Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06
Flashes From the Screen

the same newspaper advertising and
all operated under the same policy.
He will have little competition in the
selection of his pictures, getting first
call on the work of the worlds
producers.
THE first natural-vision stereo-
scopic screen drama, which was
to have come to the screen as "The
American" has been changed to
THE Flag Maker" Charles Ray and
Bessie Love are the stars of the
picture. which is being produced
under the direction of Commodore ].
Stuart Blackton and George K.
Spoor. The first exhibition will be
in New York in March.
This natural-vision picture is hailed
as an invention which will "revolu-
Those who have been fortunate
enough to view several of the scenes
from the picture are unanimous in
their praise.
THE United Artists have launched
upon an expansion program
around Culver City, and their newest
venture is the purchase of 90 acres
for the construction OF a new studio.
The latter will serve as an auxiliary
plant to the present studio, and the
new building, when completed, is ex-
pected to have cost around $2,000,0 900.
The new plant will give Culver
City four large producing units and
places it in the first rank as a pro-
ducing center. The studio is neces-
sary on account of the increasing
demand for the construction of large
and permanent sets. For the pres
ent Constance Talmadge picture it
was necessary to construct section
of a Venetian community with tower
ing chateaux and canals. The size
of the set makes it impossible to
build any additional sets until the
picture has been completed.
TUNE MARLOWE, who has just
finished her work in Alias the
Deacon" at Universal City, has been
assigned to the only feminine role in
"Thunderhoofs."
1t is likely that Laura La Plante's
next Jewel feature will be Stolen
Silks" This is an adaptation from
the stage play, "A Pair of Silk
Stockings" by Cyril Harcourt, and
it is possible that Miss La Plante
will be directed by her husband,
William A. Setter.
"The Big Parade" tops the list of
photoplay money-makers on Broad
way The picture is in its sixty
third week. The Ten Command
ments" played to Broadway for
sixty-one weeks.
Wallace Berry and Ford Sterling
are to play the leading roles in the
base ball picture, "Slide, Kelly, Slide,
which is to be produced by the
Metro Goldwyn Mayer company.
Sam Hellman, the fiction writer, has
been engaged to write the titles.
Dolores Del Rio, who is Charmaine
in what Price Glory" has been
proposed for the leading roles in the
film productions of Carmen" and
"Tosca," which are to be made by
the Fox company.
Conrad Veidt, the German screen
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will soon be in Universal City, where
his first work will be done in THE
Chinese Parrot" based on mystery
story by Earl Derr Biggers.
d. w. Griffith, according to re-
ports, is to become associated with |
the Pathe company, directing two |
pictures and having supervision over |
eight others. The pictures will be |
made on rhe West Coast.
More than so cameras, many of
them electrically controlled, were |
used in making the fire scenes in
the -Goldwyn- Mayer picture,
THE Fire Brigade" The film has
gone through its eighth week on
Broadway
Cullen Lands has started work in
new serial, THE Crimson Flash"
at Charleston, S. c.
Hollywood has two new million
dollar motion picture theaters, one
of them recently completed.
Production work on Reginald Den
ny's new picture, Fast and Furious"
has been stopped on account of the
illness of the star. Denny is suffer
ing from appendicitis, but will be
ready to resume work within a short
time.
One of the Mack Sennett releases
for the coming month will be a bur
lesque on the Catalina Channel swim,
which was won by George Young.
The star swimmer will, naturally, be
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