Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
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She has Just returned, after appear
ing in three pictures while abroad.
Her motion picture career is pc
cular one. for she was one OF the
most popular of her sex with the
motion picture fans. Her FIRST big
effort was in Everywoman, pic
ture which showed such characters
a Virtue, Beauty, Vice, etc. Then,
she was signed TO a longterm con-
tract, and she appeared with Ru-
dolph Valentino in Blood and Sand,
and a few months after that pic
ture was released there was not A
fan in the country who aid not know
Nita Naldi. Her celluloid self be-
came very popular. Now \ IS
back again, and we are WOi ing
Just when she will go to work IN
the studio.
TT would seem that fashions in
1 photoplays have changed again.
There is a particular run, at the
present. for crook dramas, and the
most recent to leave the studios IS
Cheating Cheaters,' from the old
time play OF Max MARGIN. If any
thing. the new picture shows to
remarkable extent just how lar the
writing OF crook plays has advanced
since Cheating Cheaters' was writ
ten The latter is the old, old story,
and i'll its day it was pretty warm
stuff, but now it is considerably out
of date. The modern crook play
deals mostly with gangsterS and
gang life-the mob and its work
! and in nearly every instance 1t de-
tails some phase OF modern Chicago
| life.
The present vogue for crook
dramas may last some time, but II
will pass away. as fashions in fiction
change and fashions in womens
wear.
MAE MURRAY is appearing on
~ the stage at the Paramount
Theater in New York. Her act is
called The Merry Widow Revue
She will tour the Publix Theaters
from New York to Chicago, stop
ping at six cities.
DOR LAND, OKEGON, was one OF
the first cities TO establish a
City Board of Censorship for motion
pictures. The venture costs the
municipality about $4,000 each year,
and it has been decided 10 discon-
tinue its services. Hereafter Port
land will get its pictures uncensored
The principal reason. however. why
the board OF censorship was discon-
tInued came from certain elimina-
tions and mutilations OF pictures
which were made by the board and
which were ridiculed by both the
press and public And, anyway. the
city IS cutting off an expense of $50
COO year, so both the photoplay pa
irons and the city government re-
ceives a direct benefit.
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a LEXANDER kORDA has been
"A given the position as director
of Billie Dove in The Heart of
Follies Girl for First National.
korda directed Miss Dove in her
hrst starring vehicle, The Stolen
Bride"
Louise Fazenda and Charlie Muir
ray. comedy stars, are to have the
leading roles in a burlesuue of
Julius Caesar" for First National
he story will probably be turned
out by Carey Wilson.
Lloyd Hughes and Mary Astor
have gone on location for work in
DO 1t Again" They are at Baldwin
Park, California.
Alec 3. Francis, one of the old
war horses" of the movies, is much
IN demand these days for character
parts. He has roles in The Grand
Army Man" The Lion and the
Mouse" The Little Snob" and The
Shepherd of the Hills" The pic
lures are produced by Warner
Brothers, First National and Fox.
The newest picture starring Emil
Jannings has to do with a Russian
general who goes to HOLLYWOOD
when his power in his native land
IS eliminated by a revolution. In
the cast with Jannings are EVELYN
Brent, William Powell, Nicholas
Soussanin and Michael VisaroH
Joseph Sternberg is directing.
Seven companies are at work in
the Paramount studios. George
Bancroft s newest vehicle, "Honkv
lonk, is well under wav. The
screen play was adapted from
stage; play called Wild Cat"
Roland Y. Lee is directing Florence
Eidor IN "Doom's Day" with Gary
Cooper as the male lead. 1t is an
adaptation from the Warwick Deem
ing novel, but does not follow the
original story very closely.
Antonio Moreno and EstelIe Tav-
Tor are to be co-starred in The
whip Woman" Robert Kane pro
duction for First National. Thev
viii also have leading parts in a
Spanish story.
Edwin Carewe's special. Ramona ="
starring Dolores Del Rio, has been
completed, and it will probably be
released during January.
Wife Savers" has been selected
as the title for the next Wallace
Bcery- Ramona Hatton effort, being
turned out by Paramount.
Harrison Ford plays opposite
Marie Provost in "a Blonde for a
Night" They have appeared to-
gether in many pictures during the
past few years.
Dress Parade" the West Point
picture, is said to have broken all
attendance records around Los
! Angeles.
The movie fans of Syracuse were
invited TO vote on their favorite pic
lures OF the past year, and the win
ncrs were eWhat Price Glory" and
Seventh Heaven"
Lillian Gish has signed new two
year contract with United Artists.