Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

| BARRYMORE, has played TO bbS,0l4 pat
admissions, while when a MAI
Loves" at the Selwyn Theater, ha6
played to 1921.
The week before last Boston had
five of its photoplay houses sinful
| taneously exhibiting McFadden
| Flats"
DR.. I. J. Eppel. a Dublin. Ireland
theater owner and president of Ep-
| pel's Film, Ltd, has opened an Office
| at 1910 Broadway, New York. lie re-
| Gently produced Irish Destiny" both
writing and directing it, with Peggy
| O'Rorke and Desmond O'Shea fea
| tured.
A Film Daily review of 'The Love
of Sunya," SAYS Gloria Swanson, lis
| the whole show: that Albert Parker S
direction shows plenty OF lmaglna
| ton and clever story manipulation,
| but the old Eyes of Youth story,
done many years ago by Clara Kim
| ball Young has not taken on any new
| interest since its last appearance.
This is Gloria's first independent pro-
duction for United Artists.
Marietta Millner. Viennese film star,
who recently arrived in America to
he a Paramount featured player, Is
called IAN international star" because
she has acted before the camera IN
virtually every land under the sun.
She has been filmed in America,
Egypt, Japan. Africa, England, South
America and many other countries.
Miss Millner resides in the Austrian
Tyrol, near Vienna. She became a
film actress when her family suffered
impoverishment following the war.
Sam Wood is directing Red
Grange in The Motor Maniac" a
racing story, with foot ball in the dis
card for the time being. Byron Nor
gan, who wrote the racing stories for
Wally Reid and Richard Dix, is the
author The high spots will be filmed
| in Arizona, where IA years ago Barney
Oldfield won fame as the master
driver.
Harrison Fisher, Howard Chandler
Christy and Neyso McMein claim the
distinction of being the first to dis
cover Clara Bow for the screen.
Judges of a magazine beauty contest,
they selected Miss Bow as the winner
and won for her the opportunity to
appear in pictures.
Robert Edeson, who appears as the
father Of Marie Provost in 1.-THE Night
Bride" it is said, has 'fathered" more
screen stars than any other player in
motion pictures.
Eulalie Jensen, who is featured in
support of Joseph Schildkraut and Lya
De Putt in THE Heart Thief" is
known in Hollywood as 1.-The authentic
continental European type"
The largest insurance policy ever
written to protect motion picture
negative against loss by fire, theft or
loss in transit, is said to have been
taken out by Cecil B. DeMille for 1.-THE
King of Kings" Although the exact
sum is not given, it is said to be in
seven figures. This is the pictorial
story of the Christ by Jeanne Macpher-
son. Policies protecting the producing
company against death or inquiry to
DeMi1le and his principal players also
ran into seven figures.
Wolheim, who was the original
Capt. Flagg" in the stage presenta-
ton of What Price Glory was
signed to create a hard-boiled army
sergeant character in Two Arabian
Knights in company with William
Boyd, whose leading role is that of
Philadelphia, who leads his sergeant
into a series of amazing escapades in
france, Germany and Turkey. 1.-TWO
Arabian Knights has been in produc-
ton five weeks. The original story,
published in national periodical. wa
written by Donald McGibeny.
"Poodles'' Hanneford has completed
his first two-reel Educational Mermaid
comedy under his new contract The
picture has been titled Circus Ca
pers. The famous clown and bare
back rider appears in many of his
famous circus tricks and riding stunts
IN this comedy, which was directed by
James Jones under the supervision of
Jack White.
An unusual camera effect for a
two-reel comedy is found in Here
Comes Precious!" new Educational
Jimmie Adams comedy. A smoke ring
dissolves into a heart in mid-air, then
transforms into a ring that fades into
real engagement ring, which Jimmie
Adams slips on the finger of Vera
Steadman.
The oid-fashioned medicine show or
bottle opera" as they call it in the
parlance of the road, has steadily re.
treated INTO the WILDERNESS before the
advance of the crossroads movie
show, but Harold Lloyd has caught on
celluloid the full performance of a
bottle opera" troupe in his latest
comedy. THE Kid Brother"
Sam z. Rork. the veteran stage and
screen producer, starts in few days
at First National studios. in Burbank,
Calf, a production of His Son." the
tentative title of the photoplay to be
based on Lorenzo the Magnificent, /"
an original story by Carrot Fort
Lewis Stone, Lilyan Eastman, An
Dire Beranger, Ann Rork and e. j.
Radcliffe will have principal roles.
Long Pants" said to be Harry
Langdon's finest achievement, will be
ready for general distribution through
out the country early in March. 1t is
said to be in many respects a distinct
innovation in screen comedy. The
story is basically dramatic. A reel Of
natural -colored film is a novelty in
comedy which is expected to arouse
wide interest.
Julia Faye, featured player In
Turkish Delight" Irwin s. Cobb's
first original screen story, now being
filmed at the Cecil 3. De Mile studio,
was once a school teacher.