Evening star., 1925-11-15
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HAL ROACH is reported to have
1 L made Charlie Chaplin an offer of
sl,00o,ooo to appear in four pictures.
The Wedding March," an original
written by him. will be Eric Won
Stroheim's first picture for Para
mount under his new contract. Its
setting will be Vienna.
First National is reported to be
negotiating with Richard Strauss to
write the musical score for The
Viennese Medley"
Film Daily says that the mad rush
of young men and women to Holly
wood to enter the movies has been
successfully checked.
Lord Jim The Eagle" Valen-
tino's picture; Stella Dallas" The
Big Parade" and The Vanishing
American" all in the group of the
best pictures of the year. are being
shown in New York this week.
DE Miles The Road to Yester.
day" has had It's premier showing in
Salt Lake City recently.
Charles Wakefield Cadman. the
composer. calls The Vanishing Amer
lean" silent music" He prepared the
musical score for the picture and de.
clares ii the most beautiful. thrill
ing and dramatic story of the India n
ever filmed"
The Indiana 1ndorsers of Photo
plays" have been running potato
natinees" in the picture houses in
that State. through which. from five
theaters, many bushels of potatoes
nv,I Nr.1>
and other vegetables. with iellies.
canned fruit English waInuts and
beans were received as donations fer
distribution to the poor.
''Tha nix You" the story of an un-
derpaid minister in a small town anc
his struggle for happiness. has re-
ceived the indorsement of the chair
man of the committee on educational
and religious drama in the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America. 1t Is said when the picture
was made ministers of the Gospel
were invited to cooperate with adj
vice and suggestions.
According to Danny. in Film Daily.
Pathe has an ''unrecouped invest,
ment of over $500 900 in two-reel
comedies; Hal Roach wrote off a
loss of s125.000 on two.reelers Ia st
year" and Mack Sennett has put
over 100000 more into his comedies
than Pathe has advanced" This
would seem to Indicate demand for
the Improvement of two-reelers.
Shouts from the Far West proclaim
King Vidor "one of the most distin.
guished men in filmdom.' for his new
picture, THE Big Parade"
The Only Way" made in England,
with Sir John Harvey as it's star,
Is to be distributed in this country
through United Artists, 1t appears,
although First National controls it
for the world outside of America, in
Guiding Canada.
The latest list of "the ten best pic.
lures" as developed in contest con
Quoted by the San Francisco Call and
Post. shows THE Ten Command
ments." THE Pony Express" Don
O., THE Iron Horse" THE Thief of
Bagdad.' The Lost World" Janice
Meredith. The Freshman" Peter
Pan and 1.-The Unholy Three
The readers of the Evening Sun of
Baltimore think the 10 best are Peter
Pan The Last Laugh" Soul
Attire" THE Dark Angel "Charley's
Aunt" sally isn't Life Wonder
ful?'' Paths to Paradise Greed"
and 'The Ten Comma ndments. What
these contests are developing is not
''the 10 best photoplays," but the 10
that are most popular in the localities
from which the votes are received.
Next week at Crandall's Metropoli-
tan Theater a new musical feature
will be introduced. Nell Paxton: and
Milton Davis, both for many seasons
pipe organisfs at the Metropolitan,
will be heard in a group Of duets es-
pecially arranged for pipe organ and