Evening star., 1926-05-30
Filmograrns.

rRECAUSE it will interfere with a
- Warner Bros. picture, Noah 5
Ark" which was registered in the
Hays office first. Cecil B. De Mile
after spending $4,000 in research and
story preparation, has abandoned his
proposed production. ''The Deluge-
De Mile had intended to spend $780,
600 on it.
Harry NJ Crandall of this city was
recently elected to both the board of
directors and advisory council of First
National Pictures.
The al fresco picture gardens con-
Quoted in conjunction with Crandall's 8
Savoy and Apollo theaters during the
Summer months will operate nightly
henceforth, weather permitting. Sat
urtiay was official opening day this
year and the parks presented an at
tractive appearance. The programs
will be identical with those shown in
the theaters proper. except that the
open-air performances will be pre-
ceded by brief orchestral concerts.
4. Julian Brylawski, acting manager
of the Earle Theater, left Washing
ton last Saturday night for trip to
the Pacific Coast as delegate to the
convention of the Motion Picture The
ateH owners OI AileTlc't. MI. IiS :
lawski will make an extended tour of
the West, going by the southern
route and returning by the northern.
Wesley c'Freckles'D Barry. famous
juvenile screen actor, upon the occa-
sion of his first visit to Washington to
avail himself of the opportunity of an
audience with the late President Hard
ing, was accompanied to the Execu-
tive Mansion by an escort of pages
from the Senate, House and Supreme
Court. members of the Junior Naval
Reserves, to which he belonged. He
now returns as star of a sketch,
Jerry Makes Good" by E. Percy
Heath, former publicity expert and
we'll known theatrical figure in Wash
ingtOn.
The first three Of the IL episodes in
"Bill Grimm's Progress F. B. o. fea.
turettes adapted from H. c. Witwer
stories, will. be ''The Lady Of Lyons,
N Y, The Fight That Failed" and
Where There's a Bill"
Crooks Tours" a three-act play by
James Henry O'Brien, has been Sc
cured by the F. B. o. offices for
George OHara.
United Artists IS to enter the exhib-
ition as well as the production field
with 20 new houses, which 1t desig
mates as homes for "pre-release EN-
gagements," show places in keeping
with the dignity of the Schenck stars.
with presentations by Grammar and
special music.
Lloyd Bacon. son of the late Frank
Bacon of 'Lightnin' fame, is to di-
rect Broken Hearts Of Hollywood"
with Louise Dresser as its featured
player, for Warner Bros.
More Bostonians paid to see "Fasci-
mating YOUTH" the first production Of
the Paramount School graduates. than
paid to see any production shown at
the same theater, the Metropolitan,
during the three weeks which pre-
ceded it's exhibition.
AT the present rate Of retrogres-
sion, we will have not more than 100
spoken drama houses in America five
years hence" according to William j.
Brady. Mr.. Brady thinks also that
the little theater movement will keep
the spoken drama from extinction.
Walter Tennyson, nephew Of the
great English poet, is said to be in
Hollywood seeking a movie career. ac-
cording to Film Daily news note.
Holmes Herbert will play the role
originally assigned to H. B. Warner in
"The Fire Brigade" the proposed
Observation-Disclosures picture exploit
ing the American fire fighter.
F.. B. o. is to make screen adapta-
tion Of "Tarzan and the Golden Lion"
Johnny Hines was to make a kid
(.Ioyacr prOducfiOn for First National
which, out Of difference to Famous
Players and it's Eddie Cantor produc-
tion Of kid Boots" is to be held
back year.
Harry Reichenbach has gone to
Paris to make preliminary plans for
the production of Around the World
in so Days." based on Jules Verne's
famous novel.
Barry Of Film Daily says John Ford
IS looking for an Irish-loo!ling giant
to play in "The Story Of Mother
Machree" for Fox.
Barry tells an amusing story about
q well known company exhibiting
revival of one of it's films in Pitts
burgh for week to good business be-
fore it discovered that the last reel
was missing from it.
Rupert Julian's next picture for
Cecil B. De Mile will be The Yankee
Clipper" with Gilmore Faire, William
Boyd and Robert Edeson featured.
Red" Grange has started work on
"'rhe Halfback" for Film Booking Of
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