Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
Flashes From the Screen
BY G. e. NELSON.

Phil Gilman and Victor Arden, plan
lists; Adrian Da Silva, tenor; Celia
Branz, contralto; Godfrey OHara,
composer, author and singer; Dor
othy Miller, soprano; Gladys Rice,
coloratura soprano; Beatrice Belkin,
soprano; Anne Robinson, soprano;
Joseph Stopak, violinist; Daddy
Jim" Combs, basso; Frank Moulan,
comedian. and Florence Mulholland,
contralto. To support these artists
Roxy is engaging vocalists and IN
strumentalists to form one OF the
largest organizations of its kind in
the country One unit will be vocal
chorus of loo male and female voices.
The orchestra will contain no pieces,
with H. Maurice Jacquet as the
leader. The special studios for
broadcasting have been completed in
the new theater.
DURING the World War photo
~ play called The Spirit of 70"
was produced. and it achieved consid-
cradle publicity on account OF the
TACT that it was not looked upon
with favor by one of the allied gov
ernments. AS in the Griffith produc
ton, america" The Spirit of 70
did not treat the British forces in a
kindly manner-and so the picture
was sent to the storeroorl. Now,
after the passing OF decade, the pic
ture has been gone over again and
has been pronounced worthy OF eX-
hibtion, the World War being
thing Of the past. The production,
by the way. contains such familiar
faces as those of Noah Berry and
Jane Novak.
THE FILM ARTS GUILD, in New
York, has two pictures which
have been taken from the moth balls
THE Dark Angel" starring Wilma
Banky and Ronald Colman, and the
Nazimova idea of "Salome," which
caused some excitement several years
ago. The latter picture is equipped
with Aubrey Beardsley backgrounds,
making it all the more novel. The
guild will also present in the near
future a subscription performance of
The Living Dead Man" based upon
Pirandello's THE Late Matthew Pas
cal" The featured players are Ivan
Mosjoukine and Lois Moran. On the
same program will be the American
premier of 'Emak Baskia," said to
be a strange film produced by one
If the modernist artists who has been
experimenting in cinema futurism.'
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A Ii Hollywood is laughing over a
queer case in the neighborhood
Of the studios. A sheriff took his
troup of trained deputies out to
,atch nest of bootleggers, organiz-
;ng the 'Velasco Film Co." for the
purpose. The story, Sands of the
Sea" was in the making when the
5rawny sheriff and his assistants
nabbed the bootleggers and their wet
goods.
Winfield r. Sheehan. vice presi-
dent of the Fox organization. has
decided that the happy ending" is
no longer demand of the photoplay
fans, and he predicts a new era in
film stories. His opinion is based
upon the monetary return from
What Price Glory?'
Producers and directors have put
their heads together and decided to
change the title of Emil Jannings'
first American picture from THE
Man Who Forgot God" to The Way
OF All Flesh The latter, by the
way, is the title of Samuel Buffers
famous novel, but the Jannings story
has nothing to do with that piece Of
fiction.
Irene Rich and May McAvoy are
20 be co-starred in the film version
of the Clyde Fitch play, THE Climb
ers." Misses Rich and McAvoy
were last seen together in Lady
Windermere's Fan"
Agnes Ayres has completed Ewes
Love Letters" and is awaiting an
other assignment. Leo McCarey d.
rected her last vehicle for Roach.
Monte Blue is completing work
in THE Brute" directed by Irving
Cummings. 8. Dolores Del Rios
illness has resulted in temporary
halt OF Carmen" Lou Telle-
gen and Helen Ferguson will star in
The Eyes of Envy" Captain
Salvation and Becky have been
started by the Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
Co.
Mae Murray leaves for Europe
soon, where she will appear in three
pictures for the British National
Film Co. If present plans materialize
she will be directed by E. Q. Dupont
of Variety" fame.
"Longdistance rain" is a new eff
feet being tried out by the Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer organization. In
stead of jets of water squirting be-
fore the camera, by use Of the new
invention the rain" is many feet
away AS result, sets and costumes
are far away from the damaging
sprays.
Tod Browning is to direct Lon
Chaney's new picture, THE I'M
known" a mystery romance of circus