Evening star., 1926-11-07
Flashes From the Screen
BY G. e. NELSON.

appointing as a box office attraction
and there is considerable specula-
ton over Director Griffith's future
plans. 1t is said that he is to part
company with the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation. and that it all
comes about through The Sorrows
of Satan
Another rumor is to the effect that
Griffith will join the Universal forces
and that he will produce Edna Fer
ber's "Show Boat" But it all de-
pends upon whether the contract is
dissolved. And while The Sorrows
of Satan" has not enriched New York
exhibitors, word arrives that the pic
ture is expected to be big road at
traction"
That the use Of the subtitle is
abused is without question. But
where it is handled in an intelligent
manner it is an aid to certain photo
plays. 1t is impossible to say that
the subtitle must be used or that it
can be thrown into the discard
Certain pictures require the captions.
while others do not. What would
become of one of the Will Rogers
films if the subtitles were dropped?
On 1.-The other hand, a picture like
The Last Laugh" which carried no
type matter. did not require it. Each
particular story should have a spe-
cia1 treatment in order to obtain the
best result-subtitles or no subtitles.
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Jackie Coogan has joined the
Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer organization
and will have the entire facilities of
the big Culver City studio at his dis
posal for his forthcoming pictures,
according to contracts disclosed
about week ago. For the past four
years the photoplays starring the
youthful favorite have been produced
by his own organization and released
to the exhibitors through Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer. Under the new
contract Jackie's. work will be pro-
duced along the lines of the most i'm
portant screen undertakings. and
several stories are being considered
Young Coogan has been a center
of interest in the film world since
his discovery seven years ago by
Charlie Chaplin, and he has just com
pleted new role in Johnny Get
Your Hair Cut" to be released short
~. Among the pictures that have
done most to increase his popularity
are "Old Clothes" The Rag Man"
Little Robinson Crusoe," The Boy
Of Flanders and Long Live the
King"
Mary Miles Minter. once a star of
the movies, stopped off IN New York
last week, Ell route to Europe, and.
in talk with newspaper men. stated
that she wanted to live quiet, old
fashioned life. and that | never want
to come back to the United States"
Mary. according to the same news
paper men, now weighs at least 140
pounds, and she has been known
during the recent years as Miss
Juliet K. Reilly. She once boasted a
100000 movie contract.
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In the Studios.-Betty Bronson is
to have the leading feminine role in
Paradise for Two" while Richard
Dix is the star.
William Boyd. who wore rags in
The Volga Boatman," buckskins in
The Last Frontier" and sailor togs
in The Yankee Clipper" will wear
strictly modern garments III his new
picture, Jim the Conqueror."
Jane Novak has been added to the
cast Of "One Increasing Purpose"
from the novel of A. S. NJ. Hutchin-
son. She joins Edmund Lowe and
Lila Lee at the Fox studio
Three hundred Cinnamon were en-
ployed as extras i'll Cecil B. De Miles
Ewes Leaves" Leatrice Joy is the
star of the production.
"The Potters,' from a newspaper
serial, will be the next starring vehi-
Gle of w. c. Fields. The former Fol-
lies luminary recently completed
Sos Your Old Man.
Alice Terry will sail soon for North
Africa. where many scenes from her
new play. THE Garden of Allah"
will be filmed Her husband, Rex
Ingram. Will direct the cast for the
Metro-Goldwyn organization The
story, Of course, comes from the
Robert Hichens novel, a best seller
of several years ago.
Marshall Neilan is to direct Con-
stance Talmadge in her next picture,
"Cnllette."