Evening star., 1927-10-16
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highest paid writers for the screen,
earning more than many OF the well
known stars.
THE Berlin theatergoing public is
L witnessing something new in the
way of entertainments, and the ex-
pertinent is being watched by pro-
ducers on this side of the Atlantic.
The screen and stage has been COM
bined in such a manner that Erwin
Piscator. the producer. is the talk of
the Berlin rialto.
Piscator has opened a new theater
in Berlin with Ernst Toller's play,
"Hoppla, Wir Leben," and his revo-
lutionary way of staging it has made
him famous overnight. The play
itself contains considerable anti-war
propaganda, and it is probably the
least interesting thing about the ex-
pertinent. Pictures on the screen
begin the play. Then they fade in
and fade out as an accompaniment.
to events upon the stage. The pro-
ducer works in groups and not in
pictures, displaying not single ac-
ton. but several at one time. lighting
up the momentarily prominent one
to focus the attention. Now and
then two or three things are going
on at once and the attention of the
audience is strained, somewhat like
three-ring circus. The dynamic
force of the production is said to
produce thrills throughout an entire
evening.
The pictures and stage have been
combined i'll this country to a GER
tain extent. Vaudeville acts have
been arranged with that idea, but
they have never been constructed
together in the manner worked out
by the German producer.
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THE United Artists have estab-
L lshed new office in their or
ganization-that of master of make
up--and Robert Stephanoff has been
appointed the master. The position
means that Stephanoff, whose real
name is said to be Blagoe Stephan
off Pop Petroff, will be responsible
for the makeup of all the actors
and actresses who appear in United
Artists productions. The new mas
ter is an authority upon the charac-
terizations and customs of many
races. He is a Bulgarian, born in
Turkey. and he travelled over the en-
tire world with his father, who was
a builder of bridges. At one time
he played leads in one-reel pictures
and for while toured this country
with a stage company.
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A BOUT 90 college boys and girls,
IA together with many champion
swimmers. have parts in the F. B. 0.
picture, Her Summer Hero" which
is being made at Hollywood. Hugh
Trevor plays the lead, and the swim
mers are headed by Duke Kahana-
moku. Give Moore, a brother of
Colleen, is another swimmer in the
cast.
DAISY RUTH MILLER has suf-
fciently recovered from an at
tack of influenza to resume her role
i'll RED Riders of Canada" =.
Nora Lane plays the feminine lead,
opposite Fred Thomson, in the film
story of the life of Jesse James.
Five directors are at work with The
Street of Sin," which stars Emil
.Jannings. The story concerns the
regeneration of a London slum bully
by Salvation Army girl. Beau
Geste" is reported to have smashed
all box Office records. i'll the Middle
West, where it was exhibited during
the past week. s. Alleged illicit
prints of the old picture, Titles
Punctured Romance" were seized by
the federal marshal few days ago
in Boston. !. Miss Jockey" will
be the title of the next picture star
ring Bebe Daniels. :. Chester Conk-
lin, well known by his walrus NOUS
tache, has been cast for a part in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" He
will play the part of a judge, pre-
siding at the trial of Lorelei Lee,
charged with shooting her employer.
John Barrymore says Buster
Keaton is zone of the finest motion
picture actors that / can think of.
He has the necessary and instructive
genius for his craft" > Marie
Dressler will play an important role
in the new Constance Talmadge pic
ture, Breakfast At Sunrise" :.
Irwin Willat has been assigned to
direct the Rex Beach Alaskan story,
The Michigan Kid" purchased by
Universal.