Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
Flashes From the Screen
BY c. e. NELSON.

, run of the toy departments of the
big stores and has been the invited
guest of big circus. He made a
number of appearances in large mo-
ton picture theaters and visited
scores of prominent exhibitors. The
baby is we'll known through his work
in the series of film comedies, The
Newlvweds and Their Baby" and he
was accompanied on his tour by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Mckeen,
who live i'll Los Angeles.
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HAROLD LLOYD'S next picture
L L will be made in the vicinity of
New York. although its exact nature
has not been decided upon. The
comedian plans on using such back
grounds as the Yankee Stadium and
Coney Island, so the picture may
have considerable to do with sport
and Summer outings. Lloyd has
given up the idea of making COM
edy abroad. and the leading woman
for the new picture has not been
named.
FOURTEEN THOUSAND college
L boys from SO colleges made ap-
plication for Summer vacation movie
work OH the West Coast. Ten OF
them were selected for special train
ing-and so the proportion OF lads
who have a chance to develop INTO
screen stars will be very small. The
selections were made by votes OF
statesmen and press representatives
at the First National convention.
The winners-or those who will have
Summer iobS-are John Westwood
of Princeton, Richard Miles of Glen
denim University. California; Leland
S. Wilcox of the University OF Mich
igan, John Van Cleave Morris OF Pur-
due, Stuart Clayton Knox OF Yale,
Walter Graham Smoot OF North
western University. Thomas Kelsey
Denton Of the University Of Michi-
gan. Edward f. karges OF North
western University. John Newland
Stambaugh of the University OF Chi
cago and Don Cassidy OF Georgia
Tech.
Harvard did not get man into
the selected few; Yale and Princeton,
both schools paying considerable at
tention to dramatics, each landed
one.
MARCELINE DAY will have the
w featured feminine role in "Ro-
nance" playing opposite Ramon
Novarro. The story is based upon
one of the Joseph Conrad novels.
The Fox picture, Carmen, is eX-
pected to be one of the seasons big
specials" Dolores Del Rio is the
star and Victor McLaglen plays the
part of a bullhghter
"Backstage," with William Collier,
jr; THE Beauty Shoppers" with
Mae Busch. and "Snowbound," with
Betty Blythe, have been completed
and are being released by the Tiff
fanny Co.
Sally Blaine has been selected to
play the leading feminine role in the
Wallace Beery picture, "The Big
Sneeze.'' Sally is one of the Para
mount baby stars. and she is now
working in Rolled Stockings
Camera work is nearing completion
on Norma Talmadge's THE Dove"
based upon the Willard Mack stage
play. Gilbert Roland plays opposite
Miss Talmadge. Noah Berry plays
the colorful part of Senior Don Jose
Maria Lopez y Sandoval, undoubted-
ly the best of the caballeros i'll all
Costa Roja."
A story called Buttons from the
pens. or typewriters. of George Hill
and Hayden Talbot, has been selected
as the next vehicle for Jackie Coo
gan. The tale is said to be "a vivid
romance of the sea"
Colleen Moore's next picture for
First National will be when Irish
Eyes Are Smiling" said to have been
inspired by the famous song of the
same name. Jack Muihall plays OPP
posite the star, and production will
start within the next week.
d. w. Griffith is i'll Hollywood. but
no announcement has been made of
his first direction work for the
United Artists.
Bohemian Love" has won the first
prize in the referendum held by the
French Exhibitors Association for
the best picture produced in France
during the past year. The second
prize went to THE Chess Player"
and the third to Michael Strogoff,"
which had its American premiere in
Washington last Winter.