Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-19

low his great success of "Peter Pan"
with another Barrie picture, "A Kiss
for Cinderella" it was made known
that Betty Bronson, who played
Peter Pan" would have the leading
role.
after we had made this an
nouncement, however" said Jessie l..
Lasky, I'VE found that our produc-
tion schedule made it impossible for
Miss Bronson to appear in this pic
ture. AS a matter of fact, as "a
Kiss for Cinderella" has developed in
it's treatment for the screen the role
calls for a person of an entirely diff
ferent type .from Miss Bronson. In
this Sir James NJ. Barrie agrees with
us, but he was so eminently pleased
with Miss Br0nsons work in Peter
PAN that he has consented to write
a special screen play for her, to be
released a year from this coming
Christmas. "A Kiss for Cinderella
will be released this coming Christ
mas, and it is scheduled to so into
production early in July, provided
Mr.. Brenon and myself find the pro-
per, type to play the role
Chances are that if children who
act in movies were to vote on the
most popular director, James Cruze
would run close race with Herper.
3renon. the maker of Peter Pam.
In CRUCES latest Paramount offering
"Marry Metz a dozen children appear
IN a classroom sequence, and some
of them were reported to have cried
at being obliged to leave the director.
Edward Everett Horton, the young
man who caused so many laughs IN
"Ruggles of Red Gap" and ITO the
Ladies'" is a golfer but he has the
distinction of never yet having had
a press notice written about MIN
making hole in one."
Additional players added to the
cast of Paramount's picturizatlon OIL
Harold Bell Wright's latest novel,
"a Son of His Father" are l.aska
Winters, Billy Donovan, noted west
ern rider. Charles Stevens, PeeWee
Holmes. Western comedian, carr
Stockdale, Bucko Jones, bare-b back
rider, and Richard Howard. Leading
characters in the book are being I'M
personated by Warner Baxter, Bes-
sic Love, Raymond Hatton and Walt
er McGrail.
While making a location trip into
Arizona recently with the Paramount
unit filming Zane Greys The Lignt
of Western Stars" Alma Bennett
discovered that catcus plants pro-
vided food for cattle, burros, deer
rabbits and gophers.
Bebe Daniels has started work on
! her latest Paramount starring pic
ture, Lovers in Quarantine, adapted
from the stage play Quarantine.
Harrison Ford will support her.
Adolphe Menjou has an army rec
ord that most men would envy. He
enlisted as a private but even before
he went overseas he was promoted
to a captaincy.
A highly intelligent Great Dane
dog who responds to the name OF
| Chester earned $50 for half an hour
work in "Lost-A. Wife" William dc
Miles latest Paramount film. The
dog was required to enact an effec-
| tive scene with Greta Nissen, the
Morse find, and got through with ii
sooner than Mr.. de Mile had antici-
pated, so he was paid for the entire
| day.
During the making of "Are Parents
People" at the Paramount Western
studio, Adolphe Menjou revealed a
secret to Betty Bronson. He is train
ing brace of Sealyham terriers to
act for the screen. Menjou is a. dog
fancier and passes much of his
leisure time with his intelligent lit
tie pets.
A trio of the finest comedy actors
in the photoplay ranks play in sup
port of Florence Vidor in the Para
mount perturbation of Grounds fol-
Divorce" They are Matt Moore
Harry Myers and Louise Fazenda.
A strange assortment of men will
be seen in Irwin Willat's picture
melodrama. Rugged Water" A
dozen sturdy and stolid members of
the Coast Guard appear as princi-
pals in this Paramount perturbation
of Joseph c. Lincoln's latest story
The best men of the life saving sta
tions are over 40. They are quiet
dignified, slow-speaking Americans
The men proved to be exceptional
actors because they obeyed every
order to the letter.