Evening star., 1927-03-13
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. e. NELSON.

two years. The new story will have
desert background.
y i s. Y
THE last few moments OF the
- Battle of Waterloo are pictured
in the new Marion Davies picture,
Quality Street" The Old Guard of
Napoleon makes its charge against
the Duke of Wellington forces and
the flight of the French emperor is
said to be a feature worth writing
home about.
WHEN The King OF Kings" the
w longest picture ever made in the
history OF the film industry, makes
its bow in Los Angeles a record
breaking price will be charged for
the best seats. For viewing the IS
reels of the biblical production the
customers will be charged $ll, which
is said TO top all previous attempts
to draw big box office receipts for
premiere performances.
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THE suicide OF Lynn Reynolds,
- director, has placed the Univer
sal forces in a difficult position with
regard to the filming OF Edna Fer
ber's novel, Show Boat Reynolds
was to direct the production, and
his successor has not yet been Sc
lected Shattered nerves, following
the strain of having been Snowbound
in the high Sierras, where he was
filming exteriors OF Back to Gods
Country" are said to have resulted
III the suicide OF the we'll known
director. Harry Pollard is men,
toned for the SHOW Boat" task.
THE new Roxy Theater, in New
York, has a seating capacity of
5000, and there are many features
that are theatrically new. Back OF
the stage is six-story building con-
tanning private projection rooms,
dressing rooms, clubrooms, beauty
shop and tailor shop. The broad
casting studio contains a special
organ. The orchestra pit will &C
d,
is 550ton mechanical ice cooling
plant for Summer months. The uni
formed staff of Us ushers has been
drilled by Marineesergeants, and Sc
lection of the personnel covered a
period of many months.
1T EA LYON" the Viennese play,
has been purchased by Carl
Laemmle, and Universal will pro-
duce it. Ivan Moskine will play the
part of prince and Mary Philbin
will have the leading feminine role
The releasing title will be The Grim
son Hour"
WAR pictures are the present rage.
~ and the producers and directors
are digging into history for their
plots and characters. The newest
contribution to the vogue is THE
Rough Riders" which is built around
the career of Theodore Roosevelt
and which shows considerable ac-
tivity of the Rough Riders in the
Spanish-American war days. Scenes
are devoted to the blowing up of
the battleship Maine and other
events leading to the opening of
hostilities with Spain. Renowned
cowboys of the West were engaged
to impersonate the Rough Riders, |
and the producers say that no his
torical picture has been produced |
with such accuracy. Herman Hage-
dorm, Roosevelt's official biographer,
was employed to gather the material
for the historical bits. and from
many of the Rough Riders he OBJ
tained anecdotes and eyewitness de-
scriptions of happenings in camp and
in battle. These, together with the
romance involving the rivalry of a
cowboy and wealthy fastener for
the love of San Antonio beauty,
form the bulk of the narrative.
Frank Hopper, a Los Angeles book
agent in real life, takes the part of
Theodore Roosevelt, having been
selected for the part in a national
contest. Other principals are Noah
Berry, Mary Astor, George Ban
croft and Charles Farrell.