Evening star., 1926-05-09

nOROTHY DUNBAR will play op-
- posite Richard Barthelmess in
his new picture, The Amateur Cen
tieman."
Joseph Schildkraut has been loaned
by somebody to take part in the new
photoplay, Meet the Prince"
The Sherwood motion picture story
found elsewhere in these columns
shows one of the reasons, apparently,
why Pola Negri has never been per
mitted to equal her work in Pas
SION
Hermann Hagedorn, who is writing
biological novel of THE Rough
Riders" with genuine facts and fls-
urcs is also writer of the story Tor
the Paramount photoplay CT the same
name.
Irving Hartley. one of the first
batch of graduates from the Famous
Paramount school for movie actors, is
doing we'll in the movies-he used 10
he IL newspaper photographer ana
now he can double acting with camera
work.
The International Film Arts Guild
has revived" one of the good ones
of the past in Beau Brummel.
Rov Stewart will play Dimitri in
"Iove's Magic" Florence Nidor's
FIRST picture as a star for Famous
Players.
Henri Chouteau. owner of the Lab
erty Theater in st. Louis, is the iirst
movie exhibitor known to announce
his intention of coming to Congress.
United Artists states that John
Rarrymore's first picture for tnat COZ, con
Germ. SO far as it knows. VIII pe me
va@3hond Lover" and not Peter 1b-
betSOn."
Samuel Goldwyn is to feature Ron
aid Colnan and Wilma Banky in Ihe
Earabond Prince" the film rights Tor
which were recently acquired. Nasa-
bond things are getting styhsh IN the
movies.
The arrival of a new Carl Laemmle
s.roon nIaver from abroad. the Polish
stage and screen star, Edouaro ne
gino suggests the possibility thdl
movie fans will soon have to take up
the studv of languages to keep apace
with their favorite sport.
charles Gilpin, the colored actor is
~ Nav Uncle Tom in Universars
production of Uncle Toms Caoln.
John Gilbert is to be starred in
1.-THE Cossacks." Metro-Golu"!h-
Naver special, in October.
The Warner Brothers are sending
n radio auto on tour from Los An
coles TO New York with broadcastihg
towers having a range OF lVo hle'eis'
Sixteen of the twenty-five mllnons
se+ mart bv Jesse LaSkey's organiza-
ION for production for the new sea-
son will be spent on the Paclfc coast.
Twnn+y.six issues of Screen News
containing intimate views OF players
and directors, are to be maze the
coming year.
Ernest Terrence is to spend 1our
weeks in Scotland beginning in June
to regain his lost burr.
Colleen Moore has started on Deli
catessen,' her next picture
Capt. 4. L. Lathrop is to open
.000-seat photoplay house III aii
banks, Alaska, this Fan.
Nathan Burkan talking for the
theater owners: 27.000,OOO people
throughout America listen in every
night: 5000 900 sets are in operation
and SO persons are listening on eacn
set. No wonder the movie IS scareu'
Observation-Disclosures Mayer is said to be
meeting the radio situation by or
ganizing "movie radio clubs ana
linking up 25 stations with big
hroadcasting plant at its studio.
Variety" for years the spokesman
of the vaudeville world, has IeieSated
vaudeville to the background and
moved the motion picture TO the
front The movie is growing IN I'M
portance.
Kann of Film Daily says that a
theater ut Riverside. y. j.. adEer-
Used "The Hunchbac!l' with Lon
CLANCY and the original New YORK
cast" But Jersey is not one OF the
dry States.
Arthur Klein. former Keith -Albee
artists representative. has organized
general booking agency for pic
tire house prologues and 'presenta-
lions"
Publix. the Paramount theater aux
iliary. is organizing presentations
for. a 3O-Week season reaching from
one end Of the country to the other.
IN September Gus Edwards will go
out with presentation act billed
as ."Gus and His Gang comprising
20 performers, in connection with his
new Edwards Presentation Co, which
already has lined up II tirst-class
theaters and which he hopes 10 eX-
lend to a chain Of 90.
The 81 producing companies in ia
pan will turn out approximately 1000
features of from four to eight reels
this year including 20 specials OF
from Il TO l. reels each. Pictures
concerning ancient japanese history
are said to he most popular.
The Moscow Art Theater has made
photoplays to extend its domination
of the theater field, one Of them called
"Potemkin': another. THE Bears
Wedding" featuring AIalinowskaj ia
and the third, Casanova" All have
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