Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
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olga Cronk ana Inat sally " Nelll 10
really. Chotsey Noonan, yet an Asso-
ciated Press story says so.
The Warner Bros. announce that
they have discontinued '"rhe Honey
moon Express" after starting produc-
ton on IT, because 1t Is not up to the
standard of their other pictures. This
| is a real reform.
J. D. Williams has signed VIII Rog-
ers 10 appear with Dorothy Gish in
Tip Toes" Nelson Keys. the English
actor, will play in the same picture,
which is to be made in London.
Albert Parker is to direct Gloria
| Swanson's first picture for United
Artists, even though he is not one of
| the 'big ten"
James Howe, Hollywood's only
Chinese cameraman and said to be o
wizard i'm obtaining camera effects,
| had his opportunity in the gorgeous
| outdoor beauty of the Canadian will
derness that served as a background
| for Sinclair Lewis story. "Mantrap."
| Nell Gwyn," the daring romance
Featuring Dorothy Gish that was made
lin England, is promised soon a t Loew's
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| to be historically true.
| Raoul Walsh is rapidly becoming
| famous as a producer of Oriental
spectacles. His latest. Lady of the
| Harem," which comes to Loews CO.
lumbia August /, follows his produce
tons, THE Thief of Bagdad' and The
Wanderer."
George Rigas, the young Greek actor
who made quite an impression in The
| Wanderer' and who was rewarded
with a prominent part in THAT Royle
Girl" the Griffith jazz epic, steps out
again in Zane Grey's Desert Cold"
Production has been completed on
Love Me and the World is Mine" by
f.. A Dupont, the imported director
who made Variety"
Lillian Gish, in the screen version
of La Boheme," and Dorothy Gish,
In the screen version of Nell Gwyn,"
were Broadway attractions last week.
the former at the Capitol Theater and
the latter at the Rivoli.
| Emil Harder, director of Sunshine
] Films, has signed Wesley Barry for
the lead in 1.-THE Frankfurter Victory"
1.-THE Waltz Dream" a much herald
| ed UFA production, is described as
fanotT1er and merrier Merry Widow"
| Angela Murray Gibson, according
! to Film Daily, is a young woman who
| took the notion and now writes her
own scenarios, recruits her casts from
| the townfolks of Casselton, N. Oak,
does her own directing and camera
work, and now her productions are
being handled by five exchanges.
| Gladys Unger has been added to the
staff of scenario writers of Metro
! Goldwyn Mayer. =
Barry. in Film Daily. says that Ed
die Cantor likes Hollywood so much
| he wanted to stay there. They told
him he could if they could get another
story for him, so he wrote one himself
and Paramount has accepted it.
The cry again is abroad for new
faces and new bright ideas" on the
/ screen.
| George Bernard Shaw, like others
who do not like the movies, now ac-
cuses the American product of anar-
chistic and violent propaganda, far
more obnoxious than harmless stage
sex plays" He, too: it will be OBJ
served, has an ak to grind.
Famous Players-Lasky announces
that "Glorifying the American Girl"
has not been abandoned, only post
poned until next Fall.
Rod La ROGUE is to be pictured in
'"The Cruise of the Jasper B." with
James Horne directing.
Charles Gilpin, the noted colored
actor, has gone to the Pacific Coast
| to play the part Of Uncle Tom in
| Uncle Toms Cabin"
"The Son Of the Sheik" will have
| it's New York premier at the Mark
Strand today.
Richard Thomas, a coast director,
| is said to have perfected g. color proc
ess, q sort of three prism arrangement.
which can be attached to the camera
| shaft by belt ad lib and utilized to
make q color sequence or to film an
entire production in colors.
William Fox of the Fox Film Corpo-
ration is said to be the second most
heavily insured man in the world,
carrying $4,000, 900 of life insurance.
$4,000, 900 of 1t being in favor of his
company.
| After a. cessation of Is months. the
Yale University Press Is to resume
production of THE Chronicles Of
America" Eighteen threeFeelers and
one two-reeler are to be made. These
are wonderful historical pictures.
A total of 1875 theaters are reported
closed in the territory under the turis-
diction of the New York Film Board
OF Trade, 81 of them in New York
| City and Brooklyn, and IA are report
ed TO be running on part-time SEIZED
uIes. Doesn't look like a greater movie
season up that way.
Patsy Ruth Miller will play a lead
| In Private Icy Murphy" George Jes-
sells picture, under Henry Lehrman's
direction.
| Charlie Murray is to revive his old
stage role in ..'McFadden's Row of
Flats" for First National reieass next
! Winter.
Paramount is to film ''The Passing
| Stranger" story by Jim FULLY, with
John Waters directing.
| Film Daily says 1.-THE Last of Mrs.
! Cheney" will not go into production
| for several weeks and no director has
been assigned for it.
| A news note states that while in
London Douglas Fairbanks and Mary
| Plckford remained in seclusion. They
have not been wont thus to have done.
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