Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. e. NELSON.

Lowe will carry the leading roles. III
is Eat So?" The romantic play
prince Fail. will not be ready tor
exhibition until next September.
THE, silver market, which former
i ~ reacted severely to any matt,
ING OF silver coinage by the United
States mint. has found savior III
the motion picture industry. FROM
statistics compiled in one OF the
studios it has been found that more
silver is annually going INTO the
treatment of motion picture MIN IMAM an
goes INTO coin. Although about %
Der cent of this silver can be recov,
cred by chemical treatment OF Ola
film. what goes into film stock TINS
wear will have disappeared ehtireiy
within the next few years. III Is
also announced that the cotton mar
ket is one of the greatest Denehcld-
ries of the film industry. FUN pass
form of celluloid, is approximately
02 per cent cotton, ana even INC
great mass of European him is said
ia be made from American cotton.
much of it OF a grade which might
be entirely wasted unless applied to
the making of raw film stock
X * x x
erich Won STROHEIM is up to
II his old tricks again. WORD
from the Pacific Coast is to the et-
feet that he is just about half
through with The Wedding March
and that he has shot % reels OF him.
Erich. SO the story runs, about threw
a couple of his employers into bank
ruptcy with former photoplays-and
his newest venture will run longer
than any OF them.
The King OF Kings, biblical PIC
ture. has been completed at Holly
wood. 1t was filmed i'll % reels, but
only II of them will be used. "A
greater part OF the work with the
new pictures is being done IN the
cutting rooms. and enough reels are
thrown away to supply material tor
many pictures.
The Beloved Rogue, starring
John Barrymore, was given a world
premiere in San Francisco a Jew
days ago.
Young Hollywood showing the
children OF screen stars, has been
completed and will be released in
about six weeks. Among those in
the cast are Erich Won Stroheim, IT.;
Tim" Holt. son of Jack Holt; Bar
bara Denny. daughter of Reginald
Denny: DArchy Mccoy, son of Tim
Mccoy; Eileen O'Malley, daughter
OF Pat O'Malley; Billy Reid, @son OF
the late Wallace Reid; Mary Des-
mond. daughter of Bill Desmond, and
George Bosworth, son of Hobart
Bosworth.
Beginning March IS, California
taxed all motion picture film III
studios. The date was preceded by
a furious rush. for thousands OF feet
OF film were shipped to New York
10 escape the tax
= & = .
GLORIA SWANSON, after work
" ing ia the Eastern studios, ar
rived back in Hollywood last Monday.
She Travelled in her private car, &C
companied by special baggage car.
OF course. the screen star was ac-
eompanied by her husband, the
Marquis II. de la Faiaise. John
Boles. the new Swanson leading
man, has been signed to long
term contract. and he viii take part
iii Gloria new picture, described as
tale OF the desert.
Social Note: Giorsa Croton. |
\. Y, home was closed for the sea
son. and arrangements were made by |
Telephone to open her Beverly Hills
home.
The lie OF a motion picture star
IS. indeed, a hard one
&
D ONALD COLMAN and Wilma |
N Banky are the stars of King |
Harlequin" One of the featured |
players in the cast is William Bake
we'll, an -year-old Los Angeles high |
school boy
THE Dove" in which Norma Tai |
madge is TO star, has its scenes laid |
in the mythical land of Costa Roja"I
The screen story is adapted from the |
stage story. and Gilbert Roland |
plays the male lead. Noah Berry /
and Harry Myers are prominent in
the cast.
The Duncan sisters-Vivian apd |
Rosetta-have gone on location to |
make "Topsy and Eva" the screen |
story of their recent stage success. !
James Kirkwood and Lila Lee
have temporarily deserted Holly
wood to head Los Angeles stock |
company.
Francis X. Busi1man has been
signed for the leading role i'll the
film version of William Mcleod
Raine's novel, THE Yukon Trail"
The cast includes June Marlowe and
Neil Hamilton.
The rup of THE Fire Brigade" in
New York ended during the past