Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
recent moves-thc
- way the straws are blowing,
and all that sort of thing-it

recent lllONCS-IUt
- way the straws are blowing
and all that sort of thing-it
would appear that the "silen;
drama" is passing. The moving pic
ture may become the "talkee- movie "
with plenty of noise in photoplay
houses where pantomime has reipned
Broadshouldercd leading men, the
heroes" in the movies, will throw
their voices over the auditoriums
dainty heroines will shrill OF mort
gage troubles and other financial
worries; the soubrcttc will kick her
toes toward the top OF the screen
and MARBLE the latest Jazz notes All
tins may come about through the in
ventlons now perfected and being
made ready for exhibitors who once
entertained audiences with the silent
drama"
Washington has already. been in
Vaded by the "talkee-moyie aid the
invasion will take on mcre serious
qualities within a few weeks. The
Rlalto has placed the De Forest
Phonofiln. and the Metropolitan Gus
toners will have a chance TO hear
and see the Nitaphone
RcxyS big, new theater in New
York has contracted for the Vita
phone, and two OF the Instruments
arc being installed. The placing OF
the instrument in the local Metro
politan comes about through CON
tract signed few days ago between
the Nitaphone Go. and the Stanley
chain OF theaters in the Eastern
States.
With natural vision pictures and
the loud speakers scheduled for
1927. 1t appears that many changes
viii be made and that surprises are
I'll store for the movie fans during
the next l0Ez months.
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A CCORDlNG to figures compiled
IA by the Motion Picture Section
tof the Department of Commerce,
Australia leads in importing Amer
acan films. During the past year the
United Kingdom gave up first place
to the Anzacs. Latin America
jumped Ill the importation of thrill
ers manufactured in this country.
while Japan declined to lowly sew
cnth III the records. Canada has
moved up to third place in the mar
kct, and France liked our efforts well
enough to be sixth.
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THE Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer or
L ganization has outlined an am
bilious program for the next few
months, and the studios are running
at top speed. Apong the pictures
being made are ~"Old Heidelberg"
with Ramon Novarro and Norma
Shearer, directed by Ernst Lubitsch;
Mr.. WI an elaborate production.
with Lon CLANCY, Renee Adoree.
Louise Dresser, Ralph Forbes and
Gertrude Ohnstead; THE Branding
Iron, with Lionel Barrymore Aileen
Pringie and I. Roy Barnes. directed
by Reginald Barker: Red. White
and Blue, with Marceline Day;
"Tillie the Toiler." with Marion
Davies The Gray Hat" with Lew
Cody. and Renee Adoree; Frisco
Sally Levy, with Sally O'Neil and
Kate Price.
King Nidor's new production. as
yet. unnamed. which studio officials
are predicting as the big parade of
peace" is now we'll under way. and
in it will appear Eleanor Boardnan,
James Murray. Bert Roach and Dor
othy Sebastian.
a MONG stories to be filmed on
"A. the West Coast soon NAV be
listed The Enemy" by Claiming
Pollock. with Lillian Gish as the star
and Victor Seastrom as the director;
Twelve Miles Out starring John
Gilbert and directed BY Jack Con
way; anna Karinina." from Toll
stoy's novel; The Unknown" an
original story. with Lon CLANCY as
the. star; THE Galatians and the
Murphys." from the Kathleen Nor
ris story; Jenny Lind" an original
story based on the life OF the Swed-
ish singer; "Smarty," TO be directed
by Robert T. Leonard 'The Bugle
Call" with Jackie Coogan as the
star. and THE Wind" with Lillian
Gish.
"A Ii OF the foreign photoplay stars
"A who come TO our shores do not
meet with immediate success. re-
CARELESS OF what their press agents
say for them. Two of the outstand-
ing examples are Pola Negri and
I.ya dc Putt, who were much adj
vertiscd before they even stepped
from the steamer at Hoboken. Pola
and Lya have. without a doubt, been
handicapped by poor stories. They
are splendid screen actresses, as their
carly work clearly shows Pola
brought with her all extensive popu-
larity. The Americans were ready
to take it up, but they were not
given the opportunity. She remains