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

NHE presentation idea reaches
its height in the Capital City
today, the Fox inaugurating
a new scheme with the first
of the Fox Stage Productions, a
subsidiary of the William Fox The
alters Corporation" The initial Ell
fort in this local theater has 10 do
with the presentation of the Victor
Herbert opcretta, The Fortune
Teller" and the cast will include %
soloists and dancers. ballet corps
and choral ensemble. Among those
IN the stage production are men
toned Bonnie lmbrie, Paul klemen.
Harold Hansen and Grace Geager,
with the ballet under Alexander
Oumansky and the choral ensemble
under Edward Lebegott.
With this entertainment there IS
a musical version OF Faust, IN five
episodes, conceived by John Nenger,
and then. of course. the theater's
symphony orchestra. 1t IS stated
in the advance notice of the new
style of entertainment that it will IN
no way affect the present policy OF
the theater.
This present plan Of the theatcr
does away with the vaudeville at
fractions which have been featured
for several weeks, or since Roxy
went back to New York. Units or
ganized under the Fox management
will produce the various productions
of the future.
THE Ufa Co. of Germany an
nounces that it has several
superfIms TO be released during the
coming year, and the titles are given
as follows: Pioneers" Fritz
Lang production; Secrets Of the
Orient" a Wolkoff film; Prince
Eugene" Hungarian Rhapsody,
Gear Alexander" from the Tolstoy
novel; WAR and Peace and
"Vineta," which features the dc
struction of a sinful city. Two of
the films are being completed by
Russians" Secrets OF the Orient
and Gear Alexander" The others
were made in the neighborhood OF
Berlin.
VICTOR McLAGLEN and a big
V cast are working in "a Girl in
Every Port" The exteriors for the
picture are being shot" at Santa
Cruz Islands, and Howard Hawks
is directing.
WHILE production of photoplays
w has dropped off to a consider
able extent, many companies remain
at work around Hollywood. With
the Universal outfit, Conrad Veidt is
working in "The Man Who Laughs"
Willard Webb is directing an all-star
cast in Honeymoon Flats" and
Marian Nixon is being starred in
"Thoroughbreds The latter is
race track story, and supporting
Miss Nixon are Richard Walling,
Sam De Grasse, Montagu Love, Otis
Harlan, Mary Nolan, David Tor
renee and Clair Mcdowell. The cast
for Honeymoon Flats" includes
George Lewis, Dorothy CULVER,
Ward Crane, Bryant Washburn,
Jane Winton. Phillip Smalley and
Kathleen Collins. Paul Leni is. d.
recting "The Man Who Laughs"
and the picture will be completed
during the coming month.
For First National Richard
Barthelmess is working in THE
Moose" and the other two pictures
in the process of making are do
1t Again" and Harry Langdon's new
est effort, "The Chaser" Barthel-
mess is said to be giving one OF the
finest performances of his career in
"The Moose" which will be COM
pleted soon. Lloyd Hughes and Mary
Aster are co-starred in DO 1t
Again" which Marshal Neilan is
directing. The story has a circus
background Gladys Mcdonnell has
the feminine lead in the Langdon
picture.
On the tro-Goldwyn- Mayer lot
Tim Mccoy is making Riders OF
the Dark" a Western. He is sup
ported by Dorothy Dwan, Roy
D'Arce and Rex Lease. The final
cast has been decided upon for the
Norma Shearer vehicle, "Cloaks and
Suits" and among those in the unit
are Ralph Forbes, Bert Roach.
Tenen Holtz, William Bakewell
George Sidney and Margaret Lands
William Haines is making The Smart
Set" story which has a polo back
ground. Alice Day has the feminine
lead. and others in the company are
lack Holt, Herbert Bosworth and
Constance Howard. The same COM
pany is producing Rose Marie"
1.-THE Cossack" and THE Big City"
The latter is an underworld story
starring Lon CLANCY.
At the De Mile Studio Marie
Provost has started work in "A
Blonde for a Night" and Harrison
Ford plays opposite her. The sup
porting roles are taken by Franklin
Pangborn, T. Roy Barnes and
Lucien Littleheld. The Blue Dan
ube," starring Leatrice Joy. is well
under way. Nils Asher, Joseph
Schidkraut, Secna Owen, Albert
Gran and Frank Reicher have parts,
and Paul Sloan is directing
ERANCIS X. BUSHMAN, who was
l. a star of the photoplay many
wears ago. and who returned TO the
films a short time ago. has again
decided to forsake the silent drama
He is preparing a sketch, "Passen-
gers" in which he will star over the
Orpheum and Keith vaudeville cir
cults, opening in Los Angeles during
December.
X 4 X
ID OXY, monarch of more than he
n can survey around the Roxy
Theater in New York. denies that
the photoplay theaters have any sort