Evening star., 1926-05-02
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Folly" Sweet Daddies." Miss No
body" and Tho Wise Guy"
Tic international Film Congress,
suggested and protected by thc
League of Nations, which has been
postponed several times, is now TO be
held in Paris from September 27 I"
October 3, according to Film Daily.
TIA. the German concern. il is said.
wanted Lillian Gish for Gretchen III
Faust" but they couldn't agree, and
so Camilla. Horn played the part
Metro o-Goldwyn-Mayer G will distribute
the picture in America, Film Daily
announces.
II. E. Warner has been engaged t"
play in "The Dover Road" Mr.. War
ner is under a long-term contract with
Cecil &. De Mile and went to the
Pacific Coast first TO play the leading
role i'll silence
Jackie Coogan's next picture is I"
be called "Johnny-Get- Your-H Haircut
for rsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Max Reinhardt has cabled a denial.
it is said, that he is coming to Amer
lea to direct moving pictures.
Harold Iloyds new comedy. For
Heavens Sake drew 153,S00 people
to the New York Rialto Theater in j.
days. according to the theater's re
port to Film Daily.
An exhibitors union in Wuerttem-
berg, Germany. has boycotted AL
Metro. ro.Goldwyn-Mayer pictures he
cause of Rex Migrants picture, Mare
NoStrum.'
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his wife, Flo Bert, his vaudeville
teamnate, have left Tor the coast.
where BrendeI is TO appear in g. Par
amount picture starring E1orence
Eidor and written by Ernest NaJda
Harry I1angdon is the screens
greatest comedian. according to Mack
Sennett. because he has soul and =
wonderful sense Of comedy. with the
gentle appeal that is universal. Sen
nett now is developing johnny Burke.
Opening Sunday May ., the Mutual
Theatcr, on Pennsylvania avenue near
Ninth street. announces the FOX
photoplay feature, The Johnstown
Flood" as the first of n series Of
super-features TO be presented through
out the Summer months. '"The Johns
town Flood is declared historically
correct. and is presented with many
of the best known Fox stars. The
food scene is declared one of the great
est spectacles Of its kind yet to reach
the SCI cen.
The notion that Washington would
no longer support a three-week photo
play engagement except of road
show" caliber, If it ever existed, has
been thoroughly exploded by John
Barrymore picture, The Sea Beast,
and Harold I4loyd's new comedy, For
Heavens Sake" both of which so
jammed the seatinS-and standing
capacity of the two theaters that a
third week became an imperative de-
mand.
George Bancroft, who will be re-
membered for his Jack Slade role in
1.-The Pony Express" is forging rap
idly to the front as an actor. lie re-
Gently had a fine role with Jack Holt
and Florence Nidor in Allan Dwan's
'Sea Horses" and now he has an
equally fine one as Il mountaineer
feudist in 'The Runaway" William
DeMille production.
William Powell. the suaye villain of
"Sea Horses" and "Romola" and who
will be seen this week in 1.-THE Run
away" incidentally. is the husband OF
Eileen Wilson. former Garrick stock
star in Washington. Powell also CON
tributed an exceptional stage portrait
to the memorable production of "Span-
ish Love-" seen here a few years back.
Few persons realize that Harold
Lloyd. now one of the recognized com
edy kings of the screen, played seven
years in screen comedy before he was
able to attain the status of star. He
also played on the stage at one time
with Frank Bacon, the late star of
"Lightnin'.''
Gustav Won Seyffertitz, who has been
signed to play the heavy in Marshall
Neilan'S production, diplomacy" Is
celebrated as a stage director. having
been with Charles Frohman for
long period of years, during which
time nc guided Maude Adams. Ethel
Barrymore, Marie Doro, Otis Skinner
and many others. "Chanticleer.
"AIidchannel" and "What Every
Woman Knows" were directed by
him.
Five months ago, Raymond keane.
one of the four principals in Uni
versal's THE Midnight Sum-" was
clerk in his fathers jewelry store
in Denver, Colo. He was picked up
on the streets of Hollywood by Bucho-
wetzki, who signed him for the
role of the youthful hero of his pic
ture.
1t is said that Ray Rockets first
production for First National, a
screen version of Cosmo Hamiltons
novel, Paradise" contains about
everything that a picture lover could
ask. London music halls. fashionable
London hotels, London streets. Covent
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