Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
Flashes From the Screen
BY &. E. NELSON.

one OF the very best actresses Of the
screen world today. but her chance
to show it N American pictures has
not yet arrived.
Lya de Putt carried a tremendous
vitality and emotional power to the
| United States. Her work in the
! German and Austrian studios was
far above the average. But over
| here She has had a succession OF
! heavy. dressy roles. all OF them alb
! surd for an actress of her type. The
result is all that one would expect
| She has failed to shine, and until
! she does obtain a suitable play her
screen work will be lust about the
average"
Greta Nilsson has suffered from bad
casting, and her best work seems to
be in Blonde or Brunette" which
is also her latest picture. She should
have her place among the cinema
elect within short time
The case of Greta Carlo is alto
gether different. She is now placed
among the brightest stars. and both
critics and public unite in praising
her work, Unusual foresight in her
casting-in the roles selected for
her--has resulted i'll her box-o office
hit. In The Torrent and The
Temptress' her acting drew marked
attention, and her latest vehicle,
Flesh and the Devil shows very
clearly that she has reached the top
rung OF moviedom's ladder OF fame.
Wilma Banky has had her share Of
success, but it does not measure up
to that OF Miss Garbo She is some
thing OF 4 popular idol. and her
future will depend largely upon the
judgment OF her directors.
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"NHITE GOLD recently COM
plctcd at the Cecil B. De Mile
studio i'll Culver City, is something
new in the picture line. And it has
just claim to novelty, for the story
was constructed according to the
psychological reactions of the play
ers during the making of the produc-
ton. The picture also has another
popularity, i'll that it was made IN
the same sequence in which it will
appear upon the screen. Director
Howard started out at the opening
scene and shot his story straight
through, without any of the usual
jumping back and forth.
When arrangements were made
for the first scenes OF the picture,
it was found that the featured
actors Jetta Goudal, Kenneth
Thompson. George Irving and George
ia ~,
atoms as the director and the writer
desired. The result was that the
prepared script was practically
tossed away and a new one started
on the set There was only one
thing to do says Director Howard.
we were forced to allow the play
ers to live the story--to put upon
the screen their own mental proc
esses as the story ran along. The
result was that cut OF the vague,
shadoWy outline we came to story
of immense dramatic value, and it
unfolded with amazing rapidity.
The players were not acting the
story-they were living it. They
lost all that infexibility, all that
sense of acting that is apparent i'll
so many pictures. They became the
actual characters OF the story Nat
urally, when we started TO shoot the
picture, we had to keep right on with
it-carrv it straight along from one
scene TO another, with the thread
never broken"
WASHINGTON has a wealth OF
w good pictures for this week. the
list including Beau Geste." What
Price Glory" Flesh and the Devil"
Tine Auctioneer,' The Winning OF
Barbara Worth and THE Lone
Wolf Returns. - The sgd Chaplin
comedy. "Charley's Aunt" is also
having revival.
TOSMO HAMILTON has been en-
~ gagged to write the subtitles for
the Gloria Swanson picture. The
Love OF Sunya," which will be ready
for exhibition next month.
Belle Bennett, who triumphed i'll
the screen story OF Stella Dallas
has been selected to play opposite
Emil .Jannings, the German actor. in
The Man Who Forgot God" This
is the first work of Jannings in
America. Lii Dagover, German
actress, will have a featured part.
With the final touches to Naughty
Carlotta.' Constance Talmadge COM
pleted the thirteenth feature produc-
ton of her screen career. Her first
work to attract attention was in the
Griffith production, Intolerance"
about 10 years ago.
Thomas Meighan's next production
is temporarily titled I'VE Are All
Gamblers 1t was written by Owen
Davis. who is now with Meighan in