Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-07

Bits From the Studios and Theaters.


| Theodore Roberts. grand old man
! OF the SCREEN" who has a life contract
| with Paramount. recently visited the
studio Of that company In Hollywood
| and renewed acquaintance with Para.
mount stars with whom he has worked
| in numerous pictures.
''Niennese Lovers" will be Mary
| Philbin's next picture for Universal
| Pictures.
Lois Moran. who has developed into
a very popular screen actress, has
started her first starring vehicle for
| Fox Films at the West Coast Studios.
Publicity Madness story by
Anita Loos author Of Gentlemen
| Prefer Blends" Albert Ray is direct
ing. The cast includes Edmund Lowe,
T.. J. Radcliffe, James Gordon, Arthur
Iiousman. Byron Munson and Nor
man Peck.
Mary Duncan Of Shanghai Ges-
ture" fame has arrived in Hollywood
and Is making preparations for her
screen appearances in Fox Films
productions.
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of beauti-
show III ancient Greece, will be one Of
the novel features Of The Private
Life OF Helen Of Troy" which Carey
Wilson is to produce for First National
Pictures. Wilson describes it as
paraphrase of 4 modern fashion show.
and says when Max Rec. costume ere
ator at the studio, turns in his designs,
which will have the Bal<st inspiration.
but wholly original treatment. it will
be found that they have not only vari-
ETY. but much beauty.
Peter Chong Goe, the Chinese actor
whose characterization of the mystic
lious butler IN the Pathe serial, The
Crimson Flash" held interest through
out 10 episodes, is playing similar
character in the Broadway musical
comedy, Hit the Deck"
Aesop's Film Fables. the animated
cartoon comedies with Farmer AL Fail
IA, Milton Mouse and Henry Cat. trace
their foundation idea to the wisdom Of
ancient Aesop. back some 1000 years.
A moral, properly sugar-coated, will
entertain to a high degree. That's old
Aesop's idea, an idea that has caught
on with the movie fans.
4 street block long copied from a
section Of Soho, slum district of Lon,
don, has been reproduced on the Para
mount lot at Hollywood as part Of the
background for Emil Jannings' second
Paramount production, Hitting for
Heaven"
Adolphe Menjou's next picture has
been announced as The Musician"
by Ernest Vajda. Menjou declares
that 1t is one of the best stories ever
written for him. He will play the part
OF Ii young composer who marrieS the
girl who inspired his greatest work.
Fame makes him forget the girl for d
time. 1t will be the first time Adolphe
has appeared as poor and shabby
hero.
Five OF the screens beautiful WON.
Ell appear In Twelve Miles Out
Joan Crawford. Eileen Percy, Paulette
Duval, Dorothy Sebastian and Gwen
Lee.
Backgrounds OF scenic beauty THAI
are world famed were used for Sc
Quences of Nevada" Paramount's
perturbation OF the Zane Grey story.
John Waters. director, took com.
pany OF $50 persons 10 Brice Canyon,
Cedar Breaks and Zion National Park.
Utah, for many OF the scenes.
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton
wear asbestos beeveedees In "Firemen,
Save My Child" because one Of the
scenes calls for their pants to take
fire.
Richard Dix is going to play dash
ing caballero Of the early California
days in his next picture, THE Gay
Defender" from the story by Grover
Jones. dealing with the career of
Joaquin Murrieta, one Of the most
colorful figures in California history.
Production Is to begin about Au-
gust Is.
Soft Cushions" Douglas MacLean's
latest comedy for Paramount, may
have it's first official presentation in
the worlds smallest floating theater.
MacLean Is the owner OF the motor
yacht Faith, and he is planning to
install aboard this craft a complete
motion picture theater which will
accommodate just six spectators. A
special screen and protector are now
being designed to fit the limited space
aboard the yacht.
Last weeks attendance at the
Rialto Theater. New York City, ex.
ceeded any Midsummer week in the
theaters history, Emil Jannings film,
THE Way of All FLESH" has gone
ahead Of Variety" Beau Geste" and
Metropolis" three Of the Rialto lead
ers. and is expected to run through
the Summer.
Building a theater in the middle Of
a region covered with sand dunes IS
difficult and unusual job, but il was
accomplished by the legion Of Para
mount studio carpenters, who con.
srructed the tented city that housed
the 1900 actors and others engaged in
filming Beau Sabreur" at Guadalupe,
Calf. Owing to the fact that the com.
pany Of players worked only in the
daytime and transportation facilities
were poor. plans were made to have
motion pictures shown every night to
the workers.
First National Pictures has pur.
chased screen rights to 1.-THE Man and
the Moment" by Elinor Glyn, first
published in London in 1915, and said
to rank with the famous Three
, Weeks and 1T" as a story Of breath.
less romance and intense emotional
conflict.
Arnold Kent, blond leading man in
Beau Sabreur." has been signed TO a
| new longterm contract with Para.
mount. 1t was through Adolpe Men.
| jou that Kent got his first chance with
| Paramount. Born in Italy as Lido
! Maneti, he studied as a youth to be
a civil engineer, but later turned to
the stage. He has been in Hollywood
| little more than year.
| For the new picture, Twelve Niles
Out" several revenue cutters and a
''rum-runner" vessel, built after the
, pattern OF those in use on the Allan
| tic Coast, were anchored off San Pc
| dro, and were used in the scenes,
which include a thrilling race between
the revenue ships and their quarry.