Evening star., 1927-10-02
HERE is new order of things
out Hollywood way, and IT
may have something to do

may have something to &c
toward cutting down the
high cost OF movie production. II
is expected that the big money lure
of the West Coast studios will be q
thing of the past. for small salaries
are now being paid the new" stars
and leading players. Only the old
timers are getting the big money
The new names which are creepn.
into the photoplay casts do not draw
heavily upon the studio cashiers. Ii
is said in certain circles in Holly
wood that some of the younger
players who are being featured dc
not receive higher than SIS per week
which is a long way from the dreams
Of the would-be movie star.
The fact of the matter is that
there is new school of actors and
actresses developing in the various
studios. 1t will only be few more
wears until new names appear upon
the billboards, and the old stars will
only be remembered and talked
about. And this is one angle OF cut
ting down production costs. tor sal
aries will never be as high again.
When the popularity OF the stars
of today wanes, there will be an
other group ready to step into their
shoes.
ID UDOLPH SCHILDkRACT is to
II have a featured role i'll William
X. Howard's newest production Tor
De Mile, The Main Event" Vera
REYNOLDS is to be starred. and the
story is built around the prize ring.
TT is interesting to watch the de-
i velopment OF star And the
stage does not give SO great All op-
portunity to witness such develop
ment as does the screen. The photo
plav audience is allowed to vision An
actor or actress making the career
steps to stardom, and there are few
instances in the screen world where
a star has been made by single
performance, as has been quite ire
uuent on the stage. Screen stars.
as a rule, begin work as extras
around the studios. Then. they are
given minor parts, and If special abll-
itv is shown, they are featured >
The star is the featured player who
shows talent enough to warrant his
or her being about as much OF an
attraction as the picture itself
There are really few stars; the list
is not a long one, in spite OF the
fact that hundreds of pictures are
produced in dozens of studios each
year.
All this brings to mind the case
OF George Bancroft, whose latest ap-
rearance is in "Underworld' This
actor. from aying minor roles, has
gradually reached stardom, and
"Underworld' is the vehicle by
which the last lap of his journey was
made. His work i'll this particular
picture stands out far and above the
average character actor OF the
Hollywood community. His acting
should he mentioned with that OF
Emil Jannings i'll The Way OF All
Flesh" and Victor McLaglen in
What Price Glory"
Bancroft had what might be
termed good" part in old Iron
ton, but Wallace Beery was the
star. However, it is safe to predict
that Bancroft will be among the.
headiiners in the pictures to come.
Whether one likes underworld" is
another matter altogether. 1t is i'm
possible to get away from the acting
of Bancroft. The picture is crook
drama" and probably one of the
best of its kind ever produced.
THE Irish World. a newspaper
i printed i'll New York. goes on
record against The Garden of Al
lah," one of the new films of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. corporation.
According to an article in the Irish
World, the picture shows Catho-
lie monk as sacrilegious weakling"
and calls it IAN unprovoked assault
upon every Catholic worthy of the
name"
The picture, which was hailed some
time ago as one of the big pictures
of the year. opened recently in New
York. Thumbs have been turned
down upon it by Catholic and Irish
societies, which was the same &C
ton taken against the recently COM
pleted Galatians and Murphys."
HOLLYWOOD went into mourn
ing last week when its hstic
idol, Jack Dempsey. lost TO Gene
Tunney. Much of the studio labor
was discontinued in order that stars
and featured players could journey
to Chicago for the championship
battle. The picture colony has
termed the fight The Battle of the
Slow Motion Count" Also, there is
nothing that can persuade the Hol-
lywooders that Graham McNamee,
the radio announcer, was not great
ly prejudiced against its Jack. Plans
are being made for big welcome
TO Dempsey and his wife, EsteHe
Taylor, when they arrive back i'll
Los Angeles.
THOMAS MEIGHAN announces
\ that when his contract ends
with the Paramount company he
will make only two pictures each