Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
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lowers by his dramatic appear
ance in the pulpit of the church
of Wittenburg, fresh from his re-
tirement at the Wartburg. The
events are presented in a his
torical spirit, with no controver-
Sial diStortiorS; they are told as
a story.
The artistic merits of the pro-
duction are said to be of high
order. The medieval atmosphere
is consistently and effortlessly
maintained, and the characters
live their parts. Some critics
have compared certain scenes of
the picture to those in Murnau'S
production of Faust" The part
of Luther is taken by Eugen
Kloepfer.
INVITED guests gathered in the
patio of the Carlton Hotel
Thursday evening to witness a
showing of the British film, @
Boats" The picture, made with
the assistance of the British adj
miralty, details one of the in
tensely interesting phases of the
World War - the Turing of Ger
man underseas craft. Comdr.
Harold Auten, V. c., one of the
principal actors in the picture, de-
livered a short address before the
showing of the film, and among
the guests were members of the
diplomatic corps and Army and
Navy officers. Sic Esme Howard,
the British Ambassador to Wash
ington, sponsored the special
showing.
MICHAEL ]. GOURLAND, presi-
Avn dent of the Affiliated Euro
pean Producers, Inc, has just re-
turned from Europe with several
prize films, including The Pas
sion of Joan of Arc" THE Chess
Player" Miracle of the Wolves"
Chopin" and "Unholy Love" In
the latter picture such we'll known |
European stars as Brigitte Helm, |
Ivan Petrovich, John LOder and |
Paul Wegener are featured. In |
THE Passion of Joan of Arc"
directed by Carl Dreyer, the film
introduces a new technique and
most of the story is told by close
ups. Dreyer invented a special
camera for the picture. |
Gourland reports that Ameri- |
can pictures are in no danger of |
further restrictions in Europe, |
and that the producers CT the |
various countries are realizing
that the distribution of all films |
has become an international
matter.
Short Flashes.
THE Paramount company has
imported another German star,
Dita Parlo, who once performed
en- the Ufa lot. She will play op-
posite Maurice Chevalier, the
French music hall idol, who came
to this country short time ago.
Their first picture will be "The
Innocence of Paris"
Joan Crawford has been given
q starring contract with Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer, largely through
her success in Our Dancing
Daughters" She is now working
in Dream of Love-" which will
be a sound production. Our
Dancing Daughters" broke all box
office records at the Columbia
Thester in Washington, as we'll
as several New York records.
Warner Brothers have made
deal with a big firm of stage pro-
ducers in New York to produce
the stage plays with Vitaphone.
The Al Jolson picture, Singing
Fool" and "Wings," are reported
to be breaking records in the Mid
die West theaterS.
"The House That Shadows Built"
is the title Of the biography of
Adolph Zukor, movie magnate,
which has been completed by
Will Irwin. Naturally, the title
comes from zukor's movie con-
nection.
Maria Corda, who starred in
THE Private Life of Helen of
Troy" has been signed to a new
contract by First National Her
first picture will be THE Comedy
of Life" in which she will play
opposite Milton Stills. Her hus-
band, Alexander Korda, will di-
rect. The contract is only for the
next six months.
George O'Brien is starred in
False Faces" and the picture is
being made at the Fox studio in
Hollywood.
kid Gloves" is the title of the
next Conrad Nagel picture. 1t
will have Vitaphone accompani-
ment. and others in the cast are
Lois Wilson, Edward Earle, Maude
Turner and Edna Murphy.