Evening star., 1927-09-25

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among the especially selected cast fol
Man Crazy" which is the new star
ring vehicle of Dorothy Mackaill and
Jack Mulhall. John Francis Dillon
is directing the picture, which is an
adaptation from a short story
"Clarissa of the Post Road"
Chang" is reported to be scoring a
big success in the photoplay houses of
London. Resurrection" is also hav
ing a good run.
Alec B. Francis, Milly O'Day, John
Boles and Matthew Betz head the cast
now on location for THE Shepherd of
the Hills The story comes. of
course, from the Harold Bell Wright
novel.
Richard Barthelmess is to star in
"The Moose for First National This
play was a stage success and will give
the star a very effective role.
George Sidney and Charlie Murray
will soon begin a comedy called Down
Went McGinty," which title, it will be
remembered, comes from an old song.
Seventeen different wigs are worn
by the star, Maria Corda, in THE
Private Life of Helen of Troy" Each
wig is said to be more elaborate than
the other.
Alice Adair won a contest for the
selection of Venus in Helen of Troy" ;"
Lewis Stone and Ricardo Cortez play
the leading roles with Maria Corda.
The "oldest actors in the world"-
the redwoods Of northern California
have roles in the First National pic
ture, THE Valley of the Giants.
1t is said that Billie Dove will wear
the mosA elaborate costumes of her
career in her new picture, "Loulsl-
ana And Billie is we'll known to
movie fans for her costumes.
Emil Jannings will play the role of
a Russian general in his next Para'
mount picture. Production viii start
shortly and Joseph Won Sternberg has
been selected as director.
William Powell has reformed from
screen villainy long enough to play
comedy role in Wings"
Florence Vidor expects to complete
her newest Paramount picture,
.'Honevnoon Hate" this week. The
plot comes from a short story by Alice
NJ. Williamson.
Marie Provost is starring in a pic
ture in her own back yard. Needing
an outdoor swimming pool for Sc
ouence in THE Girl in the Pullman
Director Earl Kenton decided to use
the plunge at Los Angeles hotel,
the same hostelry where Miss Provost
spends the Summer months.
Paul Sloane, director under contract
to Cecil B. De Mile, will not only
direct THE Blue. Danube" for Pathe,
but will also write the story. Leatrice
Joy will have the leading role.
Lois webber directed '"The Angel of
Broadway" which was completed for
the Pathe-De Mile combination a few
days ago.
Harvey Thew, who has written the
Reginald Denny comedies, has been
signed to write for Fox Films. His
first assignment will be comedy Tor
Ted Mcnamara and Sammy Cohen.
Dolores Costello will next appear in
"Glorious Betsy" a costume picture
of the Napoleonic period. Alan Cros-
land will direct.
Dick Leibert, favorite organist and
Loews Palace Theater, has been
transferred to Pittsburgh. where he
will be featured at one of the coun-
try's finest theatere, the recently
opened Loew Penn United Artists
Theater.
A feature of the smart uniforms
worn by the staff OF the new FOX
Theater Is the buttons, which are
designed in the form of microphones,
q good tie-up on the part Of Roxy, IA
nous radio genius.
For several weeks plans have been
under way, under the joint direction
of Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, oil
rector of the public service and edu-
cational department Of the Stanley
Crandall Co., and Miss Maude Aiken,
principal Of the District Americaniza-
ton Schools, for the resumption at
an early date of the classes in visual
instruction conducted each year on
Wednesday afternoons and evenings
in the projection room Of the Metro
politan Theater. This work has
proved eminently successful in con-
veying to the foreign born seeking
American citizenship concrete notions
Of American habits, modes of living,
business and agricultural pursuits and
other matters bearing directly upon
the problems confronting them in
new country.
The bea utiful five-gaited horse rid
den by Roy Darcy in 1.-THE Road to
Romance is the property Of the
actor. Darcy purchased him recent
ly, it Is said, and he has won numer-
Gus cups, medals and ribbons at West
ern horse shows. The animal Is
named Vagabond King.
It's a hard boiled picture when the
director and cameraman have to wear
bulletproof vests and direct the ac-
ton from behind steel shields. But
that's the kind Of screen story
Underworld" happens to be. Dl-
rector Won Sternberg and Cameraman
Bert Glennon took no chances while
photographing scenes in which ma
chine guns rattle away and hand gre
nades are tossed about.
Using enough illumination to light
Los Angeles for II hours, Herman
Weight, Universal director, will at.
tempt on Friday to film the entire
Hollywood Bowl at one time. 1t Is
the first time the Bowl has ever been
used for picture. Alfred Hertz and
full orchestra, with $4,000 listeners,
will be filmed for THE Symphony" a
story Universal has just purchased
from Svend Gade, which will feature
Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon and
George Lewis.
Walter Goss and Billy Franey will
play in She's a Sheik," Bebe Daniels
next for Paramount. The company,
which includes Richard Arlen and
William Powell, leaves this week for
Guadalupe.
Vaudeville is said to be invading
Hollywood for recruits among some
of those screen celebrities who, it has
been announced. are to be replaced
with new faces" Milton Sills, Pris-