Evening star., 1925-08-16
CAPT WM. J. STANNARO
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7 ABOR is getting into the movies.
IL The American Federation of La
Dor has announced its purpose to
promote the production of films show
ing the high spots in the evolution OF
labor from the days of slavery to the
present The first picture is to be
made in Chicago, according to Motion
Pictures Today.
The Hays organization, the motion
picture owners and lots more of them
are scrapping over the Hays contract
and method of arbitrating differences.
And, oh, the cartoons illustrating the
fact
Norman Kerry has something in
common with the Prince of Wales.
A horse threw him while riding down
hill at Pendleton, Greg. He Will re-
cover, the report states.
Mary and Richard Barthelmess,
news report states, have agreed to
disagree and live apart, but no di-
vorce, says Mary.
THAT Old Gang OF Mine" with
Macklyn Arbuckle heading the cast.
is in the offing. Herman Films, Inc.
will put 1t over.
The. Warmers are said to be con-
sidering the idea of starring Willard
Louis and Louise Fazenda. 1t isn't
a bad idea at that.
Christian Hemmick is reported in
New York with a number of films
for distribution, including Promised
Land" starring Raquel Meller.
The Warmers have solved the prob
lem of Broadway representation by
buying the Piccadilly Theater.
THE Scarlet West" produced for
First National, includes Clusters last
fight and the Indian attack on Fort
Remington as highlights.
winds of Chance" dealing with
the gold rush to the Yukon, and THE
Splendid Road" dealing with the
days following the California gold
rush and the settlement of northern
California, are both Frank Lloyd pro-
ductions.
Fox's contribution to Far West
historical pictures will be The Iron
Horse" which concerns the construc-
ton of the first transcontinental rail
road.
"The Last Frontier" by Hunt
Stromberg, concerns the disappear
ance of the buffalo and the last stand
made by the Indians against the
white man.
THE Pony Express" by Universal.
concerns the means whereby the early
pioneers Of the Far West were kept
in touch with civilization.
Warner Brothers have announced
as the first of their new season The
Wife Who Wasn't Wanted" Irene
Rich), ''Bobbed Hair" Marie Prevosb.
Below the Line" Rin-tin-tin), Rose
His Majesty Bunker Bean" Matt
Moore and Dorothy Devorel. The
Man on the Box" (Syd Chaplin and
"Satan in Sables" lowell Shermanl.
The famous Danny" of Film
Daily" rs certain the producers have
struck the popular taste in the pic
lures they have prepared for the
greater movie season, judged, he
says, by Broadway patronage.
Charlie Chaplin has caught them
with Gold Rush" New York is giving
midnight matinees, with all seats re-
served
Bitter Apples" by Harold Mac
Grath; Bigger and Better" by Oc-
tavus Roy Cohen, and THE Floren-
tine Dagger" by Ben Hecht, have
been bought by Warner Brothers for
production.
The State censor at Cleveland ban
ned Constance Talmadge's new pic
ture, Her Sister From Paris" and
"In the Name of Love was substi-
tuted.
The Warner production of THE
Easiest Road" has had its name
changed to Seven Sinners; Ken
lucky Hills" is now Below the Line
and 1.-The Barrier That Has Burned
is now Barriers of Fire"
Blanche Sweet has started on the
Kane production for First National,
Invisible Wounds" with a very
strong cast.
Joseph Kilgour has quit the screen
for the stage In Spring Fever.
Selig Studios will film series OF
pictures based on James Oliver Cur
wood stories.
Harry NJ. STdnudll, oWilcl oA e"e
Crandail theaters in Washington, re-
turned from Lake Hopatcong Friday
in advance of the rest of the party va
cationing at the New Jersey resort to
prepare for his early departure for the
convention of First National regional
franchise holders, which Will be
opened in indianapolis Tuesday. Mr.
Crandall is First National franchise
holder for the Washington territory,
comprised of the District of Columbia,
Delaware and Maryland. He will
leave for the Hoosier capital tomor-
row.
A new method of announcing COM
ing attractions has been uniformly
adopted in all of the Crandall residen.
tial theaters in Washington. Instead
of the illuminated slides previously in
use, all the houses now employ film
trailers, giving the spectator an actual
view of some scenes exactly as they
will appear in the complete picture.
The latest and joint contribution of
Italy and France to Americas cinema
actors is George Nardelli, whose par
ents are natives of both these Latin
countries. He has joined the Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer forcesE
What Kaufman-Connelly and Stall
Iings-Anderson are to the stage Hope
Loring and Louis Lighton are to the
movies. thinks Harry Rapf, Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer official, who has
placed this scenario team under a
.Iong-term contract. Their first assign