Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
Filmograrns.

Famous Players, Lasky is going to
star Clara Bow.
The common council of Bingham
ton, n. Y, has abolished daylight
saving time at the earnest request oil
theater owners and factory interests
Firnin Gemier. French actor and
manager of the Theater Odeon. Paris
has been added to the cast OF The
Magician" which Rex Ingram is max
ing in Nice, Italy, for Metro-Goldwyn'
Mayer.
London has it that Doug and Mary
on their return to this country wlll
make a picture based upon the chill
dren's crusade of the eighth century.
June Mathis first production at
First National studios. at Burbank.
will be called THE Masked Woman,
not Sinners in Paradise.
Arthur Robinson, a Ufa tGerman)
director, has started a production to
be called "One Thousand Words or
Passion
The Warmers. To push their vita
signing operate celebrities.
One hundred skilled musicians are
synchronizing the musical score for
Don Juan.
The broadcasting and receiving of
motion pictures by radio is said to be
nearer accomplishment than is gen
orally realized.
Dr.. Alexander Arkatov, co-director
OF The Cabinet of DR.. Calegari. is to
direct, as his first assignment,
studies in Wives for Preferred PIC
lures.
Crandall's Metropolitan will close
for extensive Improvements alter the
Sunday picture showings July Is ana
will not reopen until July 81. 1t Is
said that the improvements will cost
in the neighborhood Of $4,000.
Fred Quimby, a prominent picture
executive, and Jack Pegler OF the
Will II. Hays offices were visitors to
the executive offices OF the Cfandail-
Stanley theaters last week.
An unusual novelty is promised this
week at Crandalls Tivoh Theater III
the original Blue Jay Orchestra from
the Johns Hopkins University in Bal
timore, which Will he presented for the
first time in the Capital. This organ
ization is directed by E,noch Light and
is composed of bona fide collegiates to
the number of IS The band offers an
interval of skillful musicianship m
terspersed with vocal refrains ana
high-voltaSe specialties.
THE Nolga Boatman" Cecil 8. De
Miles great production, which mas
been repeating its downtown triumph
in the Crandall residential houses, VIII
continue at the Home and the York
Theaters, the Imperial Male chorus
accompanying the film on its round.
1.-THE Country Club Girls" a quartet
of clever feminine musical entertain
ers at the Earle Theater this week. is
not a repeater. This gifted double duo
was advertised for the Earle several
weeks ago. but the booking was can
celed and the girls did not appear
Harry NJ. Crandall and appendicitis
have been having a time of it al Gar
field Hospital. and late reports lndl-
cate that Mr.. Crandall is having much
the better of it.
Tiffany Productions announces the
purchase OF Itlo StISeu iISllS " W iiu
Geese" the novel by Martha Ostenso,
TO be made into a special production
without any additional charge to the
exhibitor.
The new theater which will occupy
the lower portion of the new National
Press Club Building, at Fourteenth
and f streets, will have three lifts.
one for the orchestra conductor, one
fNr hn rf q {.
ira, raising and lowering each as the
performance demands.
Warner Richmond. who played
character roles With the Garrick
Players in 1919 at the old Shubert-
Garrick Theater here under the direc-
ton of Monta Bell and George +.
Marshall. has an important comedy
role in Pola Negris latest picture.
Good and Naughty"
Miss du Pont. that mysterious
young movie person who starred for
a time with Universal and then de-
cided that character roles were her
real meter, appears in Good and
Naughty" Her real name has never
been revealed. and her refusal to use
a first name other than Miss" proves
she has a good sense Of advertising
psychology.
Universal announces the purchase
of William Dudley Pelley's original
story. THE Stolen Lady" as a fea-
ture on it's 1928 program of jewels.
No star has been assigned to the
leading role, which is thought TO be
suited TO Laura La Plante's talents.
Emory Johnsons cast to support
Belle Bennett in The Fifth Com
mandment' will include Mary Carr,
Raymond keane. June Marlowe,
Henry Victor. Claire DeBrey. Frank
Elliott. Luella Carr and Wendell
Phillips Franklin. This story was
written by Emile johnson, mother of
the director
Universal has chosen The Sensa
ton Seekers as the releasing title for
Egypt and the Lord the Ernest
Pascal story purchased recently. Lois
Weber is 10 direct and Billie Dove
will be her feminine lead.
Kamiyama Sojin. the japanese actor
who played a prominent role in The
Bat" and who has Il repellant role in
THE Road to Mandalay," introduced
the drama of Strindberg, Hauptmann
and Wilde TO Japan. But Sojin is in
the movies now and he says Japan
will not see him again until he's ready
to retire.
Samuel Goldwyn. Ronald Coiman,
Wilma Bankey, Henry King, and the
company Of players who will be en-
gagged for the next three months in
making The Winning of Barbara
Worth" left Los Angeles Friday
night on a, special train of six Pull
mans, four baggage cars and one
diner for location in the Nevada
desert. There. Mr.. Goldwyn's car
penters ana: construction engineers
have erected three cities, which will