Evening star., 1926-04-11

Dimitri Buchowezki will direct Emil
Janning's first picture for Paramount,
The Thief of Dreams" a romantic
comedy, based on Richard Connell's
"A Friend of Napoleon" Buchow-
ezkis work on Janning's three famous
foreign successes, Peter the Great"
"Othello" and "A1l For a Woman"
are said to have determined his
choice as director this time. Jannings
will be remembered from Passion"
and The Last Laugh"
Norman Bel Geddes. who remodeled
the Century Theater for Morris Gests
production Of THE Miracle" will fur
nish the backgrounds for Griffith's
The Sorrows OF Satan" and he will
be aided by Fred Waller of the film
magic department Of Paramount's
Long Island studio.
Chester Conklin, in Take a
Chance" will be a delicatessen keeper
who makes a trip to Europe and is
identified as long-lost crown price Of
Spezonia.
Julian Streets short story, "Mr.
Bisbee's Princess" which won the O..
Henry memorial prize last year, will
reach the screen as SOS Your Old
Man." with w. c. Field as its star.
Esther Ralston, who budded in
Peter Pan" will blossom in Love
En- and Leave EN-" her first pic
ture as a Paramount star.
"old Ironsides." Beau Geste" and
The Rough Riders" according TO
Jesse L. Lasky, will he among the
greatest pictures ever filmed.
Florenz Ziegfelds first picture pro-
duction, "Glorifying the American
Girl" will be directed by Edward
Sutherland, who has rapidly risen as
director through his work with
Thomas Meighan and w. c. Fields.
Thomas Meighan will have a three
months vacation until his next pic
ture, the name Of which is being with
held This is. the longest rest Tom
| has had, it is said. since he Joined
Paramount II years ago. Plausible
excuses are given for it.
Gold tickets" national decorations,
Chief Red Eagle and fellow Indian
braves in the lobbies and the largest
electric sign in the United States
marked the premier Of THE Flaming
Frontier" at the Colony Theater in
New York. This is the picture of the
battle Of Little Big Horn, where Gen.
| George Armstrong Custer and his
army were massacred In 1876 by the
| Indians.
S. B. Jones, the only survivor OF the
| Custer massacre and an elderly In
dian scout died recently, according to
q notice in an Anadarke, OKLA, news
paper.
Allegorical sequences in "The Sor-
rows Of Satan" will include ''the gates
Of heaven. the expulsion Of Lucifer.
| the landing of LIcifer en- earth, hell,
| the creation Of man, paradise and
| the flight of a shooting star" accord
| ing to Paramount's publicity depart
| ment.
/ Bertram Miinauser will be in charge
] Of the negro picture which Cecil B. De
Mile has announced. No other par.
| ticulars are vouchsafed as yet.
1t is said that Charles Gilpin may
play the part of Uncle Tom in a pro-
posed new version of Uncle Toms
Cabin" This ,may be the proposed De
| Mile picture.
June Mathis first production under
| her contract with First National. it is
reported, will be SINNERS in Para
dise," q screen version of Nazareth" "
AS might be expected. Harry Carey
now is making Satan Town."
| A. Il. Dupont. the foreign director
who has recently connected with Uni
versal, will present Mary Philbin,
| Norman Kerry and Henry 3. Walt
| hall in "The Affairs of Hannerl" as
his first Universal picture.
Ray Taylor is soon to start on a
great Western serial for Universal
called 1.-THE Great West That Was"
Monta Bells new picture for Metro
| Goldwyn-M Mayer, 1.-The Boy Friend
will have in its cast Gwen Lee. a dead
ringer for Gloria Swanson, 1t is said.
Fox has purchased "The Great X.
& A. Train Robbery" by Paul Leices.
ter Ford. for direction by Irving Cum.
mings, with Madge Bellamy in the
cast.
| Pola Negri, with Tom Moore and
others, has started filming Good and
Naughty" under the direction of Nal
colin st. Clair.
Mary Alden, Snitz Edwards and
Baby Peggy are in the cast with Alex
ander Carr in "April FOOL u Chad
wick production. -
Pauline Frederick has started on
Devils Island" an original by Leah
Baird and Frank O'Connor, for En-
| bassy Pictures.
Paradise - Cosmos Hamilton 3
/ story, will be the first to be super
tVised by hay RocketEs one soe the