Evening star., 1926-05-16
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DOLA NEGR1'S name is appearing
more frequently in the move
trade news. Now the imported Erich
Pommer, it appears, is to supervise
Erich Won Stroheim's first picture for
Famous Players, with Pola Negri as
its star. 1t is to be called Hotel
Imperial" This may or may not
mean something between the lines.
Although Winter seems to be Still
lingering in the lap of Spring, the
movie houses here and elsewhere are
unbottling their cooled air against the
warmer days expected in Summer.
Charles e. Blaneys once famous
melodrama, Across the Pacific, is TO
be made into a movie by the Warmers,
with Monte Blue as it's star.
Los Angeles has the rumor that
Marion Davies is to be exploited in
LADY Diana Manners role in The
Miracle" but whether on the stage
or on the screen is not stated.
Famous Players expects to close a
deal with Henry Ginsberg for the
screen rights to THE Great Gatsby"
soon.
Film Daily states that our Govern
ment and the Metro-Goldwyn-M Mayer
Corporation are to cooperate in pro
ducing Tell It to the Marines" with
Mai. J, +. Wilcox representing the
Government in the studio.
Another report is that Lillian Gish
NAV do "Annie Laurie" in Scotland,
but accompanying the rumor is the
statement that no one in authority IN
the Metro ro-GoldWyn-Mayer offices seems
TO know anything about it.
Now it is reported that Rockliffe
Fellows. who was recently hurt IN an
auto accident, may have been perma-
nently injured.
Thirty-nine doubles for Theodore
Roosevelt have bobbed up to play the
role in the forthcoming picture THE
Rough Riders"
Recent intervention by a commit
tee of churchgoers" prevented the
appearance of a jazz band as "a spe-
cial, extra, added attraction" when
Beverly of Graustark" was shown in
Oswego, n. Y.
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hat.
ton, states Film Daily, were such a
fine pair of dumb doughboys that they
have been cast as a couple OF 'goDS
in We're in the Navy Now"
Hoot Gibson is to be starred in
Cheyenne Days" which is to be
filmed in Wyoming by Universal dur
ing the frontier days celebration.
Ben Alexander has been signed to
play the lead in a new serial called
3'Scotty of the Scouts" by Duke
Worne Productions.
Some of the Midwestern exhib-
itors are said to want a new car OF
their own, rather than VIII II. Hays,
who is dubbed the car of the pro-
ducers and exhibitors of America.
A new screen philosopher in the
West has declared that the great need
of the day is an understanding which
will make religion a joyous help to life.
rather than the excuse for causing
more depression in the world.
Gloria Swanson, with a drawing ac-
count of S25, 900 a week, has contract
ed to make two pictures year for
United Artists, the first being Person
atty" according to Film Daily, the
Movie Bradstreet.
tional films made by Ufa of Germany
are to be sent to this country next
Fall for release by American distribut-
ing companies Secrets of the Soul"
is the first to be given a name. 1t
deals with an analysis Of dreams.
Fire" is to be another.
John Ford's next Fox production
will have the high-sounding title
Gods Referee" and William Russell
for the leading role.
Svend Gade, who is making ex-
teriors for Tin Pan Alley" has been
engaged to direct Corinne Griffith in
her next picture.
Here's a joke from Barry" of Film
Daily: A pug working in Richard
Dix's picture. "Say It Again." had a
few teeth knocked out, but they were
store teeth and easy to repair.
George l.. Fecke, radio director for
ro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who is looking
for tie-ups with % stations by June L,
says 25,000,000 fans will be reached
weekly by radio and that radio
movie clubs" have been formed in
Chicago, New. York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Al Jolson, who has been having
movie tests made of himself lately, is
said to be playing with the idea of ap-
Mystery Man" He made the attempt
once before with Griffith in "One Ex-
citing Night" but he walked off the
Job and Lloyd Hamilton replaced him
in it.