Evening star., 1926-10-10

Raymond Hitchcock feels as
though he would do something
worth while" so he is going into the
movies--seriously, this time. Ac-
cording to reports, he is to abandon
the stage, and he steps before the
footlights with a monologue:
Pictures interested me when l ap-
peared in them more than FIVE years
ago, but felt extremely self-con-
scious and never gave what l
thought was even a passable per-
formance. Now, have had my en-
thusiasm aroused to great degree.
l feel that | want to do something
worth while in pictures. I want to
work on the screen until know
every camera angle and unit! have
The same freedom that l have always
felt when playing back OF the foot
| lights"
Many. many weeks before the
Dempsey -Tunney affair, sometimes
known as the Sesqui-scufle, Pathe
started work on a lO-reei serial
known as THE Fighting Marine"
Looking around for suitable star
for the opus, a directors eye fell
upon young Gene Tunney, and it
was not long before the aspiring
young heavyweight signed his name
on the dotted line.
Various and sundry sport ex-
perts," when consulted about the
matter, gave their loud-voiced opin-
ion that the picture was certain to
become a flop" Mr.. Tunney would
have the everlasting dayiights
punched out of him by Mr.. Dempsey,
the Tiger Man of the Fistic Arena"
However, Pathe went ahead with the
picture.
Now the serial is ready for re-
lease. A special corps Of income tax
auditors will proceed to figure up
The profits from the venture, and the
sport experts" agree that Dempsey
must have been poisoned.
Miracles do happen out in Holly
| wood-once in a while. Dorothy
Dunbar six months ago was an ex-
ira girl, spending large part of her
time in search of work around the
various studios. Now she has played
the leading feminine role in THE
Amateur Gentleman" and her rise in
| Fl mdom has caused no end of talk
| where motion picture folk gather
Dorothy halls from Colorado Springs
Colo. and her first few months on
the Pacific Coast were spent in pro-
| yiding "atmosphere" in various pic
lures.
"America's Sweetheart of the
Screen" will not go in for thrillers
| Her success with the Sweet and
simple drama" has been enormous
so why mix new ingredients into the
scenario story? The "sweet and
simple" pulls the crowds; fashions in
movies may come and go, but Mary
Pickford will probably screen for
ever. :,
Which brings to mind that Mary:
latest venture. ."Sparrows," is just
about what one would expect. There
is a troup of little, ragged urchins
and a pathetic, half-starved young
ster to lead them. Current sophisti,
cations find no place in Mary's pic
! lures.
Notes from Movieland: YOU'D
Be Surprised" Paramount picture
starts off with two murders at a
house party, and only the legs of the
guests are visible to the audience
Walter Long is again at hi:
villainy in Jewels of Desire" star
ring Priscilla Dean. Pauline
Frederick is to be starred in "Josse'
lyn's Wife" from the novel by Kath'
leen Norris. Blanche Sweet
after much deliberation, has put hel
name TO a Fox contract. Her story
has not been selected. :. Accord
ing to the press agents, Mary Pick
lord has presented beautiful new
Spanish home, in Beverly Hills. te
her mother, Charlotte Pickford
Buster keaton's new picture
THE General" required six month:
in the making! 1t is Civil WA
comedy. For obvious reasons
Ivan Mosjoukine. Russian actor, II
this country, will hereafter b
known as Moskine. Colleer
Moore is spending vacation ii
New York. Eric Won Strohein
has resumed work on "The Wed
ding March," a big Paramount spe'
cia1.