Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
Movie Sidelights

BY the Associated Press.
Some celebrities of Hollywood lead
O dog fanciers life. They have many
and sundry pedigreed pets. Mildred
Davis has IS of one species and
Douglas Fairbanks owns large ken
nels. Clara Bow has a Mexican hair
less pup. Alophe Menjou, Harold
Lloyd. Wallace Berry, Jack Holt and
Richard Arlen also possess dogs.
The news film has lost its popular
fly with French audiences. and some
theater managers have already taken
1t from their programs. The chief
cause for the patrons GOODNESS, 1t Is
declared, is that the films are too old
when they are shown. An effort is
being made to speed up the develop
ing and distribution of the news films
30 that they may be exhibited when
they are still hot"
Bodil Rosing, who at the age of 16
played at the Royal Theater in Copen-
hagen and a few years later gave up
the stage to become a wife, returns
to dramatic work via the silver sheet
now that her two children are grown.
Being a mother has made me a
better actress" Miss Rosing explain
ed. Director Monta Bell is her SON.
in-law.
When Wilma Banky went to New
York for the holidays she found that
her mastery of English during two
years in Hollywood did not include a
speaking acquaintance with a lot of
American variations. There is much
more slang spoken in New York than
in Hollywood" the Hungarian actress
said.
Josephine Dunn recently spent a
full day taking a "10-minute shower"
Her additions We're registered by the
cameras. and the repetitions made nee
essary by the demands of the script.
The shifting of studio lights gave
Miss Dunn the protracted bath.
Crock, the little Swiss clown who
for years has amused the most hard
sned habitues of European music halls,
has made his first film, hailed with &C.
claim by the French critics. The pic
ture is entitled His First Film" a
comedy-farce in which he appears in
the last scene only.
VIII the movie public accept hero
inc without the features and figure OF
a Greek goddess, the passion of a
That's, the mystery of q wood nymph?
The producers hope so. Zasu Pitts
sometimes the shrinking. humble lit
tie creature on the silver screen
though quite the opposite Off the lot
is cast as heroine IN Casey at the
Bat"
Lois Wilson, who has been making
pictures in New York for many
months, is quite willing to remain in
the metropolis indefinitely. She likes
the endless amusements, and by get
ting to sleep at 8 oclock on occasional
nights is unaffected by the strenuous
round Of dinners and theater parties
Motion picture studios assert they
employ more trades and professions
than any other industry. A census In
one of the large studios showed that
70 different occupations are followed
by the employees, while a comedy pro
ducing organization listed the number
represented among it's workers al
more than 100. s:Blacksmiths, florists
and oil station attendants are typical
of the variety.
May Allison says. she got a chance
in the movies in spite OF a screen test
not because Of one. She was playing
ingenue roles on the stage when q
a test. She took special care with
her makeup, but did not know the
idiosyncrasies of the camera. The re
suit was terrible, according to Miss
Allison. To her -alrprise, the director
said no one could look as bad as she
did in the test and engaged her fol-
a part.