of age
/ who In being hailed in Hollywood as
sensational "hnd," and is now play
\ Ing the Juvenile character lad In Hi
People," with Rudolph Schildkraut
recently played the role of Liliom TO
tho Hollywood Art Theater and tn,
role Of He In the Andreyev tragedy
"Hs Who Gets Slapped"
| Shirley Mason is to phy the lead
in6 feSnfnine role IN Job6ph Contads
'Lord JIM" She II the only leu1nanl