Evening star., 1926-11-14
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. NELSON.

! Gated II England to observe ana re-
port on the British likes and dis
likes in photoplay5. The plan was
put into effect recently by Joseph P.
Kennedy. president of the Film
Booking Offices OF America.
The idea. Of course, back OF the
whole scheme is to make American
Gins more popular IN England. The
British have severely criticized many
ol'ywood productions on the
ground that they were too Amcrl-
can and there have been threats OF
governmental regulation. AT least,
the Kennedy Plan lessons the latter
danger-but the picture made in this
country will remain pictures for
American audiences.
Mary Pickford is making another
picture at the Fa;rbanks-Pickford
studio, on the West Coast, bat the
name OF the story has not been an
nounced. And she has Il new dircc-
tor. one Sam Taylor, who vie .ded
the negarhonc for the ro-Goid-
wyn Mayer picture, Exit Smiling.
III was associated witll Harold
Liovd Ior a long time. serving as
rag man" sccnarist and director.
All Hollywood stopped work few
favs ago and iourneyed to the old
film studio or the Nestor Co.. where
. bronze tablet was placed to mark
IL fifteenth anniversary of the
a-,oninr OF the film industry in the
a;iiorr;a town. The mayor Of Los
Auacles fastened the first bolt in the
'ah!et, then he made speech and
the ceremony came to All end.
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There is considerable growing
about the manner in which stories
and novels are changed for their
screen appearance. The charge is
made that the stories are garbled
and that this is a mistaken idea OF
popularizing them. 1t remains. how
ever. that many of the books and
stories turned into photoplays would
be entirely unsuitable as they stand
in the printed word. When the pro-
ducer pays a large price for story
he purchases the idea as we'll as the
printed word. 1t wou seem his
right to change it 10 fit the screen.
If some OF the novels that are pic
turized were made to follow the
stories word for word, box Office re-
ceipts would probably drop down to
the level of the German mark. If
the writer does not want his story
changed to fit screen production, he
should keep it locked in the family
cupboard. The photoplav producer
Is not working to immorta'ize the
writer; he is looking toward prod
uct which will please great audiences
and satisfy the man inside that
cubby-hole, the box Office There
will always be trouble between the
producer and the writer.
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Warner Brothers have announced
that John Barrym~re's new picture
will be known by the title OF Ma
non, but it is based only upon the
Provost "Manon Lescaut." 1t will
be interesting to see how the Amer
lean film compares with the Ufa
production, which had its first show
ing at the Wardman Park Theater
last week. Dolores Costello has the
name role in the Barrymore produc-
ton. her elevation 10 Stardom being
due to her excellent work in recent
photoplays. ''Manon" will he the
fourth Barrymore picture for War
ner Brothers, the earlier ones hay
ing been Beau Brummel." "The
Sea Beast" and Don Iuan."
Food 1or movie fans: Gloria Swan
son recently underwent throat
operation. She is working with her
company at Great Neck, Long Is
land. Cod Gave Me Twenty
Cents" starring Lya de Pt1tti, is to
open new theater in New York.
This is Lya's first picture for Para
mount. Gilbert Roland, All
almost unknown actor. has been Sc
lected as leading man for Norma Tai
uadge i'll Camille" Gilbert is q
years Old. said 10 be a Spaniard and
recently did d bit OF work in The
Blonde Saint, featuring Lewis Stone
and Doris Kenyon. Alice
Terry, now vacationing III New
y ork, will return 10 Nice, France.
with few days. Jack
Dempsey, Estelle Taylor, Lois Will
son, Hope Hampton, Fannie Ward
and others almost as we'll known
attcnx.rd the annual Metro Goodwin
ball - the Hotel Astor. New York.
last week. Alan Dwan is
making the screen tests for The
Music Master" Colleen
Moores "Twinkletoes' heads the list
of five pictures to be released by
First National this month. The
other productions are: The Silent
Lover. starring Milton Sills Johnny
Hines III Stepping Along Ken
Maynard in The Unknown Cavalier"
and Midnight Lovers" with John
Francis D;Iio,