Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-16
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. E. NELSON.

and exactly what physical WaNhh
cry will be used TO best coordinate
the cordial relations between Co
lumbia and the industry VIII he
! worked out by a joint committee
representing members ot the HayS
organization and the faculty of the
university. A school OF motion pic
ture technology has been suggested
as part of the regular curriculum al
| Columbia.
DR.. Butler, III All address, de-
scribed the motion picture as CON
shutting a new set OF forces tor the
binding together of communities as
well as OF nations. and he especially
stressed the Importance Of the mo-
| ton picture as social force, nc
| surface has only been scratched, he
said. and YOU motion picture work.
ers are only at the beginning OF
| things No one can say what the
next 50 years, or even the next ~
will bring forth, AS see IT, the
| problem SINNERS down to two is
sues: One is the need for produc-
| inc trained men and women just as
| in other fields the development OF
dustry also needs the newest and
freshest in knowledge. Scholarship
and Service-that is the university S
ideal. We supply the service; we
offer YOU the scholars.
THE past year was big one Tor
L the organization known as the
United Artists. which was founded
in 1919 by Mary Pickford Charles
Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and d.
w. Griffith. The u months saw the
acquisition of such stars as John
Barrymore, Buster keaton, Norma
Taluadge, the Duncan sisters and
several we'll known producers and
directors. And even bigger things
are planned for the coming year.
Mary Pickford has decided that
her next picture will be comedy.
She is reading manuscripts at her
home, Pickfair, near Hollywood.
Gloria Swanson has completed her
first independent vehicle, "Sunya,".
and it will be released through
United Artists next month. Her
next picture will be a love story and
later she takes the leading role in
The Woman's Battalion of Death"
Norma Talmadge is finishing Ca
mile" and starts work soon on THE
Dove" her first United Artists pic
ture. Douglas Fairbanks is about
ready to announce his biggest un-
dertaking, but not quite Charlie
Chaplin's Circus" may not be re-
leased for several months, but it
will be an event of 1927 John Barry
mores first United Artists picture,
The Beloved Rouge" is completed
and will be released in February or
March. The General" with Buster
keaton, has been released and the
comedians next picture will be The
Gay Nineties."
WASHINGTON with its many
w government departments, bu-
reaus and divisions, has one i'm
portant branch which receives much
attention from motion picture pro-
ducers. directors and exhibitors. This
IS the motion picture section of the
Department of Commerce. Through
its corps of consuls and trade repre-
sentativeS, the motion picture sec
ton keeps in touch with the various
countries of the globe, noting events
and conditions which are of real i'm
portance to Americans engaged in
the industry.
This section, headed by c. ]. North,
has a complete file of about every
thing that has happened in the mo-
ton picture industry since the first
"hickers" were run off in the little
red schoolhouse. 1t keeps in touch
with the Hays organization, pub
fishes bulletins and gives out the
latest authentic information. If
molten picture exhibitor in Poland
has a complaint about American
movies Mr.. North's section knows
about it; if an exhibitor in Ireland
prefers certain type of picture Mr..
North tells the producers just what
the situation is The section is of
vital Importance to the industry in
this country.
MADELINE HURLOCK, with
4'A Mack Sennett's comedy troupe
Tor some time, VIII be featured in
a Small Town Princess" This is
the beauty's first starring vehicle.
1t is reported that Priscilla Dean
contemplates a stage tour in vaude-
vile. She is reported to have been
booked booked for 20 weeks on the Orpheum
Edna Purviance, American star of
the movies, went sleigh riding near
Paris recently. The vehicle over
turned and she suffered a painful,
although not serious, injury.
Joseph Schildkraut has been
signed to a new long-term contract
by Cecil B. deMille. His first pic
ture under the new agreement will
be "The Heart Beat" made under
the direction of Neils Christander,
foreign director.