The Washington times., 1928-05-12
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Copyright. 1925. King Features
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Los ANGELES, May 11.--With
50 many excellent players free
lancfng. the so-calIed ..independ-
ent' Companies have a selection
OF stars Is chooses from that must
often make the big" companies
gnash their teeth. For instance,
Tiffany Stal1l has been able to
s.gn up the beautifully blonde
Claire Windsor for the leading
role in THE Grain OF Dust The
picture will be an adaptation OF
the David Graham Phillips story,
which was among the best sellers
4 few years back. It will pc az
rected by George Archambaud.
Clair has been busy a. the pro.
verbal bee since she and Bert
I4ytell agreed to disagree, and be-
tween screen and stage engage
raents has very little time even
for Buddy Rogers, who gener-
ally escorts her to whatever So
cial functions she attends
Ii win be many a week before
Anna "a. Nilsson will be again
able to play in pictures. The in
Jury sustained il d fail from heF
horse has proven more serious
than was at first suspected. ~ IN. ne
fact is that Anna q, fractured her
hin ii fha tumble. and 1t will he
come time before the hurt is
hesled-eyen though she gets
..good' with her bad break. Anna
- raat IN MED McCobb's
T1aurhtera by Pathe. and was
also scheduled to appear in an
III. ID. D. film. But now very
probably. substitutes Will nave "
IS found for both pictures
Is ~. Griffith's Drums Of
I.ove., had its first West coast
showing last night, and the
nanny ending has been tagged
IN. However, this does not seem
IS have helped matters greatly,
~ the audience comment did not
dfffer greatly from that heard az
the Broadway premiere. "
course. the local critics raved
about ii. But then they are al
$500 very kind" It seems to
rae that movie audiences have
progressed beyond the stage
where ii il necessary to feed
fllern sugar-coated finales. Yet
Pew PRODUCERS have the courage
Is permit logical endings. Per-
hape they Judge the mental grade
81 the customers by their own
capacities. Which is an error.
Fox and Murnau seem to have
had the courage OF their convic'
lions In ssThe Four Devils. For
IN that production, which prom
Uses epic qualities to exceed sun
rise, = there Is an ending that Will
rend your heart And-you'H
love it!
II Camilla Horns hubby per
fnits her return to Hollywood,
Camilla doesn't have to worry
about work. The attractive little
German girl who is credited with
q triumph In THE Tempest, can
play in the film version Of
sslightstickp IL she hurries back
within the next month. But
still ruYnors persist that Camilla
won't come back-at least, not
until they build a bridge across
the Atlantic, and that will be too
late.
Marion Davies is having all the
fun she generally gets from q
picture In making Her Card
board Lover = Her keen comedy
sense aids her in putting laughs
into the film, and also enables
her to enjoy doing so. Incident.
ally, Marion will be seen in
masculine apparel for the first
time since Beverly of Graus.
tark," and IL you think she
doesn't look "Cute" in q bell.
hops outfit, you've another guess
coming.
Unless I am rather badly mis-
taken, James sCruze will postpone
his independent film venture long
enough to direct Thomas Mel
ghan's next Caddo production. Jim
IN torn between his art and the
terrifically attractive offer made
by young Howard Hughes, Holly
woods millionaire kid" Hughes
is going at the film business in a
big way, and while. he doesn't
know much about it so far, the
boy will learn. That is, If the
bankroll lasts. And they say that
his income is some such ridiculous
sum as 15--or Is it 50-thousaT1d
each and every day, including
Sundays. 1t is hard TO get rid
of that much. even in pictures.
Anyway. Hughes has made a
good picture in "The Racket"
1t is the best Tom Meighan has
had for ages.
They couldn't get along with.
out Bill lie Baron, after all. He
and Erich Won Stroheim are on
the way to New York. And when
they come back it is safe to
prophesy that won" will get
busy on THE Swamp with
Gloria Swanson as his star. AS l
told you--Joe Kennedy, r. b. o.
president, gets what he goes
AFTER.