Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. f. NELSON.


manager introduced her to Mr.. and
Mrs. Keaton and they explained the
child's absolute lack of fear i'll being
tossed about. Then the Divine Sarah
became reconciled to the life the
little tumbler was leading.
keaton, unlike many comedians,
says he has no desire to play Ham
let" He dislikes interviews, works
hard in his studio and is known
among the film colony as Frozen
Face
IN the Newest Pictures: James 7.
4 Donahue, who wrote the scenarios
of What Price Giory?" Two Ara
bian Nights" and Cheating Cheat
ers," is preparing the script Of The
Heart of Maryland" which will star
Dolores Costello.
May McAvoy's next picture will
be Irish Hearts" She is now work
ing in Matinee Ladies. with Lloyd
Bacon at the mcgaphone end of the
production
The Climbers" will star Irene
Rich. This is the Clyde Fitch play
which is being adapted by Tom Glib
son. Forest Stanley has been as
signed TO the leading male role.
"A Million Bid" starring Dolores
Costello, is nearing completion.
Others in the cast are Anna May
Wong, Charles Emmett Mack. War
Ter GLAND and William Demarest.
Mae Irwin will be starred i'll Uni
versal's production of No. Is Wash
ington Square" written by Leroy
Scott as novel.
Eulalie Jensen, we'll known to
many film fans. has been selected by
Harry Pollard to play the role OF
Cassie in Uncle Toms Cabin"
Pauline Frederick was prevented
from playing this role by her Eng
lish starring venture.
ONE HUNDRED young Bosto-
" mans have organized the Little
Film Club, the members operating a
studio and serving as producers, di-
rectors, actors and camera men.
The club has produced a number
of photoplays and several members
have graduated to the professional
ranks of fhuldom. The Little Film
movement is. comparatively new, and
the Boston folk were among the
first to organize. All the studio
work is done on Sundays.
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THE British government is plan
l. ming shortly to take definite
action by parliamentary law to COM
pei motion picture theaters to show
British films. This, it is claimed,
will mark the beginning of deter
mined stand against the American
monopoly of the film industry. 1t
has been agreed that the only way
to get the British films before the
public is to force the exhibitors, or
those who supply or distribute the
films to the theaters, to handle a
certain amount of the British prod
uct. regardless of what merit they
have. The plan and the legislative
action will at first compel the ex-
hibitors to show at least 10 per cent
Of British pictures. A half dozen
American companies now practically
control the film market i'll the Brit
ish Isles. The Americans may open
film theaters of their own, showing
only American pictures, thus getting
around the legislation. which is
direct attack upon them.
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VICTOR McLAGLEN, who plays
Y the hard-boiled Capt. Flagg in
What Price Glory?" has turned bull
fighter. He is cast as Escamilla in
the new film version of Carmen"
which goes into production next
week under the direction of Raoul
Walsh. McLaglen made special
trip to Mexico City to study the
methods and fine points of fighting
the bull Rafael Vaiverde, well
known in Mexico as toreador, will
also have part in the picture.
X **
TORINNE GRIFFITH has been
~ signed by United Artists Cor
poration as an independent producer
OF her own films. She is now en-
route from Europe TO begin work
on her first picture, which will be
made in Hollywood. June Mathis,
woman producer and screen writer,
has been signed to prepare the first
story for Miss Griffith, and it will
probably be entitled 1.-THE Garden
OF Eden The story will be taken
from a present European stage sue
cess by two German piaywrights.
The play will also be produced on
Broadway by Arch Selwyn. Miss
Griffith Joins the same company with
Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson,
Charlie Chaplin. Norma Talmadge,
Douglas Fairbanks, Buster Keaton
and John Barrymore.
Greta Nissen has signed a con-
tract with Paramount to play oppo-
site Thomas Messhan in Were All
Gamblers"