Evening star., 1925-01-18

being cast She was offered the part
of the frivolous mother and gave up
| a stage engagement TO take it She
is glad she followed the "hunch," for
her work in picture is proving sue
cessful.
Buster Collier, who also appears in
playing With Souls" needed two
doubles" in this picture. Helen
Hoge, 4, plays Buster at that age
| and Don Marion at IL years Both
children are said to bear a remarkable
resemblance to Buster.
The Rialto has established an
ushers' school, where the BOYS en-
gagged for work at that playhouse as
| ushers must attend before being
| allowed to go on the floor to handle
the public. 1t is the policy of the
playhouse to offer the best in service,
and since the ushers are the only
persons who come in direct contact
with patrons it is necessary that this
branch of the service be given
especial attention.
1nasmuch as "The Goose Woman"
has very intricate crime complex.
Universal has engaged Charles F1Irth-
man. former assistant district attor-
ney or Chicago, to confer with Mel
vile Brown. scenarist. ana Clarence
Brown, director, in the preparation
of the story. The latter is now work
ing on a Los Angeles newspaper to
obtain first hand local color Louise
Dresser is the first star engaged for
the cast.
William Desmond will make a new
chapter play under the direction of
Henry McRae, entitled THE Ace of
spades The cast includes Mary
McAllister, Albert ]. Smith. Cathleen
| Calhoun, Jack Pratt and William Steel,
Universal has purchased through
Fred Boeck, European animal expert.
what Is claimed to be tho only full
| grown gorilla in captivity. The big
ape fs on the way from Johannes
burg, South Africa, and will be used in
Edward Sedgewick's production
Lorraine of the Lions" after which
| 1T Will be the prize exhibit OF the
Universal City Zoo.
Golf, mah-jong, bridge. swimming
and every other diversion heretofore
popular among the film folks in
Hollywood are in the discard. The
screen folk have taken to treasurs
hunting, the English game. which
| they acclaim the most thrilling sport
| of the century.
Lois Weber, the most famous won,-
| an director in the world, is back at
Universal City. Miss Weber won her
first great success with Universal.
Until Mr.. Laemmle returns to Univer-
sal City in few weeks, Miss Weber
VIII act as script supervisor.
Camera work on Samuel Hopkins
| Adams story. SIEGE is near COM
pletion. Virginia Valli is starred,
with Eugene O'Brien, Mary Alden,
Marc McDermott and Helen Dunbar
| IN the cast. g..
| Rupert Julian, the director, and
three expert cutters are reducing the
| footage Of "The Phantom Of the
| Opera" to working proportions Owing
| to the number of cameras used on
many of the big scenes the work of
selecting the most effective shots will
take several weeks.
Mrs. Winifred Reeve, the new story
| editor for Universal in New York
City, is the author of Cattle" one of
| this years best sellers, and under the
name of Onoto Watanna wrote a
number of Japanese stories, which
were very popular about ten years
ago.
The Four Horsemen Of Notre Dame,
the backfield of the worlds greatest
| foot ball team, visited the star of
"The Four Horsemen," at the United
Studios in Hollywood the day after
they had plowed through the Stanford
| line. Coach Rockne led his whole
team onto the set and introduced each
one of them to Rudolph Valentino and
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