Evening star., 1927-05-08
;. FILMOGRAMS :.

CCORDING TO Jesse L. LaskS
" the movie magnate, the moVi
~ industry. or this art bus
4 / ness to quote him, represent
Il capital Investment OF 81 500
600, 900; it employs 300, 900 persons il
production, distribution and exhibi
ton. and. in the United States alone
e0,000,00 attend 1000 theaters ever,
week.
President John j. McGuirk, in the
presence Of officials OF the Stanley Co
of America, recently broke ground fol
the erection of $5000,600 theater
with a seating capacity of 5000. al
Twentieth and Market streets, Phila
delphia.
Rayart Pictures contemplates the
release, during the Summer. of 10
episode chapter play, The klng
of the Jungle" made by Web
ster Cullison. who Will be remembered
in connection with 1.-The Lost City,
which was produced some years ago.
Douglas Fairbanks. in his new pic
ture, The Gaucho." will have Eve
Southern and Lupita Velez as his
feminine leads.
Mary Pickford is to have Charles
(Buddyl Rogers as her leading man in
my Best Girl" her next picture for
United Artists
Film Daily says Eddie Cantor's pic
ture. Special Delivery" is a first
class gloom dispeller.' that Cantor
knows pantomime and mixes just a
shade of pathos that wins for him the
proper sympathy.
"The King of Kings" Cecil B. De
Miles picture OF the Christ, according
10 the reviewers. is reverently and
gnificently made, "a daring work
that will provoke intense discussion" "
A screen adaptation Of Katherine
Brushs story, Glitter" is to be made.
with Richard Barthelmess as it's star,
under the title. "Drop-Kick.
VIII II. Hays issued an appeal to
exhibitors in what are known as key
cities to set aside yesterday for bene-
fit programs for the flood sufferers.
Fox has imported Maria del Pillar
Casa juana, a Barcelona stenographer
who won a Spanish beauty prize, and
will send her to Hollywood under con-
tract.
Jetta Goudal, the French actress,
has made a new contract with the De
Mile studio and will star in four pic
lures this year.
Vera Reynolds next picture. as yet
untitled, is an adaptation of "The Bar
Sinister" by Richard Harding Davis
Alan Hale will direct it.
The Maxwell brothers, Arthur and
Harry. who have written many a
lyric and melody in the past. have
the Strand Players revue. World
Dancers. They are contributing
three big numbers in the opening,
"Charity Bazaar" the big picture
number. when It's Tulip Time I'll
Come Back Home to You,' and in
the big dancing finale, Dancing
Round the World"
Harry also arranges all the Strand
production music for the orchestra.
Reginald Barker has been given
another thriller assignment by
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. He is direct
ing Tim Mccoy feature, THE
Frontiersman." based on the life of
Gen. Andrew Jackson. and with
Claire Windsor playing opposite.
Barker Is best known for THE F'lam-
ing Forest" 1.-THE Great Divide, -
"The White Desert" Goddess Men"
and Women Who Give" L. c. Rigby
wrote the scenario from an original
story by Ross Willis and Madeline
play the Jacksonian role.
Winifred Dunn will prepare the
adaptation of BABY Face" for Colleen
Moore. Baby Face is to be the
screen version. Of Frederic and Fanny
Hatton's stage comedy. synthetic
SIM" and probably will follow "Oh,
What a Lifer' which Gerald c.. Duffy
will scenario.
NShanghaied" is the intriguing title
OF Ralph Ince's next production for
F. B. O., and Ince will star in and di-
rect the picture. which is based on the
colorful, original story, "Limehouse
Polly" by Edward Montaigne.
Doris Hill, one of the small group
of titian-haired young beauties who
was the little French girl in 'The
Better Ole" has been given a Para
mount contract. Her work in this
picture won her the leading feminine
part in two independent productions.
She has appeared also in Casey at
the Bat" and as Clara Bows pal in
Rough House Rosie"
Ken Maynard, First National star
heading q troupe of wild-riding COW.
boys, recently left for New Mexico to
film scenes for THE DEVILS Saddle
Quite a bit of the locale in this new
Charles r. Rogers production is laid
outside of Albuquerque.
The Hollywood headquarters Of c.
c. Burr announces the purchase oi
the film rights of Edward Peple's
play, "A Pair of Sixes." for Johnny
Hines. The play had a long run al
the Longacre Theater, New York
some years ago, and has been fre
quently revived by stock companies
Robert Kane, the only picture pro
ducer left with studio and staff or
the East Coast. to attain production
independence of Hollywood, has an
nUunced that the casting Of future
pictures, would, so far as possible, be
limited to stage and screen players
now in New York. Kane's Broad
way Nights, recently competed a
the Cosmopolitan Studio, withou
bringing a single player from Cali
fornia. is held up as proof that al
the talent hasn't followed Mr.. Greely''
advice-yet."
Pierre Ceilings, who wrote th'
screen play for Raymond Griffith
new comedy, Thine to Love-" is onl!
"a years old, but is regarded as on
of Paramount's leading scenarists
He started several years ago as al
assistant cameraman. ''Time to Love
is an original story by Alfred Savoir