Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

the Roxy Theater, New York,
from March u last to and m
Guiding August : rolled M the
unprecedented box office returns OF
s2216,S5S, which docs not lnfiude re
CENTS of $50 600 from A premiere the
evening of Marcia II
The st. Louis Exhibitors League
has concluded a truce with the MuSl-
rians' Union whereby exhibitors are
permitted TO reduce the number o'
olavers in an orchestra. according 10
Film Dailvs This is understood 10 nc
one of the points of clash IN Wash
ington.
Now comes a report from Los An@"-
les that the producers propose to heal
the devil around The stump in the mat.
ter of salary reduction by replacing
screen PLAYERS with new faces as their
contracts expire.
The official opening Of the now sea
son for the movies has been fixed on
the West Coast for August 2h~n"t
that it matters much. except that IL
is to he called the greater movie
season"
Tolstov's story The Cossacks' is
TO be produced for the movies. with
John Gilbert a. lis star and with
George Hill directing.
THE Dollar Princess" the Nicnnr~o
operetta. has hcen purchased hN FOX
for movie production.
Half starved and almost exhaust
ed" says Film Daily. CLYDE L. Eddy,
organizer of the Eddy film expedition
through the Grand Canyon of Arizona.
with Frank ~ Blackwell. cameraman.
arrived at Needles. Calf. after three
weeks among the roaring cataracts.
with what they claim are the first
pictures ever made of the catara"tS
encountered i'm aga of the 500 rapids
of the Colorado River through the
canyon.
New York reports say that Richard
Rarthelmess has his best in many
moons" in The Patent Leather Kid :;
that in it Al Rocket, who almost went
on the rocks with his production of
abraham Lincoln" AZ last has "A
money picture" and that Al Santen
its director. shows that he can handle
the dramatic Molly ODay also
shares in the glory.
Carl Alstrup. Danish actor. and
Niggo Jensen. an engineer are report
ed to have sold Ia William Fox, for
$1,000 900. a perfected color device.
s. L. Rothafel. director general of
the Roxy Theater. New York, was IN
Washington Tuesday making prelimi-
nary arrangements for the opening Of
the Fox Theater in the National Press
Club Building next month.
Charlie Chaplin promises that his
picture The Circus" may he relea Sed
before Christmas.
1t is reported that the Nitaphone
will adopt the policy of issuing one
reel musical comedies and one-reei dra-
matte sketches to supplement the
regular Nitaphone schedule of re
leases.
United Artists is non.committal on
Estclle Taylors threatened break with
that concern because. although paid
full salary. she has not been employed
in any of the films produced.
Tiffany announces of its "a color
king of sports Memories" Love
in the Jungle" Scar Face" THE
Man Who Married the Moon" Foot
ing the Bill and Me and My Pal"
Mona Martenson. Swedish star. who
has appeared in Sweden-made pictures
with Greta Carlo. is in Hollywood to
begin work with Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer.
Under his new contract Emil Jan
nings will make four pictures year
for Paramount release.
Hugo Reisenfeld, two years ago
manager of the New York Rivoli and
now manager of the Colony in the me-
tropolis, recently stated that since he
left the Rivoli there seems to have
been mad scramble TO present in the
motion picture palaces everything but
that for which they were built, thus
eliminating that very important fact
of picture house entertainment. the
short subject. and tending to bury the
feature picture
Prince Yullio carminati, an Italian
actor, for years leading man with
Duse, has been assigned the leading
male role of Florence Nidor'S picture
Honeymoon Hate" from the maya
zine story by Alice NJ Williamson.
The role is that OF an Italian prince
who enacts a modern version of The
Tanning of the Shrew' with an Ameri-
can l1eiress in Venice.
The romantic comedy first called
Heaven Help the Working Girl and
then After Office Hours" will go TO
the theaters as Figures Don't Lie"
The film has gone to the Paramount
cutting room to he put in final form
for exhibition. lis theme is designed
for "gIorifying the American stenog
rapher."
The National Board Of Review. in
its photoplay Guide of Popular En-
tertainment Films, includes in it's Sep
tember list the following pictures:
We're All Gamblers with Thomas
aIeighan; soft Cushions" with Doug
las MacLean; French Fried a two
reel comedy; Nevada" starring Gary
Cooper; "Topsy Turvy." a krazy Kat
cartoon. and "A Short Tail" one of
the tw0-reel dramatic featurettes
soft Cushions" was starred as being
Of exceptional merit. and A Short
Tall was likewise starred.
Tav Garnet. scenarist at the DE
Mile Studios. il adapting for the
screen In BAD With Sinbad" which
Is taken from the L. C.. Wodehouse
ttory, The Indiscreti0ns of Archie.
Max MARGIN. famous playwright.
who has the reputation for having
written many successful modern melo-
dramas, has been signed By DE Mile
studios for a period of TWO years Ia
write originals and TO adapt stories.
"Silence' in which H. II. Warner
made an outstanding reputation
Ewes Of Youth" in which Clara Kim
ban Young scored prominently, ana
Gloria Swanson played under the title
"Tha Love Of Sunya." and ON Trial.
are among MARGINS array Of produc-
lions.
FRITZ Ridceway. noted headliner on
the Keith and Orpheum circuit, whose
last tour was for three and n half
Years all over the United States and