Evening star., 1926-05-16

Beginning with Ine NaBdOollu
Lover" John Barrymore is to make
his own pictures for release by United
Artists.
"William Tell" a Swiss production.
has made it's appearance on the Ia
cific Coast.
| Crother's play "A Lady's Virtue" Tor
reasons of it's own.
Monte NJ. Katterjohn, author OF
| Adolphe Menjou's new story, "A So
/ cial Celebrity" also wrote a number
| of Gloria SWanson's successes.
More than SO of the prettiest girls
in Hollywood appear in wet Paint,
Raymond Griffith's new comedy.
A French production of Michael
Strogroff," by Jules Verne, Is to be dis
tributed in this country by Universal.
Paramount first road show pic
| ture, Wings" is an original by John
Monk Saunders, featuring Clara Bow
and directed by William Wellman.
According to statistics of the
| Bureau of Internal Revenue, 100000
more people went u LHS luCclOA AA
| March of this year than during the
same month year ago.
Mabel Normand's first picture under
her contract with Hal Roach will be
| called "Raggedy Rose"
Corinne Griffith's name. when she
isn't screening, Is Mrs. Walter
MoroSco.
Harrison Ford is to be starred with
Marie Provost. by Metropolitan, in
Almost a Lady" and then A Merry
Gus Wreck"
His Brothers. Keeper" film made
at the Union Printers Home, which
was recently shown at a printers
function in New York, pictures some
old-timers who worked under Dana,
McCullagh and Watterson, it Is said.
Richard Carle is said to want to see
some OF his musical comedies per-
petuated by the screen.
The Junior Stars graduated from
the Paramount School can't be very
bad, for their contracts have been
renewed for six months more to run
from June !.
James hlFkWOOO mas DGSn SlSuCU 10
play the lead in Butterflies in the
Rain" starring Laura La Plante.
George Lewis is to be starred in 10
two-reelers, to be called THE Collegi-
ans" as small-town athlete and
hero who comes to college as q fresh
man. In this series 1t is the purpose
of Carl Laemmle, jr., to depict college
life as it is rather than with false
glamour.
For his part in furthering the hu
name cause in behalf of children and
animals Carl Laemmle has been
awarded the Abraham Lincoln HUI
manitarian Award by the Oregon Hu.
name Society.
1t is said First National has ac.
quired the screen rights to "The But.
ter and Egg Man" from Crosby Gaige.
Dennis King, whom Washington re-
members from stock. and who has
leaped the illuminated chariot of fame
in 1.-The Vagabond King" with his
singing as well as his acting, is
having screen tests made, looking for
other worlds to conquer.
Ralph Wilk of Film Daily says the
movie has thrown gag men" into the
ash heap and from the ashes has
constructed comedy constructors"
which sounds more inoffensively per-
sonal.
After completing 1.-THE Lily" Victor
Schertzinger will direct THE Return
of Peter Grimm"
Helene Chadwick Is to be featured
in a college story by Hal Roach.
Fox is calling the screen version
of Harold McGrath's story, You
Never Can Tell" by the more digni.
fed title "Womanpower."
The news is out that Pathe is going
to reissue six of the short comedies
that were largely instrumental in
establishing Harold Lloyd as a fun
maker in the early days Of his screen
career. They are "Step Lively" Are
Crooks Dishonest" Swat the
Crook" Ring Down the Curtain" ;"
Count Your Change" and kicked
Out" Bebe Daniels and "Snub' Pol
lard support Lloyd in them.
"Tarzan," one of the most popular
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