Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
SCREEN
FROM THE

BY c. E. NELSON.

I he, or she, saw the story on the
screen. Miss Ostenso complains Of
only one feature in the picture,
stating that the corn of Minnesota
was entirely too high for that
locality"
x X
HOW many pictures can star
make each year and retain his,
or her, popularity? This is quest
ton which is bothering the pro-
ducers right now. The point which
brings up the matter is the case OF
Clara Bow, who has been appearing
in six and seven pictures for Para
mount each year At the present
time she is the most popular actress
of and among the younger set, In
the college towns she is a greater
actress than Bernhardt ever was
and her charms are the subject OF
many a campus conversation.
On the other hand, stars OF the
United Artists are held to one and
two pictures each year. 1t IS a rule
OF the organization to have many
stars, but not so many pictures, and
il is thought that too many produc-
tons might play large part IN
spelling the popularity of a star.
SO. what is good for one star may
not be as good for another.
Pola Ncgri prefers to make three
pictures a year The public is al
ways hungry for a Lon Clancy
thriller, and six or seven Of these
each wear could not be too many.
Norma Talmadge prefers only one
picture each year, and Charlie Chap
lin feels the same way about IT. One
picture each II months is all that
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pick
ford will offer the public, while the
exhibitors are asking for more
Marion Davies comedies on the
order of The Fair COED"
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EDWIN AUGUST, one of the
~ screen stars of 10 years ago. is
back in Hollywood and is directing
Movie Madness" which is being
produced in colors and will be re-
leased by the United Color Pictures
August has been working upon a
color scheme for the movies for II
wears, and he contends that he has
perfected it.
A DOZEN or more professional
n fctionists-men who have made
their marks in writing novels and
short stories-were imported by one
of the big production companies
during the past year. The writers
were given private offices and told
to go TO work turning out original
stories for the screen.
But, strange to say, not single
one Of these hctioneerS has turned
out a script worthy of serious con-
sideration. The writers were fiat
failures when it came to producing
stories suitable for the screen, and
the production companies, naturally,
were discouraged. The writers were
sent back home.
Now, along comes a newspaper
man, Oliver H. P. Garrett by name,
who is turning out motion picture
scenarios of a high order. 1t was
he who wrote Underworld" in
which George Bancroft starred.
The fellow, Garrett, had never writ
ten fiction; his achievements have
been in the line of ordinary news
paper stories. Yet, at present, the
producers look upon him as the only
wholly successful experiment. And
a great many of the successful pho
toplays have been written by men
and women who have never placed
a short story in magazine.
''TARTUFFE" is the opening fea-
l. ture of the Motion Picture
Guilds new Little Theater in Balti-
more. The German made picture
was exhibited in Washington several
weeks ago. Buster Keaton has
renewed his contrast with Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer. Dan Clark, a
Hollywood camera man, has been
photographing Tom Mix for the
past eight years. During this time
he has made So pictures, and he says
he will be grinding for Tom as
long as the star remains in the
movies. g.. A new Peter B. kyne
story, with Lewis Stone in the star
role, has been given the title of
The Freedom of the Press" =.
Blanche Sweet is i'll again, and she
will not take up photoplay work UNI
til she has had long vacation.
Camilla Horn, the German actress
who played Marguerite in the
Murnau production of Faust" will
play opposite John Barrymore in
Tempest" =. Marie Corda. star of
The Private Life of Helen of Troy"
attended the premier showing in
New York. +. 1t is said that Dolores
del Rio will make her next appear
ance in The Gateway of the loon"
a South American drama